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The Open Access Button needs fantastic resources for engaging authors around Open Access to be successful. We're compiling resources we use below. If we've missed a resource, let us know.
The 2002 Budapest Open Access Initiative outlines the principles of Open Access, and defines Open Access as the free availability and full re-use of research articles.
Read the BOAIThis video by PhD Comics with narration by Nick Shockey and Jonathan Eisen provides an illustrated explanation of Open Access.
Watch the VideoOpen Access publications that are re-usable typically utilise a Creative Commons license.
Find out moreOur friends at SPARC have put together a clear, concise factsheet explaining Open Access.
Get the factsheetOpen means anyone can freely access, use, modify, and share for any purpose (subject, at most, to requirements that preserve provenance and openness).
Read the definitionThe Panton Principles are a set of recommendations that address how best to make published data from scientific studies available for re-use. In this context, "published" means "made public" and is not restricted to formal publication in the scholarly literature.
ReadOur friends at SPARC have put together a clear, concise factsheet explaining Open Data.
Get the factsheetFigshare is an online digital repository where researchers can preserve and share their research outputs, including figures, datasets, images, and videos. It is free to upload content and free to access.
Check it outZenodo is an open dependable home for the long-tail of science, enabling researchers to share and preserve any research outputs in any size, any format and from any science.
Check it outSHERPA/RoMEO is a resource that lists copyright and archiving policies for journals. Use it to learn if you're able to archive your research.
Check it outThe DOAJ is an online directory that lists nearly 9,000 highly quality, peer reviewed Open Access journals.
Check it outThis handbook provides concrete information on how to produce open data.
Read theFrom increased access and visibility to higher citation counts Open Access benefits researchers and readers.
Learn moreAcross all fields, Open Access articles in repositories have a higher citation rate than non-Open Access articles.
Read moreSHERPA/JULIET is a resource that lists the Open Access policies of funders. Discover if your funder requires Open Access.
Check it out10 steps you can take to make sure you contribute to a culture shift towards open science.
Find out moreScrutinising arguments expressing concerns against Open Data.
Read theIf you don't share your data, you are breaking professional standards in research, and are thus committing scientific misconduct.
Read more"In order to tap into the vast potential that is attributed to academic data sharing we need to forge new policies that follow the guiding principle reputation instead of obligation".
Read moreThere is "a statistically well-supported citation benefit from open data".
Check the figuresIf you don't share your data, you are breaking professional standards in research, and are thus committing scientific misconduct
Read more"Datasets should be deposited in an appropriate, recognised, publicly available repository. Where no data-specific repository exists, authors should deposit their datasets in a general repository such as Dryad or Figshare, or include it in the supplementary material."
Read the PolicyThis checklist is designed to help you understand what someone outside your research project (or you in 5-10 years) would need to know about your data in order to build on your work.
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