Open Science Is the Future

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The term open science is often used yet seldom defined. Open science describes the approach of not only making the results of scientific work but also the entire process publicly accessible. Where possible, the results of publicly funded research should be made available and reusable free of charge online without legal or technical restrictions. The more easily research results can be found and accessed, the better they can serve as the foundation for further research activities.

Technische Universität Berlin also profits from this. Open science summarizes the strategies and processes that describe changes in research methodology, organizational and content design of teaching, publishing and the supply of information and literature, as well as the storage of research data.

This includes:

Open Access, free access to scientific publications
Open Data, free, long-term access to all research data
Citizen Science, public participation in the entire knowledge acquisition process

Technische Universität Berlin views open science as an important component of good scientific practice. Open access to knowledge and science including publications, data, and software will achieve greater transparency, efficiency, and visibility, and, consequently, an improved quality and increase in trust in science and research. The establishment of citizen science projects at the University requires a participative research approach.

The introduction of the DepositOnce repository in 2014 was a first important step towards achieving open science. In DepositOnce, publications, research data, scientific software, and other research results are made publicly accessible. In order to increase the transparency of research results, research data and scientific publications, dissertations, and other qualifying work (PhD, Habilitation) are linked to each other. The platform is operated on the FAIR principles:

Findable
Accessible
Interoperable
Resusable

Open Access

Open access aims to publish scientific publications worldwide at no cost and publish these online without legal or technical restrictions. Users can then use these publications without restriction.

Open Data

The goal of open data is to provide open access to the University’s research data to as many scientists as possible worldwide.

Citizen Science

By establishing citizen science projects, the University promotes and supports participative research approaches with the aim of involving the public in the entire scientific process.

Mission Statement for Open Science at the Berlin University Alliance

In 2023, the Berlin University Alliance (BUA) approved a mission statement for Open Science. With the mission statement, BUA provides itself with a framework for action to further deepen and promote Open Science.