We're Committed to GDPR. Here's How
May 22nd, 2018
The Center for Open Science is committed to our users’ privacy and protection of their data. On May 25, 2018, extensive changes in EU data protection law (General Data Protection...
Tags: Content Management, Project Management, Research Best Practices
Transparent Definitions and Community Signals: Growth in the Open Science Community
May 4th, 2018
There is an active discussion in the open science community about what "preregistration" means in practice and what researchers should conclude about research that has been...
Tags: Preregistration, Research, Community
Using the wiki just got better.
March 23rd, 2018
Drag and drop local images. If you're adding images to your wiki, you can now drag and drop them into your wiki from your computer. JPG, GIF, PNG and BMP are currently supported....
Tags: Infrastructure, OSF, Platform
One Preregistration to Rule Them All?
February 5th, 2018
One of the most frequently asked questions we receive about preregistration is “how do I preregister this complex study that will result in many different publications?” This...
Tags: Preregistration
Why are we working so hard to open up science? A personal story.
December 8th, 2017
In the Fall of 2011, Sarah Mackenzie, the maid of honor at my wedding, was diagnosed with a rare form of ovarian cancer. Sarah and her family were motivated to learn as much as...
A Preregistration Coaching Network
November 2nd, 2017
In early 2016, COS launched the $1,000,000 Preregistration Challenge. This Challenge is an on-going education campaign designed to encourage researchers to preregister their...
Tags: Preregistration, Openscience, Ambassador, Network
10 Tips for Making a Great Preregistration
October 10th, 2017
[UPDATED] Preregistration is the first line of defense we can use to protect ourselves from biases and questionable research practices. Preregistration does require some...
Tags: Preregistration
Community-Driven Science: An Interview With EarthArXiv Founders Chris Jackson, Tom Narock and Bruce Caron
August 24th, 2017
EarthArxiv has been a great example of an open, community-led initiative that isn't controlled by any one entity. It's been fast, and exciting, but ultimately the dispersed nature...
Tags: Scholarly Publishing, Content Management, Collaboration
OSF Add-ons Help You Maximize Research Data Storage and Accessibility
August 11th, 2017
This week’s release of the Bitbucket add-on to the Open Science Framework (osf.io) provides OSF users with a way to cite, browse, and register their code on Atlassian’s Bitbucket...
Tags: Repository, Data, Storage
How Open Source Research Tools Can Help Institutions Keep it Simple
August 2nd, 2017
One challenge familiar to anyone working in a research institution is how to manage the myriad projects, licensing, and publishing challenges that support producing vast amounts...
Tags: Research, Repository, Software, Lifecycle

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