The scientific community faces a reproducibility crisis. As a supplement to the efforts of major funding organizations, such as Europen Comission and national funding agencies, we showcase how researchers can conduct open science by repurposing open source tools. For experienced open source contributors, this requires only a minimal behavior change. Additionally, we present tools that help less experienced open source committers to collaborate with experienced open source contributors.

1. Repurposing
Open Source Tools
for Open Science: a
Practical Guide
Moritz Schubotz, Corinna Breitinger,
Thomas Hepp, Bela Gipp

2. Repurposing Open Source Tools for Open Science: a Practical Guide
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• Make science efficient
→ Share methods
• Make science fair
→ Record contributions
• Make science reproducible
→ Conduct scripted experiments
• Facilitate scientific collaborations
→ Lower technical barriers
Mission Statement

3. Repurposing Open Source Tools for Open Science: a Practical Guide
Blockchain for science conference
Efficient science / open methods
• Goal focus on research and optimize routine tasks
• E.g.: How to collaboratively write a paper in LaTeX
• Find step-by-step instructions at:
https://github.com/ag-gipp/OpenScienceTemplate

4. Repurposing Open Source Tools for Open Science: a Practical Guide
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Make science fair / Timestamp contributions

5. Repurposing Open Source Tools for Open Science: a Practical Guide
Blockchain for science conference
Make science reproducible / Script experiments

6. Repurposing Open Source Tools for Open Science: a Practical Guide
Blockchain for science conference
Facilitate scientific collaborations / Lower technical barrieres

7. Repurposing Open Source Tools for Open Science: a Practical Guide
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Archive scientific results for future generations

8. Repurposing Open Source Tools for Open Science: a Practical Guide
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Image credits
• Johanna Strodt (Wikimedia Deutschland) “OpenScience logo”
• Jason Long (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Git-logo.svg), „Git-logo“,
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode
• „Originstamp logo” https://originstamp.com/about
• “Travis logo” https://travis-ci.com/logo
• „Zenodo logo” https://about.zenodo.org/
• “overleaf logo” https://www.overleaf.com/about
https://github.com/ag-gipp/OpenScienceTemplate
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the authors.