2016/07/07 by Erin C. McKiernan, Philip E. Bourne, C. Titus Brown +12 · 9 citations
Decision Sciences · Computer Science · Psychology · Engineering · #scientometrics and bibliometrics research #Research Data Management Practices #Scientific Computing and Data Management #Open science #Popularity #Scholarship #Open data #Work (physics) #Public relations #Open source #Best practice #Open research #Affect (linguistics) #Business #Political science #Knowledge management #Data science #Psychology #Computer science #World Wide Web #Engineering
paper · doi:10.7554/elife.16800
openalex publication_date 2016/07/07 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04
Open access, open data, open source and other open scholarship practices are growing in popularity and necessity. However, widespread adoption of these practices has not yet been achieved. One reason is that researchers are uncertain about how sharing their work will affect their careers. We review literature demonstrating that open research is associated with increases in citations, media attention, potential collaborators, job opportunities and funding opportunities. These findings are evidence that open research practices bring significant benefits to researchers relative to more traditional closed practices.