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How open science helps researchers succeed

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posted on 2016-07-08, 00:37 authored by Erin McKiernanErin McKiernan, Philip E. Bourne, C. Titus BrownC. Titus Brown, Stuart Buck, Amye KenallAmye Kenall, Jennifer LinJennifer Lin, Damon McDougall, Brian NosekBrian Nosek, Karthik RamKarthik Ram, Courtney SoderbergCourtney Soderberg, Jeffrey R. Spies, Kaitlin ThaneyKaitlin Thaney, Andrew Updegrove, Kara WooKara Woo, Tal YarkoniTal Yarkoni

Abstract

Open access, open data, open source, and other open scholarship practices are growing in popularity and necessity. However, widespread adoption of these practices has not yet been achieved. One reason is that researchers are uncertain about how sharing their work will affect their careers. We review literature demonstrating that open research is associated with increases in citations, media attention, potential collaborators, job opportunities, and funding opportunities. These findings are evidence that open research practices bring significant benefits to researchers relative to more traditional closed practices. 

NOTE: This manuscript was originally posted as a preprint, and has now been published in eLife. Please cite:

McKiernan, E. C., Bourne, P. E., Brown, C. T., Buck, S., Kenall, A., Lin, J., McDougall, D., Nosek, B. A., Ram, K., Soderberg, C. K., Spies, J. R., Thaney, K., Updegrove, A., Woo, K. H., & Yarkoni, T. How open science helps researchers succeed. eLife 2016;10.7554/eLife.16800

Funding

Funding from the National Institute on Aging (R24AG048124), the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, and the John Templeton Foundation (46545).

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