Can Open Science Help to Make Research More Accessible? | RAND

"Today's connected society presents new and exciting opportunities to share and use information that supports research and innovation. Recent scientific advances, such as the discovery of the Higgs boson and gravitational waves, have been the result of idea and data collaborations between thousands of scientists, facilitated by digital technologies. Every day new data is generated through the activities of billions of people, and rich and complex data continues to proliferate through the use of digital devices. New approaches to scientific research are enabled by this environment (PDF) and the opportunities for discovery and innovation could increase dramatically when research results and research data are more accessible and re-usable."