Written by Marcel LaFlamme With the latest release of the PLOS Open Science Indicators (OSI) results, we are introducing a new indicator…
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Open Code A new Open Science Indicator: measuring study registration
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Open Data The benefits of sharing your data in a repository
Access to raw scientific data enhances understanding, enables replication and reanalysis, and increases trust in published research. The vitality and utility of…
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Open Code New Year, new dataset
The latest quarterly update to the Open Science Indicators (OSIs) dataset was released in December, marking the one year anniversary of OSIs…
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Open Data Results of PLOS experiments to increase sharing and discovery of research data
For PLOS, increasing data-sharing rates—and especially increasing the amount of data shared in a repository—is a high priority. Research data is a…
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Open Code A new Open Science Indicators dataset is here!
Written by Lauren Cadwallader, Lindsay Morton, and Iain Hrynaszkiewicz The latest Open Science Indicators (OSI) dataset has arrived! And with it, a…
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Open Code How does Open Science practice differ between research disciplines?
Written by Lauren Cadwallader and Lindsay Morton Different research communities have different priorities, needs, norms, and challenges in communicating their research—it’s no…
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Open Access Open Science is better science
At the heart of the Open Science movement is the conviction that Open Science is better science. More rigorous. More inclusive. More…
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Open Code Why quantifying Openness matters
Written by Iain Hrynaszkiewicz PLOS’ mission is to transform research communication for the good of science and society. We believe that Open…
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Open Data Extending Accessible Data to more articles, repositories, and outputs
Written by Iain Hrynaszkiewicz In March 2022, with support from the Wellcome Trust, we launched an experimental “Accessible Data” feature designed to…
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Open Code A first look at Open Science Indicators for articles published in 2023
Written by Lauren Cadwallader, Lindsay Morton, and Iain Hrynaszkiewicz This week, PLOS shares the latest update to our Open Science Indicators (OSIs)…
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Open Data I dream of data: How to prepare and share research data to meet increasing institutional, funder, and journal requirements
Written by Lindsay Morton Data sharing has long been a hallmark of high-quality reproducible research. Now, Open Data is becoming the norm…
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Open Access Trends in preprint, data, and code sharing, 2019-2022
Written by Lauren Cadwallader, Lindsay Morton, and Iain Hrynaszkiewicz PLOS recently introduced Open Science Indicators (OSIs), a large public dataset identifying and…