What is open science? | Discussions – F1000 Research

"This is the fifth and final instalment of the 'What is…' series of posts, in which we focus on open science. Previous posts in this series covered open access, open peer review, post-publication peer review and open data. Here we look at open science as a collective term, and some of the other concepts that fall under the open science term ... Open science is the concept of opening up all aspects of scientific research, to allow others to follow the process and collaborate. There is no formal definition of open science, but it usually incorporates some of the aspects we looked at before, such as open access, open peer review, post-publication peer review, and open data. Additionally, it includes other ways to make science more transparent and accessible during the research process, and we will discuss them here: open notebook science, citizen science, and aspects of open source software and crowdfunded research projects ..."