Research Lifecycle Enhanced By An "Open Science By Default" Workflow

Abstract

From a standard Research Lifecycle, to a fully Open Research Lifecycle. The Single-Figure Publication showcases Open Science best practices across the entire Research Lifecycle, that if implemented correctly, can make research more transparent, reproducible and re-usable by both academic and non-academic users. The Open Research Lifecycle was developed and tested during FP7 FOSTER (Grant Agreement 612 425) training calendar 2014-2016 (refer to doi: 10.5281/zenodo.48748 for full training calendar details) covering target audience across the entire academic ecosystem (graduates, senior researchers, project managers, funding agency staff cf doi: <em>10.5281/zenodo.30564</em>). “Research Cycle” is an adaptation of Tenopir et al., (2011) DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0021101<br> http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0021101 <strong>This is a Single</strong><strong> </strong><strong>Figure</strong><strong> </strong><strong>Publication</strong><strong> </strong>(doi: 10.5281/zenodo.49960) presenting opportunities at each step of the research process to provide additional transparency and reproducibility through Open Science best practices. <strong>Grant </strong><strong>Funding</strong><strong>: </strong>FP7 FOSTER, Grant Agreement 612 425 (www.fosteropenscience.eu) <strong>Contributions:</strong> IG conceived the first draft of concept and context. All authors contributed to improving the final design and testing its relevance through FOSTER Training Calendar 2014-2016. <strong>Competing interests:</strong> No known competing interests.