Posts tagged with 'osf'

COS Mission and Strategy Evolution
July 13th, 2026
When we opened the Center for Open Science (COS) 13 years ago, science was steady and the open science movement was tenuous. Today, it feels like the opposite in some regions. ...
Tags: Strategy, OSF, Lifecycle Open Science
Lifecycle Open Science in Action: Researcher Q&A with Jolana Samii
July 9th, 2026
Research doesn't begin with a published paper—it starts with a question, a plan, and a process that sometimes remains invisible to others. At the Center for Open Science (COS), we...
Tags: Transparency, OSF, Research Best Practices, Transparency & Reproducibility, Data Sharing, Lifecycle Open Science
Introducing the Eye Tracking Preregistration Template: Q&A with Libby Jenke and Nicolette Sullivan
July 8th, 2026
Eye tracking is used across a broad range of disciplines—from psychology and neuroscience to marketing, political science, and communication—to capture real-time measures of...
Tags: Preregistration, OSF, Research Best Practices, Transparency & Reproducibility
Lifecycle Open Science in Action: Researcher Q&A with Rodrigo Reyes Cordova
July 2nd, 2026
At the Center for Open Science (COS), we use the term lifecycle open science (LOS) to describe research with publicly accessible plans, outputs—such as data, materials, and...
Tags: Transparency, OSF, Research Best Practices, Transparency & Reproducibility, Data Sharing, Lifecycle Open Science
Enhancing Discoverability: Recent Updates to the OSF
May 8th, 2026
Lifecycle Open Science (LOS) is an approach to research that promotes transparency, openness, and accessibility across the entire research lifecycle—from planning and data...
Tags: OSF, discoverability, Metadata, Lifecycle Open Science
Q&A with Alisha Bruton: Open Science in Integrative Medicine Research
April 13th, 2026
When research directly informs clinical care, transparency carries practical consequences. Rigorous documentation and open practices help findings stand up to scrutiny and support...
Tags: Transparency, OSF, Research Best Practices, Transparency & Reproducibility, Open Science, Data Sharing, Data Management
Researcher Q&A: Introducing Open Science in a College of Allied Health Sciences
February 4th, 2026
Even with strong interest and enthusiasm within an institution, open science cannot implement itself. Meaningful adoption of open practices requires common language, accessible...
Tags: preprints, Transparency, OSF, Community, Research Best Practices, Transparency & Reproducibility, Open Science, Training, Research Tools
Introducing the EEG and ERP Methods Template: Q&A with Gisela Govaart and Antonio Schettino
January 29th, 2026
Preregistration is a key open science practice that helps researchers plan studies in advance by specifying hypotheses, methods, and analysis plans before collecting or analyzing...
Tags: Transparency, Preregistration, OSF, Research Best Practices, Transparency & Reproducibility, Open Science, Social Sciences
Introducing the Theory-Based Predictions in Social Science Preregistration Template: Q&A with Andrew Cesare Miller
January 29th, 2026
Social scientists routinely use theory to make predictions about future events—from electoral outcomes to conflict dynamics to policy effects. These predictions help shape public...
Tags: Transparency, Preregistration, OSF, Research Best Practices, Transparency & Reproducibility, Open Science, Social Sciences
Building the Open Science Ecosystem: A Recap and Future Vision
December 12th, 2025
As 2025 comes to a close, it’s an opportune moment to reflect on how far the OSF Open Science Ecosystem (OSE) initiative has come, celebrate what we accomplished this year, and...
Tags: Infrastructure, OSF, Collaboration, Open Source, Open Source Ecosystem

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