Opinion pieces
The Office for Open Research publishes a monthly digest which combines an update on the latest developments in open research with opinion pieces from University of Manchester staff.
Here you can find an archive of opinion pieces published since the launch of the digest in April 2022.
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Developing a Data Stewardship Community
Eleanor Warren reflects on building a new community
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Don’t Try To Fit the Humanities Into an Open Science Shaped Box
Fred Breese discusses approaches to the Humanities within the open research movement
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Open Research and New Technology as Drivers of a Metrics Revolution
Beth Norgrove reflects on openness in research metrics
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Research Data Management: a Data Scientist's Perspective
Saskia Lawson-Tovey offers a Data Scientist's insight into the value of Research Data Management practices
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Responsible research metrics?
There is increasing recognition that current methods of research assessment can help to reinforce systemic inequities within research.
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Making Connections with the Research Data Alliance (RDA)
The RDA’s vision focuses on the open sharing and re-use of data across technologies, disciplines and countries to address the grand challenges of society.
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Our journey towards open research support software
The open research movement is playing a critical role in the growing acceptance and effectiveness of open research software.
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Open Access Monographs – new schemes supported by the Library
The recent REF results illustrate the significant increase in university research outputs available as open access (OA) journal articles at the University.
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Pre-registration and library support
In terms of its purpose, preregistration is an intervention designed to mitigate a number of factors contributing to irreproducibility.
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The future of research dissemination
How should scientific results be published and shared? This is an important question for the open research movement.
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