Lifecycle Open Access
Open access publishing has transformed how we share and consume knowledge. By providing free, immediate, and unrestricted online access to scholarly research, open access has led...
Tags: Scholarly Publishing, preprints, Community, Open Science, Open Access
Open Access to the Complete Research Lifecycle with TOP Guidelines
In honor of Open Access (OA) Week 2025, it’s important to take a moment and appreciate how far we’ve come towards seeing the public availability of research as a normal and...
Tags: TOP, TOP Guidelines, Open Science, Open Access
Update on the Future of OSF Preprints
In August 2025, the Center for Open Science (COS) announced a suspension of new submissions to the generalist server hosted on OSF Preprints while we evaluated its role within the...
Tags: OSF Preprints, preprints, Infrastructure, OSF, Open Science
Now Live: The Refreshed OSF Interface
The Open Science Framework (OSF) now features an updated interface designed to make managing research projects easier, faster, and more intuitive.Streamlined and...
Tags: Infrastructure, OSF, Open Science, Resources
Transforming Research, Together: Shaping the Future of Openness and Rigor
COS’s 2026–2028 Strategic Planning Process As the global research system evolves—technologically, politically, and culturally—so must the organizations that support it. At the...
Tags: Transparency, Collaboration, Community, Open Science
Coming Soon: A New Look for OSF
Update: OSF Redesign: Launching October 11The Center for Open Science (COS) product and engineering teams have been working diligently on a major milestone: a new front end for...
Tags: Infrastructure, OSF, Community, Open Science
Member Spotlight: Collaboration & Stewardship Across the Research Lifecycle at VU
The following blog is based on a recent webinar with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. You canwatch the full recording here.Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) is advancing open...
Tags: Open Science, OSF Institutions, Member Spotlight
Open Source Ecosystem Project Spotlight: GakuNin RDM
GakuNin RDM is a research data management (RDM) service provided by the National Institute of Informatics (NII) and designed to promote open science across universities and...
Tags: OSF, Community, Open Science, Open Source, Inclusivity and Collaboration, Open Source Ecosystem
Open Source Ecosystem Project Spotlight: Exporting OSF Projects to PDF
What if you could generate a detailed PDF snapshot of your entire OSF project—including metadata, wikis, files, contributors, components, and logs? A new project led by Ramiro...
Tags: OSF, Community, Open Science, Open Source, Inclusivity and Collaboration, Open Source Ecosystem
Open Source Ecosystem Project Spotlight: Accessible Content Optimization for Research Needs (ACORN)
Researchers generate vast amounts of data, but making that information easy to find, understand, and use is still a challenge. Accessible Content Optimization for Research Needs...
Tags: OSF, Community, Open Science, Open Source, Inclusivity and Collaboration, Open Source Ecosystem