Reproducibility, open access, open science

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Reproducibility, Open access,

& Open science

9 September, 2015 Open Knowledge Foundation Australia, Melbourne

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Rule among early-stage venture capital firms that “at least 50% of published studies, even those in top-tier academic journals, can't be repeated with the same conclusions by an industrial lab” - Prinz, Schlange, & Asadullah. Nature Rev. Drug Discov. 10, 712 (2011)

Bayer HealthCare :only about 25% of published preclinical studies could be validated to the point at which projects could continue

Amgen Fifty-three papers were deemed ‘landmark’ studies (see ‘Reproducibility of research findings’)... scientific findings were confirmed in only 6 (11%) cases

Academic knowledge is boxed in by expensive journals.

Scientist meets Publisher

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMIY_4t-DR0

+ Monopoly = Profit maximisation

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37% Elsevier scholarly publishing

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https://alexholcombe.wordpress.com/2015/05/04/four-reasons-to-oppose-the-use-of-elseviers-services-for-the-medical-journal-of-australia/

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How open science wins Cultural change

• Early adopters

• Researcher training

• Advocacy, lobbying

• Journals strengthen sharing policies

Tech work at grassroots • Altmetrics

• Streamlining repositories

• Software for reproducible research

CC-BY Alex Holcombe

Research funders ramp up requirement that code, data be posted

http://aoasg.org.au/2015/08/31/going-beyond-the-published-article-how-open-access-is-just-a-start/

Article  borders  dissolve:  Data,  commentary,  replication,  re-­‐analyses