Contents
- 1 Primers
- 1.0.1 Open research primers
- 1.0.2 Open research primers for researchers
- 1.0.2.1 Checklist for an Open Research Action Plan
- 1.0.2.2 Data sharing
- 1.0.2.3 Open access
- 1.0.2.4 Open code & software
- 1.0.2.5 Preprints
- 1.0.2.6 Trusted research
- 1.0.2.7 Pre-registration & registered reports
- 1.0.2.8 Rights retention
- 1.0.2.9 Open source hardware
- 1.0.2.10 Working in Open Research
- 1.0.2.11 Working in research data management
- 1.0.2.12 Open Access
- 1.0.3 Open research primers for professional services staff
Primers
Our primer series is designed to introduce a broad audience to important topics in open and reproducible scholarshipOpen 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.
Open research primers for researchers
Checklist for an Open Research Action Plan
Promote and embed cultural change within a research organisation.
Data sharing
Make research data available to ensure transparency and a reliable scientific record.
Open access
Universal open and barrier-free access to research benefits all knowledge users.
Open code & software
Encourage collaboration between code users, developers and researchers.
Preprints
Upload, describe and disseminate your scholarly article prior to peer review.
Trusted research
Trusted Research is official Government guidance for the UK research sector.
Pre-registration & registered reports
Help reduce questionable research practices, and prevent selective reporting.
Rights retention
Advice for authors on their copyright licences
Open source hardware
The benefits of open source hardware in research
Working in Open Research
An introductory guide for those working and considering working in the area of open research
Working in research data management
An introductory guide for those working and considering working in the area of research data management.
Open Access
An introductory guide for those working and considering working in the area of open access
Open research primers for professional services staff
Checklist for an Open Research Action Plan
Promote and embed cultural change within a research organisation.
Open research awards
Run a competition to recognise and reward researchers who have used open practices.
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.