Open Data and Materials

 

Editors at Philosophy & Public Affairs Resign; Will Launch New OA Journal

The executive, associate, and advisory editors and all of the editorial board members of one of the most influential journals in moral and political philosophy, Philosophy & Public Affairs, have resigned en masse.

Enabling Data Discovery with the Astrobiology Resource Metadata Standard

As scientific investigations increasingly adopt Open Science practices, reuse of data becomes paramount. However, despite decades of progress in internet search tools, finding relevant astrobiology datasets for an envisioned investigation remains …

FAIR health data in the national and international data space

Health data are extremely important in today’s data-driven world. Through automation, healthcare processes can be optimized, and clinical decisions can be supported. For any reuse of data, the quality, validity, and trustworthiness of data are …

Millions of research papers at risk of disappearing from the Internet

Millions of research papers at risk of disappearing from the Internet: An analysis of DOIs suggests that digital preservation is not keeping up with burgeoning scholarly knowledge.

News at a glance: Planning for mentoring, tracking replications, and deracializing lung tests

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Open Science Hardware and Space Research

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PEARL-Neuro Database: EEG, fMRI, health and lifestyle data of middle-aged people at risk of dementia

Interdisciplinary approaches are needed to understand the relationship between genetic factors and brain structure and function. Here we describe a database that includes genetic data on apolipoprotein E (APOE) and phosphatidylinositol binding …

Reporting Standards for Complication Studies of Radiation Therapy for Pediatric Cancer: Lessons From PENTEC

The major aim of Pediatric Normal Tissue Effects in the Clinic (PENTEC) was to synthesize quantitative published dose/-volume/toxicity data in pediatric radiation therapy. Such systematic reviews are often challenging because of the lack of …

Springer Nature announces unified open code policy to better support open research practices

Springer Nature has introduced a new unified open code policy for its books and journals portfolios. The policy compliments the publisher's single data policy announced last year and is the latest step in its commitment to making it easier for …

The challenges of open data sharing for qualitative researchers

‘Open Science’ advocates for open access to scientific research, as well as sharing data, analysis plans and code in order to enable replication of results. However, these requirements typically fail to account for methodological differences between …
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