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Open Science Tips

By Year of Open Science

This space is intended to compile tips for integrating more open science practices into your work.

Provide robust documentation for your data and software

Provide robust documentation for your data and software

Data and software may be publicly available but if they are not well-documented, then they are not completely accessible to all.

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Cite all the data and software that you use and encourage citation practices in your colleagues

Cite all the data and software that you use and encourage citation practices in your colleagues

Data and software citations foster a culture of data and software sharing. 

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Recognize all contributions to your research project

Recognize all contributions to your research project

Performing science involves many skills, especially when you are emphasizing open science. An important part of open science is recognizing all...

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Learn about data equity

Learn about data equity

Learn how data equity improves open science.

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Take training to improve your ability to create reproducible workflows

Take training to improve your ability to create reproducible workflows

Reproducibility and transparency are a big part of open science. There are several training opportunities that aim to help scientists improve their...

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Plan your projects with open science in mind

Plan your projects with open science in mind

Open science is not something that you can just make happen at the end of a project. You need to start the project by intentionally thinking about...

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