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Wilfred Hughes

Aug 10, 2019 at 15:26

Badges to Acknowledge Open Practices: A Simple, Low-Cost, Effective Method for Increasing Transparency https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1002456 'Open Data' badges on scientific papers hugely increased the amount of open data. Reminds me of READMEs with testing badges!

Badges to Acknowledge Open Practices: A Simple, Low-Cost, Effective Method for Increasing Transparency

Badges to Acknowledge Open Practices: A Simple, Low-Cost, Effective Method for Increasing Transparency

Badges that acknowledge open practices significantly increase sharing of reported data and materials, as well as subsequent accessibility, correctness, usability, and completeness.