Open Access—or Open Science?

Open Access, Open Science, Open Society

Open Access’ main goal is not the subversion of publishers’ role as driving actors in an oligopolistic market characterized by reduced competition and higher prices. OA’s main function is to be found somewhere else, namely in the ability to subvert the power to control science’s governance and its future directions (Open Science), a power that is more often found within the academic institution...

Open Science Framework (OSF)

The Open Science Framework (OSF) is a tool that promotes open, centralized workflows by enabling capture of different aspects and products of the research lifecycle, including developing a research idea, designing a study, storing and analyzing collected data, and writing and publishing reports or papers. It is developed and maintained by the Center for Open Science (COS), a nonprofit organizat...

Commercializing Open Science

Recent research on the commercialization of scientific discoveries has emphasized the use of formal intellectual property rights (notably patents) as a mechanism for aligning the academic and entrepreneurial incentives for commercialization. Absent such explicit IPR and licensing, how is such open science commercialized? This paper examines the commercialization of Claude Shannon’s theory of co...

Toward open behavioral science.

Toward Open Behavioral Science Karen E. Adolph a , Rick O. Gilmore b , Clinton Freeman c , Penelope Sanderson c & David Millman d a Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, New York b Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania c Department of Psychology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia d Division of Li...

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