What senior academics can do to support reproducible and open research: a short, three-step guide.

ABSTRACT: Increasingly, policies are being introduced to reward and recognise open research practices, while the adoption of such practices into research routines is being facilitated by many grassroots initiatives. However, despite this widespread endorsement and support, as well as various efforts led by early career researchers, open research is yet to be widely adopted. For open research to become the norm, initiatives should engage academics from all career stages, particularly senior academics (namely senior lecturers, readers, professors) given their routine involvement in determining the quality of research. Senior academics, however, face unique challenges in implementing policy changes and supporting grassroots initiatives. Given that-like all researchers-senior academics are motivated by

SUBMITTER: Kowalczyk OS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8938725 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature