Category Archives: Open Data

My input for the OSTP RFI on reproducibility

Posted on September 28, 2014 by Victoria Stodden

Until Sept 23 2014, the US Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Whitehouse was accepting comments on their “Strategy for American Innovation.” My submitted comments on one part of that RFI, section 11 follow (with minor corrections): “11) … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Intellectual Property, Law, Open Data, Open Science, OSTP, Reproducible Research, Scientific Method | 2 Comments

Changes in the Research Process Must Come From the Scientific Community, not Federal Regulation

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Victoria Stodden

I wrote this piece as an invited policy article for a major journal but they declined to publish it. It’s still very much a draft and they made some suggestions, but since realistically I won’t be able to get back … Continue reading →

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Data access going the way of journal article access? Insist on open data

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Victoria Stodden

The discussion around open access to published scientific results, the Open Access movement, is well known. The primary cause of the current situation — journal publishers owning copyright on journal articles and therefore charging for access — stems from authors … Continue reading →

Posted in Intellectual Property, Law, Open Data, Open Science, Reproducible Research, Scientific Method | 6 Comments