O for Open Science | The EDIT Blog

"Joni Coleman tackles the complex subject of delivering transparent, robust science to all – and almost manages not to talk about Twitter.

If you’ve ever volunteered to take part in research: you should be angry. If you pay your taxes: you should be angry. If you believe the scientific method is central to rationalism, modernity, and progress: YOU SHOULD BE ANGRY. Because much of science is failing you. Last year, well over a million papers were published in the biomedical sciences alone, many of which will have been funded through public or charitable monies, and will have relied inescapably on the generosity of participants. But (unless you are lucky enough to have access to a subscription) many of them will be unavailable for you to read. Science is, to a great extent, a closed shop...."