A new kind of science: research in the age of big data - EuroScientist Webzine

"...Fortunately the new digital, networked kind of science enables us to share information more freely. It also makes it possible to open up research to greater scrutiny than ever before.  We can and must grasp that opportunity, and funders in particular are waking up to this fact.  In time, I hope, the term ‘open science’ will come to be seen as a redundant expression."

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