Back to routine with our Open Science calendar: 12 months, 12 Open Science tips Ready to make 2026 your most open year yet? Download the calendar and let the journey begin! 📥 Get it here: storage.googleapis.com/wp-uploads.b...

Happy Holidays from OpenScienceLab! 🎄 We wish you a wonderful festive season with the Open Science Christmas Tree by @evamen.bsky.social. May this holiday inspire innovation, collaboration, and the spirit of open science in the coming year!

Three members of OpenScienceLab have won a prize at the Data Journalism Challenge by Open Data Bizkaia! David Rodríguez Mateos, Marina Sánchez Moreno, and Álvaro Hontanar Mateos have been recognized for their report: "Who Pollutes More, Pays More? The Sharp Increase in Waste Fees in Bizkaia"

Check out the latest publication by Pablo Sánchez-Núñez in Upstream: The Human Infrastructure of Open Science: Why Mentorship Matters More Than Ever. A must-read for anyone shaping the future of research! 🔗 doi.org/10.54900/d4e...

Get ready for Christmas with the YERUN Advent Calendar! 🎄✨ Discover new insights every day about research assessment. view.genially.com/69246ae61a64...

AI speeds up research—but at what cost? Fake citations, biased queries, misread studies… even specialized tools like Elicit or Consensus aren’t foolproof. Read more: opensciencelab.uc3m.es/blog/the-pro...

Save the date! TWIN4MERIT International Thematic Symposium: Rethinking Research Assessment. 🗓️ Monday, 24 November 2025 | 💻 Microsoft Teams: 09:45 – 16:00 (CET, UTC+01:00).

💡 What are the key principles of open science? These 6 pillars shape the path toward a more ethical, inclusive, and sustainable scientific future. 📚 UNESCO (2023). UNESCO Open Science Toolkit. https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000387983

Open science is transforming research culture — but not always how we expect. Science Europe's Scoping Review maps how open science interacts with six core values in research: inclusion, transparency, integrity, care, collaboration, and freedom. 👇

Save the date! TWIN4MERIT International Thematic Symposium: Rethinking Research Assessment. 🗓️ Monday, 24 November 2025 | 💻 Microsoft Teams: 09:45 – 16:00 (CET, UTC+01:00).

Not everything that looks “scientific” truly is. Beware of unreliable journals that fake legitimacy while hiding questionable research practices beneath the surface.

At OpenScienceLab, we explore all aspects of #OpenScience through a holistic and interdisciplinary approach, grounded in our research in metascience. Want to know more about our research lines? Check them out: opensciencelab.uc3m.es/research-lines/

AI is helping science — but it's also being used to cheat. Peer review hacks, fake articles from paper mills, and bought citations are spreading fast. How long will outdated evaluation systems keep rewarding this? 📖 Read more:

During the pandemic, major publishers like Elsevier or Springer made COVID‑19 research freely available. This enabled rapid knowledge sharing, faster collaboration, and stronger global coordination. It showed the true power of #OpenScience. Let’s not go backwards.

During the pandemic, major publishers like Elsevier or Springer made COVID‑19 research freely available. This enabled rapid knowledge sharing, faster collaboration, and stronger global coordination. It showed the true power of #OpenScience. Let’s not go backwards.

Open Access = free knowledge, shared data, reproducibility... See some of the main benefits in one glance 👇

We’re excited to announce that our very own Head, @evamen.bsky.social, will be one of the voices in the online exhibition Who Owns Our Knowledge? Exploring Open Access through Voices of Change.

Data is the foundation of AI systems. That's why data readiness is vital for AI training, as it involves preparing datasets to ensure they are high-quality, accessible, and suitable for AI applications. 👇

Few moves are as damaging for the reputation/perception of a journal/publisher as irrelevant or loosely relevant invitations to join editorial boards Do you genuinely expect me to volunteer my time when you didn't spare 2 minutes to check my profile? #OpenScience #AcademicSky #ScientificPublishing

Interested in #OpenScience, #FAIRdata, #reproducibility and more? Explore the Zotero library of OpenScienceLab: www.zotero.org/groups/59420...

Many research projects are publicly funded Yet, the results often remain locked behind paywalls This means citizens pay twice—once to fund the research through taxes, and again to access it… …Isn’t it time we made public research truly public?

For us, a journal simply becomes predatory when it seeks profit by charging APCs (Article Processing Charges). For these journals, financial gain becomes the priority, and the value of academic work takes a backseat. 👇

Open access publishing is transforming science by making research accessible, fostering collaboration, and supporting reproducibility. But APCs raise challenges. Learn more in our latest blog post. 🔗 opensciencelab.uc3m.es/blog/benefit...

Last week, some members of the OpenScienceLab (UC3M) attended Metascience 2025, where AI emerged as a key theme in advancing scientific research, especially in areas like peer review. Read our impressions: opensciencelab.uc3m.es/blog/metasci...

This week OpenScienceLab was in Paris 🇫🇷 for the final Skills4EOSC event! Showcased our app for the QAF Talked about Data Stewards & training ... and much more 🔗 Read the recap: opensciencelab.uc3m.es/blog/opensci... #OpenScience #FAIRdata #EOSC #UC3M

📚 Discover the most widely used open data licenses—Creative Commons, Open Data Commons...—and find out which one best fits your work in our latest blog post: opensciencelab.uc3m.es/blog/types-o... #OpenData #CreativeCommons #DataLicensing #OpenScience

🚀 The OpenScienceLab at UC3M is contributing to the European Skills4EOSC project with the course "Shaping Open Science Champions: A Train-the-Trainers Course for Educators of PhD Candidates," aimed at empowering PhD educators to incorporate Open Science practices.

📚 Launching today via Skills4Eosc "Shaping Open Science Champions": a train-the-trainers course for educators of PhD candidates. Gain the skills to guide the next generation of researchers in #OpenScience, #FAIRdata, and responsible research. 👉 www.skills4eosc.eu/participate/...

🚀 What is Open Science? 🤔 Open Science is a movement transforming how knowledge is created & shared. But why is it truly important for researchers, students, and society? Read our latest blog to learn more about its principles and benefits! 🌍 opensciencelab.uc3m.es/blog/what-is...