Some Cool New OSF Features
July 31st, 2017
We have just added some cool new features to the OSF that we think are worth mentioning! Google Scholar Indexing We worked with Google Scholar to identify and optimize the...
Tags: Technology, preprints, OSF, Google
We Should Redefine Statistical Significance
July 23rd, 2017
Researchers representing a wide range of disciplines and statistical perspectives—72 of us in total—have posted a new paper on PsyArXiv describing a place of common ground. We...
Tags: Research, Statistics, P-Values
Are reproducibility and open science starting to matter in tenure and promotion review?
July 14th, 2017
Tenure and promotion season is underway. Promotion committees, in the U.S. at least, use the summer to send portfolios to 3 to 10 scholars at other institutions for independent...
Tags: Reproducibility, Openscience
Some Examples of Publishing the Research That Actually Happened
July 3rd, 2017
A discussion about a grad student’s dilemma on The Black Goat “It’s So Complicated” podcast caught my attention last week (June 28, 2017). The student wrote about a situation in...
Tags: Replication, publishing, Reproducibility, Research
Replicating a challenging study: it's all about sharing the details.
June 27th, 2017
Working on the replication attempt of The common feature of leukemia-associated IDH1 and IDH2 mutations is a neomorphic enzyme activity converting alpha-ketoglutarate to...
Tags: Replication, Reproducibility, Research, Repository, Cancer
OSF Fedora Integration, Aussie style!
June 26th, 2017
The Center for Open Science, DuraSpace, Johns Hopkins University (through the Data Conservancy), and University of Notre Dame have partnered to address several challenges of data...
Tags: Integration, Software, Design, OSF, Fedora
Preregistration: A Plan, Not a Prison
May 23rd, 2017
Preregistration is the process of specifying key study and analysis details and decisions before conducting the experiment. The main goal of preregistering one’s research is to...
Tags: Preregistration
The Center for Open Science is a Culture Change Technology Company
May 19th, 2017
Last night, the Center for Open Science received the “Startup of the Year” award at the CBIC awards gala, an annual showcase of technology innovation in our home town of...
Tags: Technology, Research, Culture
How can we improve diversity and inclusion in the open science movement?
May 5th, 2017
Two items this past week point to challenges for diversity and inclusion in open science. First, a WIRED story reported evidence that gender diversity in open source software is...
Tags: Openscience
Three More Reasons to Take the Preregistration Challenge
May 5th, 2017
Faster reviews, more journals, and encouragement from funders. As you may already know, the Preregistration Challenge is our ongoing education campaign to encourage...
Tags: Transparency, Preregistration, Reproducibility

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