Open Research: further information | University of Reading

"The Open Research philosophy

The terms 'Open Research' and 'Open Science' are now in the mainstream of academic discourse. They describe a range of practices relating to the conduct and communication of academic research. The core idea of Open Research is that the process and outputs of research should be made as open as possible, as early as possible. It brings peer review into the heart of the research process and gives the widest possible scope for others to engage critically with, and derive benefit from, research in all its dimensions.

Open Research is enacted in practices such as technology-enabled collaboration, Open Access publishing, and open publication of data. These practices are based on a strong philosophical and ethical foundation: the idea that knowledge produces greatest benefit when it exists in a commons and that knowledge produced by public funding should belong to and exist for the benefit of all. ...

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