Reproducibility, open access, open science
- 1. Alex.Holcombe@sydney.edu.au @ceptional http://www.slideshare.net/holcombea/ Reproducibility, Open access, & Open science 9 September, 2015 Open Knowledge Foundation Australia, Melbourne
- 4. Rule among early-stage venture capital firms that “at least 50% of published studies, even those in top- tier academic journals, can't be repeated with the same conclusions by an industrial lab” - Prinz, Schlange, & Asadullah. Nature Rev. Drug Discov. 10, 712 (2011) Bayer HealthCare :only about 25% of published preclinical studies could be validated to the point at which projects could continue Amgen Fifty-three papers were deemed ‘landmark’ studies (see ‘Reproducibility of research findings’)... scientific findings were confirmed in only 6 (11%) cases
- 5. Academic knowledge is boxed in by expensive journals. Scientist meets Publisher http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMIY_4t-DR0
- 6. + Monopoly = Profit maximisation US$11,000 per year; $300 for a single issue $
- 7. Profit Company Industry 10% BMW automobiles 23% Rio Tinto mining 25% Google search 29% Apple premium computing 35% Springer scholarly publishing 37% Elsevier scholarly publishing http://wp.me/ph4jF-kmCC-BYAlexHolcombe operating profit / revenue
- 9. How open science wins Cultural change • Early adopters • Researcher training • Advocacy, lobbying • Journals strengthen sharing policies Tech work at grassroots • Altmetrics • Streamlining repositories • Software for reproducible research CC-BY Alex Holcombe Research funders ramp up requirement that code, data be posted http://aoasg.org.au/2015/08/31/going-beyond-the-published-article-how-open-access-is-just-a-start/
- 11. Article borders dissolve: Data, commentary, replication, re-‐analyses