How open science helps researchers succeed

• DOI: 10.7554/elife.16800
• Publication Date: 2016-07-07T17:46:41Z
• Authors: Erin C McKiernan; Philip E Bourne; C Titus Brown; Stuart Buck; Amye Kenall; Jennifer Lin; Damon McDougall; Brian A Nosek; Karthik Ram; Courtney K Soderberg; Jeffrey R Spies; Kaitlin Thaney; Andrew Updegrove; Kara H Woo; Tal Yarkoni
• Keywords: Open Science; Popularity; Best practice; Open research; Affect

Open access, open data, source and other scholarship practices are growing in popularity necessity. However, widespread adoption of these has not yet been achieved. One reason is that researchers uncertain about how sharing their work will affect careers. We review literature demonstrating research associated with increases citations, media attention, potential collaborators, job opportunities funding opportunities. These findings evidence bring significant benefits to relative more traditional closed practices.