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Open Science Ambassadors meeting
The Open Science Ambassadors program is a community of researchers who are passionate about promoting transparency, reproducibility and collaboration in science. Our Ambassadors come from diverse backgrounds, various research disciplines and a variety of Max Planck Institutes. The common goal… read more
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Summer School Materials available
We are wrapping up our week-long hybrid summer school on open science. From September 9 to 13, 2024, the joint Open Science Summer School of the LMU Open Science Center and the Max Planck Digital Library took place in Munich.… read more
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OSA hands-on Online Workshop
The PhD-Net Open Science Working Group invites everyone to a hands-on online workshop kindly given by Konrad Förstner. The workshop is part of the Open Science Ambassadors Programm, but not limited in participation to the current Ambassadors. This immersive two-hour… read more
Open Science Facets
Open Access
Open Access (OA) stands for unrestricted and free of cost online access to scholarly research. The term “open access”…
Open Research Data
The phrase “open research data” is used to describe data, which is considered open in some capacity. It can be either the foundation…
Linked Open Data
Linked open data is closely connected to the idea of open research data. However, it extends the idea of freely accessible data…
Open Source
Open Source is a facet of Open Science that combines different movements that are all concerned with the accessible provision of source materials. This includes…
Open Process
Methods that improve the credibility, transparency and replicability of scientific research can be grouped under the Open Process facet. While these three pillars…
Open Review
Open Review is an umbrella term for a variety of methods that intend to open the process of (peer) review, which is the traditional way to assure quality in science. Drafted journal articles…
Open Education
The openness movement within education intends to remove barriers to institution-based learning through a better access to participation and recognition. The first collection…
Citizen Science
Citizen Science refers to the growing involvement of amateur or non-professional scientists in the research process. In some research fields…