{"id":2038,"date":"2020-10-28T14:45:18","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T14:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/?p=2038"},"modified":"2020-10-28T14:55:01","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T14:55:01","slug":"open-science-for-a-global-transformation-call-for-papers-for-a-special-collection-in-data-science-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/28\/open-science-for-a-global-transformation-call-for-papers-for-a-special-collection-in-data-science-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Science for a Global Transformation: Call for Papers for a Special Collection in Data Science Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/codata.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/if_open-science.png\" width=\"408\" height=\"212\" \/>2021 is likely to be a very significant year for the transformation of science and the adoption of Open Science and FAIR practices.\u00a0 UNESCO, the educational, scientific and cultural organization of the United Nations, is preparing a Recommendation on Open Science to be adopted (it is hoped) by the UNESCO General Assembly in November 2021.\u00a0 Against the background of the COVID-19 pandemic\u2014which has accentuated the need for international research cooperation, scientific transparency and data sharing for robust evidence and informed decisionmaking\u2014<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.unesco.org\/science-sustainable-future\/open-science\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UNESCO has conducted a global consultation and drafting process for the Recommendation on Open Science<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In June 2020, CODATA coordinated and published <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.3935461\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018Open Science for a Global Transformation\u2019<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a response to the UNESCO consultation from a number of partner international data organisations. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unesdoc.unesco.org\/ark:\/48223\/pf0000374409\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">first draft of the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was released for feedback from member states and the scientific community in early October 2020.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To encourage further discussion around the issues addressed in \u2018Open Science for a Global Transformation\u2019 and the draft Recommendation on Open Science, we invite the global research data community to share their views, critiques and positions in an open discussion prompted by the draft recommendation and the CODATA-coordinated document.\u00a0 Our intention is to create a forum for debate and ultimately a body of reasoned argumentation which can be referenced throughout the UNESCO process.\u00a0 In the Data Science Journal, this will also form a significant body of scholarly material exploring and defining issues around Open Science.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Three venues are envisaged for this discussion:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>A Special Collection in the CODATA Data Science Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/datascience.codata.org\/\">https:\/\/datascience.codata.org\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We invite scholarly essays, review articles, practice papers and research articles that discuss issues around Open Science and relate their argumentation to topics addressed in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.3935461\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018Open Science for a Global Transformation\u2019<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unesdoc.unesco.org\/ark:\/48223\/pf0000374409\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the draft UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0 Please consult <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/datascience.codata.org\/about\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the scope of the Data Science Journal<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the descriptions of the categories of article.\u00a0 All submissions should be scholarly and will be peer reviewed.\u00a0 While ensuring quality and rigour, the editorial team will do its best to expedite publication.\u00a0 The collection will serve as a scholarly contribution to the global debate on the content of the UNESCO Recommendation and on the contours and characteristics of Open Science in general.\u00a0 We will aim to ensure that any articles submitted by 15 December, will be published in time to be referenced during the timescales of the UNESCO review process (see below).\u00a0 Accepted articles submitted after that date will be included in the collection on Open Science and will still be relevant to the ongoing discussion and debate around the Recommendation.\u00a0 Submit contributions to the Special Collection at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/datascience.codata.org\/about\/submissions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/datascience.codata.org\/about\/submissions\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>A Curated Collection of Posts and Opinion Pieces in the CODATA Blog <a href=\"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/\">https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you would like to contribute to this discussion through something more like a blog post, and opinion piece, or if you would like to test your ideas before submitting an more scholarly contribution to the Data Science Journal, then you can do this through a curated collection on the CODATA blog.\u00a0 To do so, please send your piece to <\/span><a href=\"mailto:asha@codata.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">asha@codata.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0 The proposed blog posted will be checked by the CODATA secretariat and a member of the author group and then published.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Threads on the CODATA International List<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, we also encourage the community to share ideas and discussion of the draft Recommendation through the CODATA International news and discussion list.\u00a0 Simply <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.codata.org\/mailman\/listinfo\/codata-international_lists.codata.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">subscribe to the list<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and send your ideas and views to <\/span><a href=\"mailto:codata-international@lists.codata.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">codata-international@lists.codata.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0 Be sure to start the title of your message with \u2018UNESCO Open Science Recommendation\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>We welcome any and all contributions to these forums!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>The UNESCO Consultation and Recommendation on Open Science<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The practices of Open Science and calls for transformations of the way science is practiced, communicated and assessed have accelerated in the past two decades.\u00a0 Leading transnational organisations including the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/council.science\/actionplan\/open-science\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Council for Science<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oecd.org\/coronavirus\/policy-responses\/why-open-science-is-critical-to-combatting-covid-19-cd6ab2f9\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OECD<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/research\/openscience\/index.cfm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">European Commission<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, have recognised Open Science as the key mode for research in the 21st century.\u00a0 Recognising the significance of the movement, but also aware that in a \u2018fragmented scientific and policy environment, a global understanding of the meaning, opportunities and challenges of Open Science is still missing\u2019, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.unesco.org\/science-sustainable-future\/open-science\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UNESCO launched a global consultation in March 2020<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0 This has as its objective \u2018to build a coherent vision of Open Science and a shared set of overarching principles and shared values\u2019 through the development of \u2018an international standard-setting instrument on Open Science in the form of a UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science\u2019 to be agreed at the UNESCO General Assembly in November 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a precious opportunity for the worldwide research community to express priorities, report relevant experiences, and share visions for the future, thus helping to shape a new global order for research and its governance. A UNESCO Recommendation is a timely, important and urgent way to promote Open Science and provide concrete suggestions to national governments and research organisations, including scholarly societies, universities, and research groups.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Consultation on the Draft UNESCO Recommendation<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/unesco-image-blog.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2039\" src=\"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/unesco-image-blog.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"346\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/unesco-image-blog.png 346w, https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/unesco-image-blog-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" \/><\/a>The first draft of the UNESCO Recommendation was produced, on the basis of the consultation and supported by the UNESCO Open Science team, by an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.unesco.org\/science-sustainable-future\/open-science\/advisory-committee\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">international Open Science Advisory Committee<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.unesco.org\/news\/milestone-unescos-development-global-recommendation-open-science?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OATP-Primary+%28OATP+primary%29\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published for consultation in early October 2020<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0 Feedback on the draft Recommendation is invited from UNESCO Member States and from the global research community until the end of January 2021.\u00a0 After that point, the Advisory Committee will resume its work to produce a second draft.\u00a0 The revised draft, approved by the UNESCO Director General will be sent to Member States in April 2021.\u00a0 This will be followed by a process of negotiation culminating, it is hoped, in the adoption of the text at the General Conference in November 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The draft Recommendation offers a definition of Open Science and it presents a set of core values and principles.\u00a0 Importantly, it lays out seven key areas of action, directed at Member States and other named stakeholders:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Promoting a common understanding of Open Science and diverse paths to Open Science<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Developing an enabling policy environment for Open Science\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Investing in Open Science infrastructures<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Investing in capacity building for Open Science<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transforming scientific culture and aligning incentives for Open Science<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Promoting innovative approaches for Open Science at different stages of the scientific process\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Promoting international cooperation on Open Science<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like any such document, the draft Recommendation tries to synthesise and reconcile a range of views and positions (not necessarily opposed or divergent, but with different emphases, concerns and priorities).\u00a0 Therefore, discussion and critique of the \u2018Open Science for a Global Transformation\u2019 document and the draft Recommendation are to be expected and encouraged.\u00a0 It is precisely through such scrutiny that we can ensure that this global statement on Open Science is as robust as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We invite the global research data community, such as the readership of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/datascience.codata.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Data Science Journal<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and those engaged with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/codata.org\/data-together-covid-19-appeal-and-actions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Data Together organisations<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and other data and information organisations, to seize this opportunity and to use these venues described above to share scholarly discussion, opinion pieces, critiques and proposals in relation to the UNESCO process and Recommendation.\u00a0 This will <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">both<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> provide a resource which can be fed into the direct process of consultation and feedback, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> offer a longer-lasting collection of public and reasoned views and debate on the age-defining issue of Open Science.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are particularly interested in articles documenting regional dimensions, exploring neglected issues, critiques and arguments to improve the Recommendation, and discussions of issues to address in order to ensure positive and equitable outcomes from Open Science implementation. There will also be opportunities for further discussion at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/codata.org\/events\/conferences\/international-fair-convergence-symposium-convened-by-codata-and-go-fair-22-23-october-2020-paris-france\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International (Virtual) FAIR Convergence Symposium in December 2020<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and other events such as the Virtual RDA Plenary meeting in November 2020.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2021 is likely to be a very significant year for the transformation of science and the adoption of Open Science and FAIR practices.\u00a0 UNESCO, the educational, scientific and cultural organization of the United Nations, is preparing a Recommendation on Open Science to be adopted (it is hoped) by the UNESCO General Assembly in November 2021.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[41,39,40],"class_list":["post-2038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-globaltransformation","tag-openscience","tag-unescorecommendation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2038"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2041,"href":"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2038\/revisions\/2041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}