This document outlines Guillaume Lobet's views on open science as a scientist. It advocates for making scientific papers, data, code, and all aspects of the research process openly available. Open science increases reproducibility, allows for greater access and use of scientific works, and maximizes the return on public funding of research for the benefit of science and society. While some barriers currently exist, openness should be the goal for transparency and progress.

1. Guillaume Lobet |
A VIEW FROM THE BENCH
@guillaumelobet
www.guillaumelobet.be
bit.ly/lobet-open-be
my own views,
as a scientist,
about the importance
of open science

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WHO I AM ?2 0 0 3
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PHD AGRONO M IC AL S CIENCE S
P O ST- DOC TOR AL F EL L OW
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BELSPO
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YOU
YOU
YOU
THANK YOU

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SCIENTIFIC PIPELINE
PA P E R SD ATA A N A LY S I SE X P E R I M E N T

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THE JIF
CHURCH
Illustration from John R. McKiernan http://whyopenresearch.org/ bit.ly/academic_days_talk_2015@

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Nature
Science
Cell
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IF
https://quantixed.wordpress.com/2015/05/05/wrong-number-a-closer-look-at-impact-factors/
I F = # C I TAT I O N S / # PA P E R S
[ D U R I N G T H E PA S T 2 Y E A R S ]
IF = 42.352
…not representative…

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SCIENTIFIC PIPELINE
P O S T E R S
P R E S E N TAT I O N S
PA P E R S
L A B L I F E
R E A D PA P E R S
D ATA S E T S
C O D E
D ATA A N A LY S I SE X P E R I M E N T
R E V I E W I N G

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OPEN
PAPERS
Illustration from John R. McKiernan
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http://whyopenresearch.org/

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R E V I E W E R S
R E A DP U B L I S H
R E J E C T
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PUBLISHING PIPELINE
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Figure from Richard Sever (@cshperspectives), with data from Steve Royle (@clathrin)
REDUCED ACCESS
6 MONTHS

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PREPRINT SERVERS
• archive while submitting
• directly available
• freely available
• check specific journal policy…
http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/search.php
R E V I E W E R S
R E A DP U B L I S HM E
…

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OPEN
DATA2

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LETS TALK ABOUT YOUR DATA
EXPENSIVE TIME
CONSUMING
CONTAINS
MISTAKES
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ARE NOT 100%
EXPLOITED

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DATA REPOSITORIES / JOURNALS
• Decrease the cost of data
• Increase reproducibility
• Allow new findings
• Get more citations for your work
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https://opennessinitiative.org/
1. Data should be made publicly available.
2. Stimuli and materials should be made publicly available.
3. In case some data or materials are not open, clear
reasons should be given why.
4. Documents containing details for interpreting any files or
code, and how to compile and run any so ware programs
should be made available with the above items.
5. The location of all of these files should be advertised in
the manuscript, and all files should be hosted by a reliable
third party.
“We will not offer
comprehensive review for,
nor recommend the
publication of, any
manuscript that does not
meet the following minimum
requirements.“

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RESEARCH PARASITES
Data Sharing. Longo and Drazen
N Engl J Med 2016; 374:276-277
“people who had nothing to do with the design and execution of the study
but use another group’s data for their own ends, possibly stealing from
the research productivity planned by the data gatherers, or even use the
data to try to disprove what the original investigators had posited”
#RESEARCHPARASITES
Illustration from @redpenblackpen

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OPEN
CODE3
"Piled Higher and Deeper" by Jorge Cham www.phdcomics.com

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THE FAITH OF ACADEMIC SOFTWARES
tool development
funding for an in-house specialist
manual
publication
use ????
no funding
no publication
no incentives

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NOBODY LIKES BLACKBOXES
Illustration from John R. McKiernan http://whyopenresearch.org/

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REPRODUCIBILITY IS CRITICAL
Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science
Open Science Collaboration
Science 28 Aug 2015:Vol. 349, Issue 6251, pp.
$$$

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CODE REPOSITORIES
• Collaboration -> long term maintenance
• Open source -> better debugging
• Version control -> archiving

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OPEN
EVERYTHING4
Picture from Pedro Albuquerque

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R E AD PAPE R S
EVERY STEP CAN BE OPEN
L AB L I F ER E V I E W I N G

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WRAPPING UP
GOOD FOR SCIENCE GOOD FOR YOU GOOD FOR THE PUBLIC
Reproducibility
Long term vision
Error proofing
Visibility
Valorise everything
More citations
Better use of
public money
Access
Everything can be shared!

24. “The internet was built
in the first place to
share scientific data”
Presentation on figshare
bit.ly/lobet-open-be
Mark Hahnel
figshare founder