How open science helps researchers succeed

Authors

Erin McKiernan, National Autonomous University of Mexico
Philip E. Bourne, National Institutes of Health
C. Titus Brown, University of California, Davis
Stuart Buck, Laura and John Arnold Foundation
Amye Kenall, BioMed Central
Jennifer Lin, Crossref
Damon McDougall, University of Texas at Austin
Brian A. Nosek, University of Virginia
Karthik Ram, University of California, Berkeley
Courtney K. Soderberg, Center for Open Science
Jeffrey R. Spies, Center for Open Science
Kaitlin Thaney, Mozilla Science Lab, Mozilla Foundation
Andrew Updegrove, Gesmer Updegrove LLP
Kara H. Woo, Washington State University
Tal Yarkoni, University of Texas at Austin

Date of this Version

7-7-2016

Document Type

Article

Citation

eLife 2016;10.7554/eLife.16800
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.16800

Comments

CC licensed

Abstract

Open access, open data, open source, and other open scholarship practices are growing in popularity and necessity. However, widespread adoption of these practices has not yet been achieved. One reason is that researchers are uncertain about how sharing their work will affect their careers. We review literature demonstrating that open research is associated with increases in citations, media attention, potential collaborators, job opportunities, and funding opportunities. These findings are evidence that open research practices bring significant benefits to researchers relative to more traditional closed practices.