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Set the Default to „Open“: Reproducible Science in the Computer Age

While different types and degrees of reproducible research were discussed, many argued that the community needs to move to “open research,” which means research where widely used software tools are routinely used to (a) fully ‘audit’ the computationally procedure, (b) replicate and independently reproduce the results of the research, and (c) extend the results or apply the method to new problems.

Why openness benefits research

Transparency is essential for trust and credibility in the research community, and true openness brings great opportunities for academia. The internet facilitates the free flow of information and knowledge, and permits new forms of communication both for researchers and for the general public. Already, today’s children can listen freely on the internet to university courses taught by world-leading scientists, and everybody has the best encyclopaedia ever written (Wikipedia) at their fingertips.  These are real game changers. Opening up the research literature is the next logical step.
Blogpost by David Shotton and Heinrich Hartmann.