Towards wide-scale adoption of open science practices: The role of open science communities
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2021-07-03Author
Armeni, Kristijan
Brinkman, Loek
Carlsson, Rickard
Eerland, Anita
Fijten, Rianne
Fondberg, Robin
Heininga, Vera E.
Heunis, Stephan
Koh, Wei Qi
Masselink, Maurits
Moran, Niall
Ó Baoill, Andrew
Sarafoglou, Alexandra
Schettino, Antonio
Schwamm, Hardy
Sjoerds, Zsuzsika
Teperek, Marta
van den Akker, Olmo R.
van't Veer, Anna
Zurita-Milla, Raul
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Armeni, Kristijan, Brinkman, Loek, Carlsson, Rickard, Eerland, Anita, Fijten, Rianne, Fondberg, Robin, Heininga, Vera E.,Heunis, Stephan, Koh, Wei Qi, Masselink, Maurits, Moran, Niall, Baoill, Andrew Ó, Sarafoglou, Alexandra, Schettino, Antonio, Schwamm, Hardy, Sjoerds, Zsuzsika, Teperek, Marta, van den Akker, Olmo R., van't Veer, Anna, Zurita-Milla, Raul. (2021). Towards wide-scale adoption of open science practices: The role of open science communities. Science and Public Policy, 48(5), 605-611. doi:10.1093/scipol/scab039
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Despite the increasing availability of Open Science (OS) infrastructure and the rise in policies to change behaviour, OS practices are not yet the norm. While pioneering researchers are developing OS practices, the majority sticks to status quo. To transition to common practice, we must engage a critical proportion of the academic community. In this transition, OS Communities (OSCs) play a key role. OSCs are bottom-up learning groups of scholars that discuss OS within and across disciplines. They make OS knowledge more accessible and facilitate communication among scholars and policymakers. Over the past two years, eleven OSCs were founded at several Dutch university cities. In other countries, similar OSCs are starting up. In this article, we discuss the pivotal role OSCs play in the large-scale transition to OS. We emphasize that, despite the grassroot character of OSCs, support from universities is critical for OSCs to be viable, effective, and sustainable.