Tag Archives: Data Sharing

School for Agriculture Policy and Development Open Research Competition 2022/2023

Posted on October 26, 2022 by Robert Darby

This School for Agriculture Policy and Development (SAPD) Open Research Competition will recognize and reward researchers and students who aim to contribute to making research more accessible, transparent, or reproducible and who can demonstrate understanding of the principles and aims … Continue reading →

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Towards Open Research: a new report from the Wellcome Trust

Posted on December 16, 2016 by Robert Darby

October this year saw publication of Towards Open Research: Practices, experiences, barriers and opportunities, a study investigating researcher’s attitudes and behaviours in respect of open research, commissioned by the Wellcome Trust, and based on surveys of researchers and focus groups … Continue reading →

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Open in Action: Open Access Week 2016

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Karen Rowlett

This guest post has been contributed by Caroline Knowles, Head of Research Communications and Engagement at University of Reading. This week (beginning 24 October) is International Open Access Week. ‘So what?’ you might ask. The messages we have received recently … Continue reading →

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Is your spreadsheet program altering your data?

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Karen Rowlett

The move to providing the underlying data behind research articles has been a major step towards promoting reproducibility, transparency and data re-use. However, analyses of the quality and annotation of published data sets can sometimes reveal significant and widespread problems. Excel … Continue reading →

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