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The end of the year and the beginning of the new year are good times to reflect.

Good times for the #OpenScienceChallenge

https://heidiseibold.ck.page/opensciencechallenge

The end of the year and the beginning of the new year are good times to reflect.

Good times for the #OpenScienceChallenge

https://heidiseibold.ck.page/opensciencechallenge

on my previous account, I posted conference coverage for a few meetings (with a mixed number of posts; I do not know how to list just my posts):

- #epiLipidNet https://akademienl.social/tags/epiLipidNet
- #maasosf23 https://akademienl.social/tags/maasosf23
- #srd23 https://akademienl.social/tags/srd23
- #iwomi2023 https://akademienl.social/tags/iwomi2023
- #DMCM2023 https://akademienl.social/tags/DMCM2023
- the #OpenScienceChallenge https://akademienl.social/tags/OpenScienceChallenge
- #NanoInformaTIX https://akademienl.social/tags/NanoInformaTIX
- #BioHackEU22 https://akademienl.social/tags/BioHackEU22

on my previous account, I posted conference coverage for a few meetings (with a mixed number of posts; I do not know how to list just my posts):

- #epiLipidNet https://akademienl.social/tags/epiLipidNet
- #maasosf23 https://akademienl.social/tags/maasosf23
- #srd23 https://akademienl.social/tags/srd23
- #iwomi2023 https://akademienl.social/tags/iwomi2023
- #DMCM2023 https://akademienl.social/tags/DMCM2023
- the #OpenScienceChallenge https://akademienl.social/tags/OpenScienceChallenge
- #NanoInformaTIX https://akademienl.social/tags/NanoInformaTIX
- #BioHackEU22 https://akademienl.social/tags/BioHackEU22

on my previous account, I posted conference coverage for a few meetings (with a mixed number of posts; I do not know how to list just my posts):

- #epiLipidNet https://akademienl.social/tags/epiLipidNet
- #maasosf23 https://akademienl.social/tags/maasosf23
- #srd23 https://akademienl.social/tags/srd23
- #iwomi2023 https://akademienl.social/tags/iwomi2023
- #DMCM2023 https://akademienl.social/tags/DMCM2023
- the #OpenScienceChallenge https://akademienl.social/tags/OpenScienceChallenge
- #NanoInformaTIX https://akademienl.social/tags/NanoInformaTIX
- #BioHackEU22 https://akademienl.social/tags/BioHackEU22

on my previous account, I posted conference coverage for a few meetings (with a mixed number of posts; I do not know how to list just my posts):

- #epiLipidNet https://akademienl.social/tags/epiLipidNet
- #maasosf23 https://akademienl.social/tags/maasosf23
- #srd23 https://akademienl.social/tags/srd23
- #iwomi2023 https://akademienl.social/tags/iwomi2023
- #DMCM2023 https://akademienl.social/tags/DMCM2023
- the #OpenScienceChallenge https://akademienl.social/tags/OpenScienceChallenge
- #NanoInformaTIX https://akademienl.social/tags/NanoInformaTIX
- #BioHackEU22 https://akademienl.social/tags/BioHackEU22

on my previous account, I posted conference coverage for a few meetings (with a mixed number of posts; I do not know how to list just my posts):

- #epiLipidNet https://akademienl.social/tags/epiLipidNet
- #maasosf23 https://akademienl.social/tags/maasosf23
- #srd23 https://akademienl.social/tags/srd23
- #iwomi2023 https://akademienl.social/tags/iwomi2023
- #DMCM2023 https://akademienl.social/tags/DMCM2023
- the #OpenScienceChallenge https://akademienl.social/tags/OpenScienceChallenge
- #NanoInformaTIX https://akademienl.social/tags/NanoInformaTIX
- #BioHackEU22 https://akademienl.social/tags/BioHackEU22

@HeidiSeibold, I am looking forward to reading your summary and reflection on all the #OpenScienceChallenge participation you have seen.

And a huge thanks for setting this up!

I get quite upset about these practices. Why? Because we need new, better ideas. Continuously. And when big players push out small ideas, then we do not make the progress we need to make.

If #OpenScience has as goal to celebrate the diversity, to allow everyone to participate, to give room to all great new ideas, then this power grabbing must be battled.

This is the #OpenScienceChallenge we all face in the next five years!

so, a major takeaway:

- #OpenScience must put more effort in educating people in the legal aspects of doing science. Copyright (among other laws) is an essential part of doing research, just like ethics.

This is a huge elephant in the room. Scholars (expect that have it as their main topic, of course) generally do not get educated in legal matters.

That is one huge #OpenScienceChallenge there!

a second reflection is on #OpenScienceChallenge

While many people have participated (see https://fosstodon.org/@HeidiSeibold/109699716965675268), when I search for the hashtag on two servers, I only see my own posts and an occasional post by @toothFAIRy, like this one: https://scholar.social/@toothFAIRy/109791144829355394

But that's it! Is the #hashtag thing on #Mastodon not working? Is it just this hashtag that is not (it seems to work fine for #wikidata

But it makes it hard to see responses by others :(

okay, on the 12th day, it is time to wrap-up #OpenScienceChallenge

It should have taken about a month, but it actually took me three, see https://chem-bla-ics.blogspot.com/2023/01/doing-open-science-challenge.html

I am (t)asked: "Reflect on the #OpenScienceChallenge month: what did you take away from it?"

Well, first of all: why does everything have to be quick, quick, quick? Instead of at the pace it takes?

I realized that #OpenScience takes time. We are still waiting for adoption of things suggested 20 years ago.

This is the way. 1/

okay, on the 12th day, it is time to wrap-up #OpenScienceChallenge

It should have taken about a month, but it actually took me three, see https://chem-bla-ics.blogspot.com/2023/01/doing-open-science-challenge.html

I am (t)asked: "Reflect on the #OpenScienceChallenge month: what did you take away from it?"

Well, first of all: why does everything have to be quick, quick, quick? Instead of at the pace it takes?

I realized that #OpenScience takes time. We are still waiting for adoption of things suggested 20 years ago.

This is the way. 1/

That's it for Day #11 of the #OpenScienceChallenge on Ethics and Research

I am looking forward to reading all your comments on this topic.

#OpenScienceChallenge Day #11: Ethics and Research

Here I am asked about ethics and research. This is not my field of research and have only rudimentary training.

In fact, after watching 'The Good Place', this is even harder.

The first question is: When do you consider research to be unethical?

There are so many angles to this. What research and research/knowledge dissemination is ill defined. How to define ethics then beyond the fluent obvious?

#OpenScienceChallenge Day #11: Ethics and Research

Here I am asked about ethics and research. This is not my field of research and have only rudimentary training.

In fact, after watching 'The Good Place', this is even harder.

The first question is: When do you consider research to be unethical?

There are so many angles to this. What research and research/knowledge dissemination is ill defined. How to define ethics then beyond the fluent obvious?

#OpenScienceChallenge Day #10: Open Access

Ah, indeed, some Open Access is Open Science too. Just remember, not all. The term "Open Access" is also used for "you can look at it" which is not enough for open science. Walking around in Cannes and openly see all the open cars does not make it inclusive.

Okay, let's see what today's challenge is: 1/

#OpenScienceChallenge Day #9: Social Change

The first question is: "How is your group/team/department doing in terms of #OpenScience?"

Answer: pretty good, actually. In fact, I joined the group because of their open science work. When we returned from Sweden, I got an offer to work on Open PHACTS, and I accepted because the group worked on @wikipathways

#OpenScienceChallenge Day #9: Social Change

The first question is: "How is your group/team/department doing in terms of #OpenScience?"

Answer: pretty good, actually. In fact, I joined the group because of their open science work. When we returned from Sweden, I got an offer to work on Open PHACTS, and I accepted because the group worked on @wikipathways

That gets us to the second half of (my) today's #OpenScienceChallenge: communication media.

I use a multitude of communication media, partly because to learn how efficient they are. A short list of what I use(d):

- datasets
- software
- specifications
- books / book chapters
- journal articles
- blogs
- social media with threads
- podcast episode guest appearance
- interviews
- talks
- open notebooks
- database contributions (Wikidata, WikiPathways, etc)

Each have their own audiences. 9/

That gets us to the second half of (my) today's #OpenScienceChallenge: communication media.

I use a multitude of communication media, partly because to learn how efficient they are. A short list of what I use(d):

- datasets
- software
- specifications
- books / book chapters
- journal articles
- blogs
- social media with threads
- podcast episode guest appearance
- interviews
- talks
- open notebooks
- database contributions (Wikidata, WikiPathways, etc)

Each have their own audiences. 9/

#OpenScienceChallenge Day #8: "Science Communication"

Today I am asked if I think about science communication when I think about open science.

Yes, absolutely! #OpenScience is about early communication, more detailed communication, early and detailed peer review. It is also about no longer excluding people from listening in the communication.

Today's task continues with a question about my audience. I have different audiences. 1/

#OpenScienceChallenge Day #8: "Science Communication"

Today I am asked if I think about science communication when I think about open science.

Yes, absolutely! #OpenScience is about early communication, more detailed communication, early and detailed peer review. It is also about no longer excluding people from listening in the communication.

Today's task continues with a question about my audience. I have different audiences. 1/

oh, btw, here is the index of all #OpenScienceChallenge days I have done now: https://chem-bla-ics.blogspot.com/2023/01/doing-open-science-challenge.html

#OpenScienceChallenge Day #7: "Mindsets that hold you back"

Q1: "which [mindsets] are helping you in doing good research, which are holding you back?"

Okay, the challenge is not getting easier :)

The line between mindset and rules is sometimes clear, sometimes unclear.

For example, today's challenge writes "Writing many papers is the only way to succeed in research" as "good girl" behavior and holding you back from doing good research.

Some thoughts:

The #OpenScienceChallenge asks me to think about which of the steps I would like to implement. I already do.

Next, implement one of the steps mentioned. That I can do. I have plenty of open code to play with.

Let me show an example for something I worked on in the last two weeks: VHP4Safety (https://github.com/vhp4safety)

The #OpenScienceChallenge asks me to think about which of the steps I would like to implement. I already do.

Next, implement one of the steps mentioned. That I can do. I have plenty of open code to play with.

Let me show an example for something I worked on in the last two weeks: VHP4Safety (https://github.com/vhp4safety)

#OpenScienceChallenge Day #6: "Open Code"

The sentiment is in today's challenge, but yeah, while legally they are different, I think open code are also open materials. To me this is important, because if we give different forms of research output different names, we start recognizing and rewarding them differently too.

Second, feeling insecure about your research output is likely not a bad thing. It helps us find ways to show us our work is awesome (or will be).

#OpenScienceChallenge Day #6: "Open Code"

The sentiment is in today's challenge, but yeah, while legally they are different, I think open code are also open materials. To me this is important, because if we give different forms of research output different names, we start recognizing and rewarding them differently too.

Second, feeling insecure about your research output is likely not a bad thing. It helps us find ways to show us our work is awesome (or will be).

Of course, the other important reason to not upload data is if the information is privacy sensitive.

The more I think about it, the more convinced we should not try to make patient data open science.

For example, it's fine to derive knowledge from patient data. Make that open knowledge. But it's perfectly fine to not even think about Open Science when you are looking at patient data.

Okay, that completes Day #5 of the #OpenScienceChallenge

#OpenScienceChallenge Day #5: "Open Materials"

The opening decision tree node is if I ever "published research outputs openly". Yeah, home game.

Q: "Do you published materials have a DOI?"

A: Some do, others don't. I basically have two kinds of open research output (both can be any output type):

1. open notebooks
2. open publications

The latter certainly should adhere to @datacite and Software Citation practices. DOIs make that a ton easier.

#OpenScienceChallenge Day #5: "Open Materials"

The opening decision tree node is if I ever "published research outputs openly". Yeah, home game.

Q: "Do you published materials have a DOI?"

A: Some do, others don't. I basically have two kinds of open research output (both can be any output type):

1. open notebooks
2. open publications

The latter certainly should adhere to @datacite and Software Citation practices. DOIs make that a ton easier.

I would love to be able to publish yes, make each paper better, more actionable, spend more time to validate results. Not publish each step in a large story as a journal article.

But let that step be a lab notebook, a data sets, a script, a piece software, a standard, an operating procedure, a minimal reporting template.

Let's celebrate *research*, not journals articles!

Okay, that completes, I think, my Day 4 of the #OpenScienceChallenge :) See you "tomorrow'

and, importantly, as @HeidiSeibold write in today's #OpenScienceChallenge: [making these three things a goal] "is unhealthy and stops us from doing the research/work we actually want to do."

I totally agree and why I (and many others) have been trying to get more forms of research output recognized and rewarding. Dutch universities and funders are not quite there yet, but I am happy to note that they are starting to change. Steps, baby step...

and, importantly, as @HeidiSeibold write in today's #OpenScienceChallenge: [making these three things a goal] "is unhealthy and stops us from doing the research/work we actually want to do."

I totally agree and why I (and many others) have been trying to get more forms of research output recognized and rewarding. Dutch universities and funders are not quite there yet, but I am happy to note that they are starting to change. Steps, baby step...

Okay, another busy week, another bunch of important tasks finished. Plenty left today... because, my CV and my work are tightly linked. No funding, no glory.

Perfect time for #OpenScienceChallenge Day #4:

Task: talk about my CV. Or rather how to forget about what I think I need in my CV.

Okay, another busy week, another bunch of important tasks finished. Plenty left today... because, my CV and my work are tightly linked. No funding, no glory.

Perfect time for #OpenScienceChallenge Day #4:

Task: talk about my CV. Or rather how to forget about what I think I need in my CV.

Wow!

🎉 🤩 >100 people are taking the #OpenScienceChallenge already 🤩 🎉

One month, an email with tasks every second day (Mo-Fr) to achieve an #OpenScience mindset.

Want to join in, too? 🤝

https://heidiseibold.ck.page/opensciencechallenge

Wow!

🎉 🤩 >100 people are taking the #OpenScienceChallenge already 🤩 🎉

One month, an email with tasks every second day (Mo-Fr) to achieve an #OpenScience mindset.

Want to join in, too? 🤝

https://heidiseibold.ck.page/opensciencechallenge

So, about part 2 of Day #3 of the #opensciencechallenge: "Create a graph with on the y-axis with the importance of the project and on the x-axis with your level of passion for the project"

As an academic scholar in a mostly grant-based funding approach, this question has been on my radar for many years. Particularly the "Could you drop them and make time for things that matter more?" part.

So, about part 2 of Day #3 of the #opensciencechallenge: "Create a graph with on the y-axis with the importance of the project and on the x-axis with your level of passion for the project"

As an academic scholar in a mostly grant-based funding approach, this question has been on my radar for many years. Particularly the "Could you drop them and make time for things that matter more?" part.

#OpenScienceChallenge Day #3

The first task is a sub challenge: "Write down all of your projects"

Yeah, that's not going to work. I'll make a subset, taking the second task/question in mind. Actually, let's make two.

List 1: funded #OpenScience projects

Bigger funding of ongoing projects where #OpenScience has a key role:

- RiskGONE: FAIRification with open standards. See https://github.com/h2020-riskgone/
- NanoSolveIT: same *and* open data (and some open source). See https://github.com/nanosolveIT/

[..]

#OpenScienceChallenge Day #3

The first task is a sub challenge: "Write down all of your projects"

Yeah, that's not going to work. I'll make a subset, taking the second task/question in mind. Actually, let's make two.

List 1: funded #OpenScience projects

Bigger funding of ongoing projects where #OpenScience has a key role:

- RiskGONE: FAIRification with open standards. See https://github.com/h2020-riskgone/
- NanoSolveIT: same *and* open data (and some open source). See https://github.com/nanosolveIT/

[..]

A look at the hashtag on another platform did not result in much either.

Anyone interested in being a #OpenScienceChallenge peer?

So, step 1 in my approach: create a columns in my "Advanced" mastodon interface. If you haven't done that yet, I can highly recommend it. It's more like Tweetdeck. See https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/preferences/#layout

That allows me to create a column for the #OpenScienceChallenge tag. Click the tag and "ping" the hashtag as column. This video gives a nice visual help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCRb4qEbUPo

the second task is harder:

T: Find a peer who does this challenge with you or who is interested in your progress. Make sure to discuss your challenge progress regularly.

I will work this out today. I first need to see who is participating. For this the #OpenScienceChallenge is useful but I am not sure if they are all on Mastodon. That said, that's not a big issue, I guess.

#OpenScienceChallenge Day 2 (for me). It has two parts. The second one is easy:

T: Find a group near you (or online) with people who share your passions and want to become open scientists, too.

Okay, there are various. Of course, having done Open Science for more than 2 decades, I have many networks. The (currently) nearest are these two:

1. @wikidata (the web is always near)
2. Open Science Community Maastricht (https://www.openscience-maastricht.nl/) part of the larger INOSC, see https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/VZ2SY

Q1: Why are you participating in this Challenge?

That one is easy but the answer is not too interesting: I found the idea of #OpenScienceChallenge interesting and wanted to see how it was done. That's it.

Q2: What do you hope to achieve through opening up your research?

Well, I know what to expect. And this is a fact, been there, done that. I got a lot: job offers, thousands of citations, many friends, awesome research projects.