What senior academics can do to support reproducible and open research: a short, three-step guide

Olivia S Kowalczyk; Alexandra Lautarescu; Elisabet Blok; Lorenza Dall'Aglio; Samuel J Westwood

doi:10.1186/s13104-022-05999-0

What senior academics can do to support reproducible and open research: a short, three-step guide

Olivia S Kowalczyk
, Alexandra Lautarescu
, Elisabet Blok
, Lorenza Dall'Aglio
, Samuel J Westwood

Neuroimaging Department
Psychology and Neuroscience
1Department of Hepatology, Imperial College London, London, UK. 2Institute of Liver Studies at King's College School of Medicine at King's College Hospital, London, UK. 3Institute of Human Health and Performance, University College London, London, UK. 4Department of Asthma Allergy and Lung Biology, King's College London, London, UK. 5Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Department of Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Sciences, and the Sackler Institute for Translational Neurodevelopmental Sciences, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College, London, UK
Department of Perinatal Imaging and Health
School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, King's Health Partners, St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom; Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering Department, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
Erasmus University Medical Center
Centre for Pain Research, University of Bath, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Department of Anaesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Clinical Health Psychology, University College London, and University College London Hospitals, and Psychology Department, Kings College London.
School of Social Science
School of Life Sciences, University of Westminster, Westminster, 6UWW1W, UK. [email protected].

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Increasingly, policies are being introduced to reward and recognise open research practices, while the adoption of such practices into research routines is being facilitated by many grassroots initiatives. However, despite this widespread endorsement and support, as well as various efforts led by early career researchers, open research is yet to be widely adopted. For open research to become the norm, initiatives should engage academics from all career stages, particularly senior academics (namely senior lecturers, readers, professors) given their routine involvement in determining the quality of research. Senior academics, however, face unique challenges in implementing policy changes and supporting grassroots initiatives. Given that-like all researchers-senior academics are motivated by self-interest, this paper lays out three feasible steps that senior academics can take to improve the quality and productivity of their research, that also serve to engender open research. These steps include changing (a) hiring criteria, (b) how scholarly outputs are credited, and (c) how we fund and publish in line with open research principles. The guidance we provide is accompanied by material for further reading.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	116
Journal	BMC Research Notes
Volume	15
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-022-05999-0
Publication status	Published - 22 Mar 2022

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