Term:Tutkimusmenetelmien ja -infrastruktuurien avoimuus/en

Openness of research methods and infrastructures

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Definition refers to transparency, findability, accessibility, shareability, and reusa- bility. Reusability is an essential element of openness. Openness is implemented through, for instance, documentation, standards and FAIR principles, semantic interoperability, machine reada- bility, open licensing, pre-registration, public protocols, devel- opment in open source repositories, dissemination of material collections, and digital libraries. Certain types of methods, such as questionnaires, source code, or notebooks, for instance, can be also interpreted as research data, in which case the definitions regarding open research data may be applicable. Openness of research infrastructures can refer to, for instance, 1) information on access and ownership policies and transparent governance structure; 2) infrastructure use; 3) research outputs that have been enabled by the infrastructure. Other important aspects include support for collaborative use and for citing research methods. Open methods and infrastructures are not necessarily free of cost, but they should be non-profit oriented and include minimal costs for research use.

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refers to transparency, findability, accessibility, shareability, and reusa- bility. Reusability is an essential element of openness. Openness is implemented through, for instance, documentation, standards and FAIR principles, semantic interoperability, machine reada- bility, open licensing, pre-registration, public protocols, devel- opment in open source repositories, dissemination of material collections, and digital libraries. Certain types of methods, such as questionnaires, source code, or notebooks, for instance, can be also interpreted as research data, in which case the definitions regarding open research data may be applicable. Openness of research infrastructures can refer to, for instance, 1) information on access and ownership policies and transparent governance structure; 2) infrastructure use; 3) research outputs that have been enabled by the infrastructure. Other important aspects include support for collaborative use and for citing research methods. Open methods and infrastructures are not necessarily free of cost, but they should be non-profit oriented and include minimal costs for research use.

Reusability refers to the ease by which either the exact code or abstract research procedure can be further developed and adapted for future use in the same or different context.

FAIR principles are a set of guidelines to make research data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable. This facilitates scientific discovery and access to knowledge. (Open Science and Research Coordination in Finland 2023, 34.)