Introduction

Why Open Science is important and how it benefits the research process

benefits for

- researchers: Findings are openly distributed and are accessible to anyone, this means easier distribution of research results, easier collaboration due to open data

- scientific institutions: Preservation and availability of research results inspite of highly mobile scientists

- science: anyone can participate, findings are shared and distributed broadly, less duplicate studies saves money, better reproducability which makes science better

what is the difference better

How does Open Science at ZALF differ from universities?

What universities? small institution compared to universities (financial differences? Library and data management department do not do research but are service facilities. (obligations of researchers not only towards ZALF but also towards other institutions). Leibniz Association inspires ZALF with guidelines and tools like LeibnizOpen.

What do we want to achieve (at ZALF)?

ZALF)?

easier collaboration between research groups within ZALF and with other institutions (less beaurocracy with data sharing agreements, collaborations with bis institutions are complicated, who is allowed to sign contracts)

higher visibility of research output

higher importance of research data as lots of data are produced at ZALF. Due to the age distribution among ZALF employees it is important to think of long-term storage of data. At the moment, the currency of science are papers in highly ranked journals, therefore they are properly archived/stored (Kann man hier von Archiv sprechen?). But science consists of more than papers and the current practice of focus on quantity (in addition to quality?) is not sustainable.