Sticks and carrots

Encouraging open science at its source

Bibliographic Data

ID13017879
AuthorsSabina Leonelli (0000-0002-7815-6609, University of Exeter, corresponding author), Daniel Spichtinger (0000-0002-9601-8592, European Commission), Barbara Prainsack (0000-0002-6335-1532, King's College London)
Year2015
Volume2
Issue1
Pages12-16
Publication date2015-03-23
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGeo Geography and Environment (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2054-4049 • E-ISSN: 2054-4049
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/geo2.2
PMID26435842
OpenAlexW1512131519
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited11

The Open Science (OS) movement has been seen as an important facilitator for public participation in science. This has been underpinned by the assumption that widespread and free access to research outputs leads to (i) better and more efficient science, (ii) economic growth, in particular for small and medium-sized enterprises wishing to capitalise on research findings and (iii) increased transparency of knowledge production and its outcomes. The latter in particular could function as a catalyst for public participation and engagement. Whether OS is likely to help realise these benefits, however, will depend on the emergence of systemic incentives for scientists to utilise OS in a meaningful manner. While some areas, the environmental sciences have a long tradition of open ethos, citizen inclusion and global collaborations, such activities need to be more systematically supported and promoted by funders and learned societies in order to improve scientific research and public participation

Engineering physics · Open source · Operating system · Computer Science · Engineering · Research Data Management Practices · Scientific Computing and Data Management · scientometrics and bibliometrics research

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