Guest Post — Git, GitHub, and You: How Collaborative Writing Tools Propel Open Science
October 7th, 2024
One voice can make a stunning melody, but a chorus of voices weaves soul-stirring harmonies otherwise impossible to achieve. In the same way, collaboration transforms innovative...
Tags: Research, Open Science, Open Code, Training
New Preprint Introduces Major Update to the TOP Guidelines
September 18th, 2024
The Center for Open Science (COS) is pleased to introduce a major update to the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines, dubbed TOP 2025. The TOP Guidelines are an...
Tags: TOP Guidelines, Open Science
Researcher Q&A: A Conversation About Research on the Influence of Public Libraries on Community Well Being
September 11th, 2024
Margo Gustina is a PhD candidate at the University of New Mexico Department of Economics and a Bowden Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin iSchool. Their research includes...
Tags: Research, OSF, Open Science
Researcher Q&A: A Conversation About Research on Taiwan Indigenous Peoples and Making a Hard-to-Reach Population Visible
September 4th, 2024
Ji-Ping Lin, PhD, is a researcher at Academia Sinica in Taiwan who created an open access dataset to facilitate research and understanding of Taiwan Indigenous Peoples. In this...
Tags: Research, OSF, Open Science
Member Spotlight: Fostering Collaboration and Transparency at Carnegie Mellon University
August 30th, 2024
The following blog is based on a recent webinar with Carnegie Mellon University. You can watch the full recording here. Member Spotlight: Fostering Collaboration and Transparency...
Tags: Open Science, OSF Institutions, Member Spotlight
Prepare Your Proposal: Instagram Data Access Pilot Submission Portal Now Open
August 26th, 2024
The User Guide for the Instagram Data Access Pilot for Well-being Research is now available, and the pre-proposal submission portal is officially open. As you prepare your...
Tags: Research, Data, Open Science
Member Spotlight: Measuring and Encouraging Open Research at the University of Manchester
July 11th, 2024
The following blog is based on a portion of a recent webinar exploring the current state of open science adoption. You can watch the full recording here. Scott Taylor from...
Tags: Open Science, OSF Institutions, Member Spotlight
Guest Post — Empowering Education Research: The POWER of Collaboration and Open Science
July 9th, 2024
In education research, collaboration and knowledge sharing are paramount. However, for researchers who identify as women and non-binary in the field, access to resources and...
Tags: Open Science, Inclusivity and Collaboration, Data Management, Education Research
Guest Post — Year of Open Science Recap: Perspectives from a COS Ambassador
June 26th, 2024
As a proud ambassador of the Center for Open Science (COS), I was thrilled to witness the culmination of efforts at the Year of Open Science Culminating Conference, supported by...
Tags: Open Science, NASA, Year of Open Science, Inclusivity and Collaboration, YOS, Scholarly Communication, UNESCO, Grassroots Initiatives, Research Assessment, Federal Agencies, Policy Advocacy
Member Spotlight: Florida State University's Open Scholars Project and Advancing Open Science Through Communities of Practice
June 11th, 2024
The Open Scholars Project (OSP) is a community of practice for researchers and practitioners who are curious about open access publishing, open science, and FAIR data at Florida...
Tags: Open Science, Member Spotlight, Data Transparency

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