Show your working: how the ‘open science’ movement tackles scientific misconduct

Tue, 1 Apr 2025 03:28:52 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://theconversation.com/show-your-working-how-the-open-science-movement-tackles-scientific-misconduct-249020>

"In December 2001, a small but lively meeting in Budapest, Hungary, launched a
whole new international movement. The resulting Budapest Open Access Initiative
opened with the words: “An old tradition and a new technology have converged to
make possible an unprecedented public good”.

This was the first definition of open access and referred to harnessing the
internet to make scientific research openly available, without a subscription.
It was a “statement of principle, a statement of strategy, and a statement of
commitment”.

More than two decades later, the open access movement has broadened beyond
simply research articles. It now incorporates research data, protocols,
software and all aspects of the research process. The universal term for this
is “open science”.

With its focus on transparency, open science offers part of the solution to the
growing problem of scientific misconduct."

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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