Open Research Practices#

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Keep the sections that are relevant to your group.

Open Science obligations#

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Your institution’s Library or Research Office can often provide support with understanding your obligations

Funder requirements#

Our group is funded by <NAME OF FUNDER(S)> under grants <GRANT CODE(S)>. Under our grant conditions we have to meet the requirements of <FUNDER>’s policy on open science/access. The full policy can be found here <URL LINK TO POLICY>. The policy requires <BRIEF DETAILS OF WHAT POLICY REQUIRES, E.G. ALL PUBLICATIONS MUST BE OPEN ACCESS, DATASETS MUST BE SHARED ETC>

Institutional requirements#

Our research must also comply with the institute’s policy on open science/access. The full policy can be found here <URL LINK TO POLICY>. The policy requires <BRIEF DETAILS OF WHAT POLICY REQUIRES, E.G. ALL PUBLICATIONS MUST BE OPEN ACCESS, DATASETS MUST BE SHARED ETC>

National requirements#

Our research must also comply with the <COUNTRY> national policy on open science/access. The full policy can be found here <URL LINK TO POLICY>. The policy requires <BRIEF DETAILS OF WHAT POLICY REQUIRES, E.G. ALL PUBLICATIONS MUST BE OPEN ACCESS, DATASETS MUST BE SHARED ETC>.

Outputs#

Pre-registration#

We pre-register our research on <REGISTRY/REPOSITORY>. A useful guide on pre-registration can be found on the Center for Open Science.

Protocols#

We make our protocols openly available on <PLATFORM OF CHOICE> and cite them in our publications. We may also publish our protocols in peer reviewed journals.

Datasets#

Datasets that support a publication or other output should be shared unless there are ethical or legal reasons not to. Our group generally shares datasets in <REPOSITORY>.

Code/software#

Code or software that supports a publication or other output should be referenced in the published work. A snapshot of the code/software should be archived in <REPOSITORY>.

Preprints#

We post preprints to <PREPRINT SERVER> when <TIME POINT>.

Published articles#

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Some, all or none of the following statements might be true for your group.

  • When choosing a journal to submit to we base our decision on which is the most appropriate for our research finding. We do not take into account the journal impact factor (JIF).

  • We only publish in fully open access journals or diamond journals. We do not pay for open access in hybrid journals.

  • <NAME OF FUNDER(S)> provide funding to cover the costs of paying for open access. To utilise this funding <INSTRUCTIONS FOR ACCESSING FUNDS>.

  • All publications should acknowledge our funding using this wording: This work was supported by <NAME OF FUNDER> <GRANT CODE>.

Published peer review#

If there is the option to make the peer review of one of our papers public, then we opt-in to having it published. Group members who act as peer reviews can opt-in to published peer review as they see fit.

Authorship guidelines#

Our Group uses the CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) terminology wherever possible.

Licensing#

Wherever possible our outputs are published under open licences. For publications etc we use <INSERT LICENCE OF CHOICE, E.G. CC BY>. For software and code, we preferrable use <INSERT LICENCE OF CHOICE, E.G. APACHE 2.0>.