Initiatives
UKRN supports initiatives to encourage appropriate methodology, accountability and the establishment of working groupsTools
Initiatives that provide tools to make open research easier
BioModels @EMBL-EBI
Reproducibility Scorecard for improving reproducibility in Systems Biology Modelling.
IsoArcH
An isotope database for bioarcheological samples from around the world.
Octopus
Octopus is a new platform to replace journals and papers as the primary research record.
Policy
Initiatives that provide a policy framework for institutions
Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework
LEAF programme is a standard in environmentally sustainable laboratory practices.
STRANGE
A framework to help animal behaviour researchers mitigate sampling biases in laboratory and field studies.
Universal Funders Policy
Policy to mandate open source records with published research as condition for funding.
Accountable Replication Policies
Journals’ commitment to publish valid replications of their previously published studies.
Editors4BetterResearch
Journal editors’ public commitment to support open and reproducible research.
Hiring Policies Certification Scheme
Academic employers’ declaration to recruit based on record of open research practices.
Registered Reports
Article format for study protocol peer review and pre-acceptance, regardless of eventual results.
Support
Initiatives that connect researchers and promote open research
Deep Dementia Phenotyping (DEMON) Network
An international network for applying data science and AI to dementia.
Free Our Knowledge (FOK)
A platform for researchers to organise collective action in the pursuit of academic reform.
FORRT
Pedagogical support for open and reproducible research practices in higher education.
Hidden REF
A competition that recognises all research outputs and every role that makes research possible.
Peer Community in Registered Reports
A free, supra-journal platform that reviews & recommends Registered Reports preprints.
ReproducibiliTea
Early-career researcher community promoting open and reproducible research.
RIOT Science Club
Providing training in Reproducible, Interpretable, Open and Transparent research.
Open Research Working Groups
Action-oriented teams reforming research for transparency, accessibility and reproducibility.