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Open science is the umbrella term of the movement to make scientific research, data and dissemination accessible to all levels of an inquiring society, amateur or professional. It encompasses practices such as publishing open research, campaigning for open access, encouraging scientists to practice open notebook science, and generally making it easier to publish and communicate scientific knowledge.

"The Open Science (or Open Scholarship) movement has been gaining momentum, especially since the European Commission has committed itself to ensuring open access to all funded research in April 2016. Expensive paywalls used by publishers, restrictive usage policies by scientific literature sources, a lack of consistency in the formatting and data locked away by proprietary software have all had detrimental effects on the dissemination of scientific knowledge."