The societal impact of Open Science–a scoping review DOI Open Access
Nicki Lisa Cole, Eva Kormann, Thomas Klebel

et al.

Published: Feb. 21, 2024

Open Science (OS) aims, in part, to drive greater societal impact of academic research. Government, funder and institutional policies state that it should further democratise research increase learning awareness, evidence-based policy-making, the relevance society’s problems, public trust Yet, measuring OS has proven challenging synthesised evidence is lacking. This study fills this gap by systematically scoping existing driven its various aspects, including Citizen (CS), Access (OA), Open/FAIR Data (OFD), Code/Software, others. Using PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews searches conducted Web Science, Scopus, relevant grey literature, we identified 196 studies contain impact. The majority concern CS, with some focused on OA, only a few addressing other aspects. Key areas found are education climate environment, social engagement. We no literature documenting OFD limited terms policy, health, Our findings demonstrate critical need additional suggest practical policy implications.

Language: Английский

The societal impact of Open Science–a scoping review DOI Open Access
Nicki Lisa Cole, Eva Kormann, Thomas Klebel

et al.

Published: Feb. 21, 2024

Open Science (OS) aims, in part, to drive greater societal impact of academic research. Government, funder and institutional policies state that it should further democratise research increase learning awareness, evidence-based policy-making, the relevance society’s problems, public trust Yet, measuring OS has proven challenging synthesised evidence is lacking. This study fills this gap by systematically scoping existing driven its various aspects, including Citizen (CS), Access (OA), Open/FAIR Data (OFD), Code/Software, others. Using PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews searches conducted Web Science, Scopus, relevant grey literature, we identified 196 studies contain impact. The majority concern CS, with some focused on OA, only a few addressing other aspects. Key areas found are education climate environment, social engagement. We no literature documenting OFD limited terms policy, health, Our findings demonstrate critical need additional suggest practical policy implications.

Language: Английский

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