22/06/2015 EuroScientist - European science conversation by the community, for the community www.euroscientist.com Open Science A EuroScientist Special Issue – June 2015 Read this post online: http://www.euroscientist.com/science-2-0 EuroScience | 1, Quai Lezay-Marnésia | F-67000 Strasbourg | France Tel +33 3 8824 1150 | Fax +33 3 8824 7556 | [email protected] | www.euroscience.org 22/06/2015 EuroScientist - European science conversation by the community, for the community www.euroscientist.com Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Welcome to this Special Issue of EuroScientist on: Open Science ! ............................................................................. 3 Editorial ........................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Thoughtful debate is losing ground over appearance .................................................................................................. 4 Open Science in question ................................................................................................................................................ 6 The day when science is truly open .............................................................................................................................. 6 Jean-Claude Burgelman: the new open science paradigm requires fine tuning .......................................................... 9 A new kind of science: research in the age of big data .............................................................................................. 11 Evolving publishers ....................................................................................................................................................... 13 Jan Velterop interview: further opening science thanks to a cultural shift ................................................................ 13 Open Science helps researchers get the impact they deserve ................................................................................... 16 Raising the bar for national language open access journals ....................................................................................... 19 Emerging trends ............................................................................................................................................................ 22 Does Science 2.0 foster greater academic freedom? ................................................................................................. 22 The brave new worlds of crowdfunding science ........................................................................................................ 26 Read this post online: http://www.euroscientist.com/science-2-0 EuroScience | 1, Quai Lezay-Marnésia | F-67000 Strasbourg | France Tel +33 3 8824 1150 | Fax +33 3 8824 7556 | [email protected] | www.euroscience.org 22/06/2015 EuroScientist - European science conversation by the community, for the community www.euroscientist.com Introduction Welcome to this Special Issue of EuroScientist on: Open Science ! Open Science: never have terms been interpreted in so many different ways by so many different people. The diversity of perspectives on this matter reflects the evolving nature of what research has become. These reflections led to the idea of this EuroScientist special issue together with early stage discussions with Stephane Berghmans, EuroScience governing board member and Elsevier vice-president of academic and research relations in the EU. They were further compounded by exchanges with experts such as Max Haring, executive editor at mega- journal SpringerPlus and Timo Hannay, managing director of Digital Science, which invests in innovative tech solutions for publishing and grew out of the Nature Publishing Group . An international perspective came from Brazil, with the view of Abel Packer, CEO of open access publisher SciELO. In this special issue, we wanted to give you food for thought before the summer break, as to what it means to be a scientist in 2015 and beyond. You will hear about transparency, accountability, crediting researchers for their work, as well as about the influence of technology in this paradigm shift. We have invited experts representing the fields of publishing, technology, EC institutions and academia to share their wisdom of how changes in the way we do science are going to affect the present and the future of thousands of scientists. So be prepared for this trip to the future, which has yet to unfold in your day-to-day life as a researcher, policy makers or science enthusiast. It is no longer a matter of whether science will be fully open, but rather of when. This may take longer than anticipated. But one thing is sure, one day, the term open science will become redundant as all science will be that way. And we all have a part to play in ensuring that this will happen. Find out how by reading this special issue of EuroScientist and sharing it as widely as possible in your circles. Photo credit: Alex Gorka via Shutterstock Read this post online: http://www.euroscientist.com/science-2-0 EuroScience | 1, Quai Lezay-Marnésia | F-67000 Strasbourg | France Tel +33 3 8824 1150 | Fax +33 3 8824 7556 | [email protected] | www.euroscience.org 22/06/2015 EuroScientist - European science conversation by the community, for the community www.euroscientist.com Editorial Thoughtful debate is losing ground over appearance By Sabine Louët Published on EuroScientist: www.euroscientist.com Thoughtful debate is losing ground over appearance By Sabine Louët Published on EuroScientist: www.euroscientist.com Technology enabling open science is putting scientists under greater scrutiny than ever Science may be opening up, but there are still areas that researchers would like to see remain private. Indeed, under the auspices of open science, scientists are increasingly expected to present a virtual projection of who they are. Appearance has gained an unprecedented level of importance. Scientists who do not play along open themselves to being mistreated or misunderstood. Living in a world of social media network means that scientists’ every utterance is recorded, dissected and analysed. Unfortunately, researchers have come to this game unprepared and without the type of training that politicians typically benefit from. Nobel Laureate Tim Hunt has had a bitter experience in this new era. His recent comments at Read this post online: http://www.euroscientist.com/science-2-0 EuroScience | 1, Quai Lezay-Marnésia | F-67000 Strasbourg | France Tel +33 3 8824 1150 | Fax +33 3 8824 7556 | [email protected] | www.euroscience.org 22/06/2015 EuroScientist - European science conversation by the community, for the community www.euroscientist.com a luncheon regarding women in his lab have brought the debate about how much appearance matters into another dimension. He was quoted as saying “you fall in love with them, they fall in love with you and when you criticise them, they cry”. Clearly researchers need to think ahead when speaking as scientists, even at informal events. Regardless of how ill-advised his comments were, Hunt learned the hard way that comments reported on Twitter do not come with context. The resulting deluge of scorn provided under hashtag distractinglysexy is a case in point. There are no excuses for such words. But context helps understand how they came about. The words were uttered as part an impromptu and informal speech at the start of a luncheon themed ‘women's science journalist dinner’ at the 2015 World Science Journalists’ Conference (WSJC) in Seoul, South Korea. People who have known Hunt personally for years contacted by EuroScientist thought the accusation of misogyny were out of character. They also recognised a rather clumsy attempt at British humour. To say the least, these comments did not translate very well when they reached the cybersphere. As scientists venture further into the unexplored realm of open science, where technology will document their every move, there are lessons to be learnt from this episode. First, debates as important as the status of women in science require a much more in-depth analysis than the context- free reports brought by 140 character tweets. The fact that the debated was initiated on Twitter is a boon in terms of numbers reached. But it is also a curse, as the medium is not an adequate discussion platform. What is more, there is a need to avoid knee-jerk reactions in response to what people read on Twitter—particularly for those at the highest level of the decision-making pyramid. Otherwise, we are bound to witness again the lack of due process resulting in Hunt’s loss of various positions. It is not because social media reports of scientists’ behaviour is instant that follow-up decisions should also be done according to the same timeline. We all need to learn a new approach before making a decision in relation to such rapidly emerging controversies: take a step back, breathe, pause, analyse and sleep over it! Photo credit: Rhianna Carlson Read this post online: http://www.euroscientist.com/science-2-0 EuroScience | 1, Quai Lezay-Marnésia | F-67000 Strasbourg | France Tel +33 3 8824 1150 | Fax +33 3 8824 7556 | [email protected] | www.euroscience.org 22/06/2015 EuroScientist - European science conversation