Resources

Open Access, Open Research, Open Science

Open access (OA) refers to freely available, digital, online information. Open access scholarly literature is free of charge and often carries less restrictive copyright and licensing barriers than traditionally published works, for both the users and the authors.

Cornell University

What is open research?

Open research comprises openness throughout the research cycle, through collaborative working and sharing and making research methodology, software, code and equipment freely available online, along with instructions for using it. Open research includes making publications freely available online (open access), in addition to the underlying research data (open data).

University of Exeter

What is open science?

Open Science is a collection of actions designed to make scientific processes more transparent and results more accessible. Its goal is to build a more replicable and robust science; it does so using new technologies, altering incentives, and changing attitudes.

Open Science Foundation

Global Collaboratory Landscape

VentureWell

We envision a world in which science and technology innovators have the support, training, and access to networks and resources they need to solve the world’s most difficult problems.

OpenResearch

OpenResearch is a non-profit research lab

We fund work that requires a very long time horizon, seeks to answer open-ended questions, or develops technology that shouldn’t be owned by any one company.

Ronin Institute

The Ronin Institute’s mission is to provide an academic community for people who are committed to truth and empathy.

protocols.io

A secure platform for developing and sharing reproducible methods.

Creative Commons

CC is an international nonprofit organization that empowers people to grow and sustain the thriving commons of shared knowledge and culture we need to address the world’s most pressing challenges and create a brighter future for all.

Open Research Institute

Open Research Institute, Inc. (ORI) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) research and development organization which provides all of its work to the general public under the principles of Open Source and Open Access to Research.

ACS Publications

ACS Transformative Agreements help your institution sustainably support the transition to open science by growing the amount of work your researchers publish in open access formats, while also providing full access to ACS subscription content. Authors at hundreds of institutions worldwide benefit from ACS Transformative Agreements each year.

OpenAccess Scholarly Publishing Association

Representing a diverse community of organisations engaged in open scholarship, OASPA works to encourage and enable open access as the predominant model of communication for scholarly outputs.

Center for Open Science

Our mission is to increase openness, integrity, and reproducibility of research.

SPARC

The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition is a non-profit advocacy organization that supports systems for research and education that are open by default and equitable by design.

Helios

The Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship (HELIOS) is a cohort of colleges and universities committed to collective action to advance open scholarship within and across their campuses. Leaders from US colleges and universities have joined this community of practice, working together to promote a more transparent, inclusive, and trustworthy research ecosystem.