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Contents

  • 1 Primers
      • 1.0.1 Open research primers
        • 1.0.1.1 Checklist for an Open Research Action Plan
        • 1.0.1.2 Data sharing
        • 1.0.1.3 Open access
        • 1.0.1.4 Open code & software
        • 1.0.1.5 Open research awards
        • 1.0.1.6 Preprints
        • 1.0.1.7 Pre-registration & Registered Reports
        • 1.0.1.8 Trusted research
      • 1.0.2 Open research across disciplines
        • 1.0.2.1 Open research across disciplines

Primers

Our primer series is designed to introduce a broad audience to important topics in open and reproducible scholarship

Open research primers

Each primer includes an overview of the topic in the introductory “What?” section, reasons for undertaking these practices in the “Why?” section, followed by a longer “How?” section that provides guidance on how to do that open research behaviour practically.

Throughout the primers, there are embedded explanatory weblinks, and at the end of each is a collated list of links to useful further resources.

The primers are licensed under Creative Commons license CC BY 3.0. You can link to, quote, share, and adapt the primers freely.

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Checklist for an Open Research Action Plan

Promote and embed cultural change within a research organisation.

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Data sharing

Make research data available to ensure transparency and a reliable scientific record.

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Open access

Universal open and barrier-free access to research benefits all knowledge users.

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Open code & software

Encourage collaboration between code users, developers and researchers.

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Open research awards

Run a competition to recognise and reward researchers who have used open practices.

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Preprints

Upload, describe and disseminate your scholarly article prior to peer review.

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Pre-registration & Registered Reports

Help reduce questionable research practices, and prevent selective reporting.

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Trusted research

Trusted Research is official Government guidance for the UK research sector.

Open research across disciplines

Although a lot of open research practices have commonly been discussed under the term “open science”, open research applies to all disciplines. If the concept of open research is new to you, it might be difficult for you to determine how you can apply open research practices to your research. The aim of this document is to provide resources and examples of open research practices that are relevant to your discipline.

This longer document (58 pages) lists case studies of open research per discipline, and resources per discipline (organised as: general, open methods, open data, open output and open education).

Licensed under Creative Commons license CC BY 4.0. You can link to, quote, share and adapt the document freely.

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Open research across disciplines

How open research is being used in your field.

These documents were crowd-authored by members of the UKRN and their university communities. The primer series will be updated and extended to include topics from the whole research cycle.

To let us know about a change or potential update, typo, or to request a primer on a particular topic, please get in touch.

About UKRN

UKRN is a peer-led consortium that aims to ensure the UK retains its place as a centre for world-leading research. It is led by Marcus Munafò (Bristol), Chris Chambers (Cardiff), Alexandra Collins (Imperial), Laura Fortunato (Oxford), Etienne Roesch (Reading), and Malcolm Macleod (Edinburgh).

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