Transparency and openness in science

Jeremy Sanders1, Jon Blundy2, Anne Donaldson3, Steve Brown4, Rob Ivison5,6, Miles Padgett7, Kevin Padian8, Katrin Rittinger9, Kerry Rowe10, Anthony Stace11, Essi Viding12, Chris Chambers13 and Mark Chaplain14 1Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK 2School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK 3Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK 4Mammalian Genetics Unit, MRC Harwell Institute, Harwell OX11 0RD, UK 5Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, UK 6European Southern Observatory, Munich, Germany 7Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK 8Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-4780, USA 9The Francis Crick Institute, London NW7 1AA, UK 10Department of Civil Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7 L 3N6 11School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK 12UCL Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London, London, UK 13School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK 14School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9SS, UK