Tag: open science
HKU Libraries Supports Open Scholarship
— by Florence Ng HKU Libraries commits to promoting Open Scholarship, which includes enabling open access (OA) to research publications, research datasets, metadata, along with research workflows and other types of outputs. We believe Open Scholarship principles can strengthen research integrity, increase visibility, and enhance the impact of the University. Let’s have a look on…
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Towards a Framework to Measure Open Science Practices – PLOS Open Science Indicators
— by Fanny Liu Open Science is “transparent and accessible knowledge that is shared and developed through collaborative networks” (Vicente-Saez & Martinez-Fuentes, 2018, p. 434). It encompasses emerging trends such as open code, open data, open access, and more. PLOS (Public Library of Science) is a non-profit, open access publisher in science and medicine, and…
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State of Open Data 2022
— by Fanny Liu The State of Open Data 2022 survey was conducted in May – July 2022, and received over 6000 responses by respondents from across different regions, in different fields of interest, and at different career stages. Most trends are encouraging around the adoption and acceptance of open data. A majority of the…
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Event Summary – Open Science and Open Access Publishing: Integrity and Innovations
— by Fanny Liu The Open Science and Open Access Publishing: Integrity and Innovations event was a great success with around 150 researchers, students, editors, and librarians from countries across the Asia-Pacific region! Organised by HKU Libraries and supported by iGroup Asia Pacific, PLOS, and DOAJ, the event was held on 28 Oct 2022 at…
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Open Science and Open Access Publishing Webinar 2022
— by Florence Ng The HKU Libraries is organizing a webinar regarding Open Science and Open Access Publishing on 28 October 2022 (Friday) from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Hong Kong time). Guest speakers from iGroup Asia Pacific, PLOS, and DOAJ are invited to deliver speeches related to open sciences and best practices in open…
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Ways to boost your citations – Data Sharing
— by Florence Ng Data sharing is getting support from the academic communities as favourable practice in scholarly publishing. It can enable researchers to replicate findings, build on others’ expertise, and reuse existing data for making new discoveries (Gilmore et al., 2018). While it brings key benefits to scientific progress and the whole research community,…
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