Center for Open Science

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Applications Open: Preregistration Template Evaluation Working Group
The Center for Open Science (COS) is seeking new members for its Preregistration Template Working Group, with terms beginning in March 2025. Preregistration enhances research...
Tags: Preregistration, Research, OSF, Open Science
Making Your Research Data FAIR with OSF: A Practical Guide
Recent U.S. administration orders and confusion about access to federally funded research, including the removal of public data, have raised concerns about the future of research...
Tags: Open Science, Metadata, Data Sharing, FAIR research, Data Transparency, data curation
Advancing Open Science Together: DOI Versioning and MetaROR’s Publish, Review, Curate Model
The Center for Open Science (COS) is excited to announce the launch of a new feature on the OSF: Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Versioning for Preprints. This enhancement...
Tags: Scholarly Publishing, OSF, Open Science, metascience
Reimagining Scholarly Publishing: A Community-Led Approach with Lifecycle Journal
Scholarly publishing has long been dominated by traditional models that often slow down the dissemination of research and limit transparency. But what if there was a way to...
Tags: Scholarly Publishing, Open Science, Lifecycle Journal
Unlocking Learning: JMU Librarians Share Educational Escape Room Game on OSF
What if teaching students to evaluate sources could be an interactive adventure? That’s the creative approach behind the Science Sleuths Source Evaluation Escape Room game,...
Tags: OSF, Open Science, Librarians
Transforming Research with Data Curation Practices
The following blog is based on a recent webinar with the Data Curation Network. You can watch the full recording here. Data curation is the ongoing process of managing research...
Tags: OSF, Open Science, FAIR research, data curation
Decision Markets Predict Replicability of Online Experiments
A new study published in Nature Human Behaviour suggests that a tool similar to a stock market could help scientists identify research findings that are likely to hold up to...
Tags: Reproducibility, Research
Introducing Support Beacons on the OSF: Help at Your Fingertips
We’re thrilled to announce a pilot of our new OSF Help Beacons, designed to make your OSF experience even smoother! These beacons, a feature of our support desk technology from ...
Tags: OSF, Open Science
Member Spotlight: Communities of Practice at Florida State University and the University of Cincinnati
The following blog is based on a recent webinar with Florida State University and the University of Cincinnati. You can watch the full recording here. Member Spotlight:...
Tags: Open Science, OSF Institutions, Member Spotlight
Researcher Q&A: A Conversation About the Better Poster Project
Mike Morrison, PhD, is an organizational psychologist and the lead UX researcher at Curvenote. While in graduate school in 2019, he posted a YouTube cartoon about creating better...
Tags: Research, OSF, Open Science