How open science helps researchers succeed

Abstract

Open access, open data, open source and other open scholarship practices are growing in popularity and necessity. However, widespread adoption of these practices has not yet been achieved. One reason is that researchers are uncertain about how sharing their work will affect their careers. We review literature demonstrating that open research is associated with increases in citations, media attention, potential collaborators, job opportunities and funding opportunities. These findings are evidence that open research practices bring significant benefits to researchers relative to more traditional closed practices.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.16800.001

Affiliations

[1 ]deptDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Science , National Autonomous University of Mexico , Mexico City, Mexico

[2 ]deptOffice of the Director , National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, United States

[3 ]deptPopulation Health and Reproduction , University of California, Davis , Davis, United States

[4 ]Laura and John Arnold Foundation , Houston, United States

[5 ]BioMed Central , London, United Kingdom

[6 ]CrossRef , Oxford, United Kingdom

[7 ]deptInstitute for Computational Engineering and Sciences , University of Texas at Austin , Austin, United States

[8 ]Center for Open Science , Charlottesville, United States

[9 ]deptBerkeley Institute for Data Science , University of California, Berkeley , Berkeley, United States

[10 ]deptDepartment of Engineering and Society , University of Virginia , Charlottesville, United States

[11 ]deptMozilla Science Lab , Mozilla Foundation , New York, United States

[12 ]Gesmer Updegrove LLP , Boston, United States

[13 ]deptCenter for Environmental Research, Education, and Outreach , Washington State University , Pullman, United States

[14 ]deptInformation School , University of Washington , Seattle, United States

[15 ]deptDepartment of Psychology , University of Texas at Austin , Austin, United States

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Author notes

emckiernan@ 123456ciencias.unam.mx

Contributors

Peter Rodgers: Role: Reviewing editor,

eLife , United Kingdom

Journal

Journal ID (nlm-ta): eLife

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Elife

Journal ID (hwp): eLife

Journal ID (publisher-id): eLife

Title: eLife

Publisher: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd

ISSN (Electronic): 2050-084X

Publication date (electronic) 07 July 2016

Publication date Collection 2016

Volume: 5

ID: 27387362 ID: 4973366 ID: 16800 ID: 10.7554/eLife.16800

Copyright statement: © 2016, McKiernan et al

License:

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.

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Funding

Funded by: FundRef http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000049, National Institute on Aging;

Award ID: R24AG048124

Award Recipient : Brian A Nosek Courtney K Soderberg

Funded by: Laura and John Arnold Foundation;

Award Recipient : Brian A Nosek Jeffrey R Spies

Funded by: FundRef http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000925, John Templeton Foundation;

Award ID: 46545

Award Recipient : Brian A Nosek Jeffrey R Spies

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Categories

Subject: Point of View

Subject: Feature Article

Custom metadata

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Author impact statement Open research practices bring significant benefits to researchers.