--- title: 10th Anniversary Timeline | Center for Open Science --- - Our sites: - [OSF](https://osf.io) - [TOP Guidelines](https://www.cos.io/initiatives/top-guidelines?hsLang=en) - [* *Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/cos.io)[* *Mastodon](https://fosstodon.org/@CenterforOpenScience)[* *Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/company/center-for-open-science/)[* *YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@CenterforOpenScience) - [**  Shop](https://www.redbubble.com/people/OpenScience/shop) - [**  Donate](https://www.cos.io/support-cos?hsLang=en) [![Center for Open Science](https://www.cos.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Logos/COS%202024/cos-full-tag-h.png?width=2000&height=293&name=cos-full-tag-h.png "Center for Open Science")](https://www.cos.io?hsLang=en) ** ** # Anniversary Timeline ## 10 years of promoting openness, integrity, and reproducibility of research ### 2012 ![](https://www.cos.io/hubfs/tl-2012-launch.png) Public release of the [Open Science Framework (OSF)](http://osf.io) ### 2013 ![](https://www.cos.io/hubfs/tl-2013-cos.png) The [Center for Open Science](http://cos.io) launches ### 2014 ![](https://www.cos.io/hubfs/tl-2012-workflow.png) First [Registered Reports](https://www.cos.io/initiatives/registered-reports?hsLang=en) appears ### 2015 ![](https://www.cos.io/hubfs/tl-2015-rpp.png) [Reproducibility Project: Psychology](https://osf.io/ezcuj/wiki/home/) appears ### 2015 ![](https://www.cos.io/hubfs/tl-2015-top.png) Introduction of the [TOP Guidelines](https://www.cos.io/initiatives/top-guidelines?hsLang=en) ### 2016 ![](https://www.cos.io/hubfs/tl-2016-osfp-osfi.png) [OSF Preprints](https://www.cos.io/products/osf-preprints?hsLang=en) and [OSF Institutions](https://www.cos.io/products/osf-institutions?hsLang=en) launches ### 2017 ![](https://www.cos.io/hubfs/tl-2017-70k.png) [OSF](http://osf.io) reaches 70K registered users ### 2019 ![](https://www.cos.io/hubfs/tl-2019-metascience.jpg) Inaugural [Metascience 2019 Symposium ](https://www.metascience2019.org/) occurs at Stanford University ### 2020 ![](https://www.cos.io/hubfs/tl-2020-osfc-osfr.png) [OSF Collections](https://www.cos.io/products/osf-collections?hsLang=en) and [OSF Registries](https://www.cos.io/products/osf-registries?hsLang=en) launches ### 2020 ![](https://www.cos.io/hubfs/tl-2020-top.png) [TOP Factor](https://topfactor.org/) commences  ### 2020 ![](https://www.cos.io/hubfs/tl-2020-50k.png) [OSF](http://osf.io) surpasses 50K registrations ### 2021 ![](https://www.cos.io/hubfs/tl-2021-metascience.png) COS coordinates the [Metascience 2021 Conference](https://metascience2021.org/) occurring virtually ### 2021 ![](https://www.cos.io/hubfs/tl-2021-rpcb.png) [Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology](https://www.cos.io/rpcb?hsLang=en) appears ### 2021 ![](https://www.cos.io/hubfs/tl-2021-unesco.png) [UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science](https://en.unesco.org/science-sustainable-future/open-science/recommendation) becomes the first international standard setting instrument on open science ### 2022 ![](https://www.cos.io/hubfs/tl-2022-500k.png) [OSF](http://osf.io) reaches 500K registered users ### 2022 ![](https://www.cos.io/hubfs/tl-2022-policy.jpg) Transformational [policy shift](https://www.cos.io/blog/white-house-ostp-guidance-advances-open-access-and-data-sharing?hsLang=en) towards open science in the U.S. ### 2022 ![](https://www.cos.io/hubfs/tl-2022-journals.png) 183 journals offer [Registered Reports](https://www.cos.io/initiatives/registered-reports?hsLang=en) ### 2023 ![](https://www.cos.io/hubfs/tl-2023-whitehouse.jpg) White House initiates 2023 as the "[Year of Open Science](https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-updates/2023/01/11/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-new-actions-to-advance-open-and-equitable-research/)" to advance national open science policies across the federal government ### 2023 ![](https://www.cos.io/hubfs/tl-2023-top.png) Over 400 journals receives a [TOP Factor](https://topfactor.org/) rating of 6 or higher ### 2023 ![](https://www.cos.io/hubfs/tl-2023-10th.png) COS's 10th anniversary and the [Metascience 2023 Conference](https://metascience.info/) convene at the National Academy of Sciences building Hero image: [bestdesigns](https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/time-and-space-gm1366488735-437002704?clarity=false#:~:text=Credit%3A-,bestdesigns,-Stock%20photo%20ID) / iStock ![Center for Open Science](https://www.cos.io/hubfs/Logos/COS%202024/cos-full-tag-h-w.png) 6218 Georgia Avenue NW, Suite #1, Unit 3189 Washington, DC 20011 Email: [contact@cos.io](mailto:contact@cos.io) - 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