500,000 OSF Users: Celebrating a Global Open Science Community
August 30th, 2022
Ten years ago, open science was an unfamiliar concept and the only practitioners were innovators seeking to do science in a more rigorous, transparent, and inclusive way. These...
Tags: OSF, Community, Open Science
Watch the Catalyzing Open Science Globally: Use Cases and Translated Resources Webinar
July 25th, 2022
Communities of researchers from diverse groups and cultures around the globe use the Open Science Framework (OSF) to support their research workflows. Having support materials and...
Tags: OSF, Community, Open Science, Webinars
How OSF Meets ‘Desirable Characteristics for Data Repositories’
July 13th, 2022
Both the National Institutes for Health (NIH) and National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) in the United States have recently issued important guidelines to help the...
Tags: OSF, Open Science
Watch the Demystifying the Data Anonymization Process: Myths and Best Practices Webinar
July 12th, 2022
Many well-meaning and ambitious researchers get tangled in the process of data anonymization. A thoughtful approach to anonymization is critical to achieving regulatory...
Tags: Research, Data, Community, Open Science, Webinars
Watch the Registered Reports and Funding in Consciousness and Religion Research Webinar
June 27th, 2022
Registered Reports is a publishing format that emphasizes the importance of the research question and the quality of methodology by conducting peer review prior to data...
Tags: Research, Community, Open Science, Webinars, Registered Reports, Consciousness
New Frontiers for Files on OSF
June 24th, 2022
Publishers, funders, and institutions are overwhelmingly pursuing FAIR (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reuse) standards, enabling shared content to be findable,...
Tags: OSF, Open Science
Next Steps for the SCORE Project: Spurring Efforts for Assessing Research Credibility
May 26th, 2022
Assessing the credibility of research claims is a central and continuous part of the scientific process. However, current assessment strategies often require substantial time and...
Tags: Replication, Research, Community, Open Science, SCORE
Creating Community Connections: Advancing Open Science Education Research
May 19th, 2022
As part of our theory of change strategy, the Center for Open Science (COS) offers researchers tools and services to make research better, more efficient, and more reproducible....
Tags: Research, Community, Open Science, Open Scholarship Knowledge Base, Education
Measuring Research Transparency
May 17th, 2022
Measuring the transparency and credibility of research is fundamental to our mission. By having measures of transparency and credibility we can learn about the current state of...
Tags: Transparency, Community, TOP Guidelines, Open Science
Watch the Funding Consciousness Research with Registered Reports Webinar
May 13th, 2022
With funding from the Templeton World Charity foundation, the Center for Open Science (COS) has launched a new initiative in partnership with the Association for the Scientific...
Tags: Research, Community, Open Science, Webinars, Registered Reports, Consciousness

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