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Special Theme:  Open Science Experiences and Prospects

Guest editors: 

• Leonardo Candela, CNR-ISTI
• Roberto di Cosmo, Inria and University Paris Cité

Open Science is the practice of science in which researchers collaborate openly and citizens contribute to research questions. In this approach, research artefacts, research processes, and even laboratories are shared under conditions that enable reuse, transparency, and reproducibility as early and openly as possible. The European Commission has made Open Science a policy priority.

This special theme aims to highlight current technological developments in Open Science and to present future prospects for infrastructures, tools, and services that support open, transparent, and reusable research practices.

Topics include but are not limited to:

• AI and Open Science
• Approaches for effective sharing and reuse of research artefacts
• Citizen science platforms, methods and impact
• Ethical, legal and trust aspects of Open Science (e.g. GDPR, IP, sensitive data)
• Infrastructures promoting Open Science
• Interoperability, standards, and sustainability of Open Science ecosystems
• Methods and tools for science reproducibility and transparency
• Open research software, open-source practices, and research software sustainability
• Open science-friendly scholarly communication
• Open science-oriented research data management and FAIR data principles
• Open Science and Research Security
• Science gateways, virtual research environments for Open Science
• Services for Open Science education and skills development
• Socio-economic and geopolitical dimensions of Open Science
• Solutions for Open Science monitoring and innovative research assessment.

All articles have to be sent to the local editor for your country (see About ERCIM News) or to the central editor en-submission@ercim.eu

Reviewing:
Articles submitted to the special theme and the research and society sections are subject to a review process.