JPA Promotes Open Science

Abstract

The scientific endeavor is one in which the capacity to replicatefindings is a foundational tenant. It is unfortunate that therehave been a number of highly publicized cases over the pastdecade of scientists who have not practiced science with therequired levels of intellectual integrity. To help address thisproblem, the Center for Open Science (COS) was founded, “toincrease openness, integrity, and reproducibility of research”(retrieved from https://cos.io/about/mission/ on March 7,2017). As part of their efforts, a series of standards were createdin 2014 under the direction and guidance of recognized disci-pline leaders, journal editors, and funding agency representa-tives. These guidelines were also incentivized, so that authors ofpeer-reviewed research could have their efforts publicly recog-nized for having complied with the newly created standards.