The document discusses the current state of universal open access in research, emphasizing the importance of improving assessment and access mechanisms. It highlights the need for increased transparency in peer review and better incentives for sharing data and research outputs. The author advocates for embracing open standards and leveraging technology to foster a more open and collaborative research environment.

1. Universal Open Access
Are we there yet?
Louise Page
Chief Innovation Officer, PLOS
SciELO 20 Anos | 28 September 2018

2. Research is a dynamic process…

3. Twin Problems of Assessment and Access

5. 2017 Highlights

6. Open Access is good bu$ine$$

9. Improve Incentives
• Focus on study design and
methods (not just results)
• Develop better ways to
reward failure
• More and better (article
level) metrics

10. Open Access allows everyone to access
research. Open Data allows everyone
to do research.

11. >100,000
Articles published with a data
availability statement at PLOS
<0.1%
of submissions rejected due to
authors’ unwillingness or inability
to share data
~23%
of submissions use data
repositories
PLOS Open Data Policy, since 2014

12. Mainstream Peer Review Transparency
Peer review can and should be improved:
• Increase transparency of review
• Disaggregate review of specific aspects:
• Rigor vs. importance
• Parallel research outputs (methodology, data,
code, etc.)
• Review as an ongoing process

13. Moving Towards the
Open, Networked Article
• Develop norms for sharing
protocols
• Share other outputs using FAIR
principles
• New forms of commenting and
assessment
• Add credit for fulfilling these
obligations
• Envision something more research-
shaped

14. Build Sustainable Infrastructure
• Support and facilitate FAIR sharing of all research
outputs (especially data)
• Promote open source and embrace interoperable,
open standards and digital identifiers
• Potential of new technologies to leapfrog

16. “The saddest aspect of life right now is that
science gathers knowledge faster than society
gathers wisdom.”
- Isaac Asimov

17. Obrigados.
lpage@plos.org