Summary and Schedule
The values proclaimed by open science—trust, transparency, and reproducibility—are most visible during the outputs stage of the research lifecycle. Creating open and transparent outputs is a requirement for reproducible research. Librarians can support researchers in creating these open outputs through education, outreach, technical troubleshooting, and review.
This lesson builds upon work done by the Caltech Library in their Author Carpentry lessons, focusing on how open science values can be integrated into the processes for authoring and reviewing research outputs. Topics include open authoring tools and workflows, contributor roles and transparency, ethics of authorship and review, and the mechanics and culture of open peer review. The lesson concludes by linking open science with Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) values.
Learning Objectives
- Demonstrate proficiency in describing various tools and platforms for creating, managing, and sharing open research outputs.
- Articulate the benefits and challenges of open peer review and understand how to integrate these practices in your own reviewing process.
- Describe how open authoring reshapes conventional research workflows and understand the implications for research productivity, collaboration, and transparency.
- Distinguish between open authoring and traditional publishing approaches, understanding their respective advantages and limitations in the context of research dissemination.
- Understand and be able to discuss the importance of ensuring all contributions are clearly identified and attributed, and that doing so enhances the accuracy and transparency of authorship.
- Recognize how transparent practices in authoring and reviewing science contribute to better outcomes and foster a more open and accountable research environment.
Narrative Setup
An open science loving Author is told that their performance review is reliant on publishing in a “peer-reviewed journal”. They just want to work with their coauthors on GitHub so everything is in a repository with version history and capability for others to collaborate. Let’s learn with them about how the scholarly publishing process works and how they can integrate open science values.
Prerequisites
- Experience using internet browsers
- Basic understanding of the scholarly publishing workflow
| Setup Instructions | Download files required for the lesson | |
| Duration: 00h 00m | 1. The Scholarly Publishing Process |
What does it mean to publish research? How do institutional, funder, and publisher policies affect authoring choices? How can open science values reshape scholarly publishing? |
| Duration: 01h 15m | 2. Open Authoring Tools |
What open authoring tools are available for writing scholarly
articles? How can I create manuscripts using Markdown, LaTeX, or RMarkdown? How can open documents be converted to publisher-required formats like DOCX or PDF? ::: |
| Duration: 02h 05m | 3. Authorship and Conflict of Interest |
What does it mean to author a paper? Are there different roles paper authors take on? Or is the title “author” reserved only for those who put “pen to paper”? Does open science take a different view of authorship? :::: |
| Duration: 02h 45m | 4. Open Peer Review |
What is open peer review? What are the benefits and challenges of open peer review? How can I respond to critiques of open peer review? |
| Duration: 03h 25m | Finish |
The actual schedule may vary slightly depending on the topics and exercises chosen by the instructor.
No setup necessary for this lesson.