When will 'open science' become simply 'science'?

Mick Watson

doi:10.1186/s13059-015-0669-2

When will 'open science' become simply 'science'?

Mick Watson

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Abstract

Open science describes the practice of carrying out scientific research in a completely transparent manner, and making the results of that research available to everyone. Isn't that just 'science'?

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	101
Journal	Genome Biology
Volume	16
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-015-0669-2
Publication status	Published - 19 May 2015

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When will ‘open science’ become simply ‘science’
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