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pb-12 [&_p]:mb-4"><div class="moving-to-open-science"><div class="m-0 mx-auto w-full min-w-0 max-w-[77rem] px-4"><h1 data-testid="sections-page-title" class="mb-5">Moving to Open Science</h1><div class="border-t-[1px] border-solid border-transparent" data-testid="sections-container-0"><div class=" text-bmj-silver-800 whitespace-pre-wrap font-normal leading-[1.625rem] mt-0 flex flex-col md:mt-4 md:flex-row [&>div:last-of-type]:pr-0 [&>div]:mt-6 [&>div]:pr-0 [&>div]:md:mt-0 [&>div]:md:pr-4 [&>div:nth-of-type(1)]:w-full [&>div:nth-of-type(1)]:md:w-[100.00%] " data-testid="sections-subsection-content-container-0"><div data-testid="sections-column-0" class="inline md:inline [&_h2]:mt-0"><b>Series Editor: Georgia Richards</b> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Open and transparent research embodies good research practices by opening up participation in, and access to, the evidence lifecycle. It covers a wide range of practices and principles related to how research is carried out, including study preregistration; the sharing of data, code, and study materials; and widening dissemination through pre-prints, lay summaries, open access, and tools for patients and the public. This series provides a variety of articles on the theories and tools to improve the openness and transparency of health and medical research.</span> <strong><a href="/content/28/1/68.long">Research Methods and Reporting: Registration of health and medical research</a></strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Aidan G Cashin, Georgia C Richards, Nicholas J DeVito, David T Mellor, Hopin Lee</span> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">This paper describes how researchers can register their research and outlines possible barriers and challenges in doing so. Widespread adoption of research registration can reduce research waste and improve evidence-informed clinical and policy decision-making.</span></i> <strong><a href="/content/28/4/255.long">Research Methods and Reporting: Sharing study materials in health and medical research</a></strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Nicholas J DeVito, Caroline Morton, Aidan Gregory Cashin, Georgia C Richards, Hopin Lee</span> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">This article explores the challenges and benefits of sharing diverse study materials in biomedical research, addressing confidentiality concerns, existing repositories, and emphasising the need for collaborative efforts among stakeholders.</span></i> <strong><a href="/content/28/3/144">Analysis: Responsible dissemination of health and medical research: some guidance points</a></strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Raffaella Ravinetto and Jerome Amir Singh</span> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ravinetto and Singh argue that better practices can be implemented when disseminating research findings through abstracts, preprints, peer-reviewed publications, press releases and social media</span></i> <strong><a href="/content/28/5/299">Opinion: Plain language summaries: enhancing patient-centred care and improving accessibility of health research</a></strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Paula Riganti and Annette Marie McKinnon</span> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Directing clinical research information to patients faces barriers such as communication clarity and health literacy. Solutions include creating plain language summaries, using multimedia, and incorporating patient perspectives in study design for better understanding and engagement.</span></i> <strong><a href="/content/early/2023/09/28/bmjebm-2022-112126">Analysis: Open access journal publication in health and medical research and open science: benefits, challenges and limitations聽</a></strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Patricia Logullo, Jennifer A de Beyer, Shona Kirtley, Michael Maia Schl眉ssel, Gary S Collins</span> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this article, several aspects of open access (OA) are explored. OA benefits the final users of the evidence produced, who are patients and healthcare professionals in the case of evidence-based medicine. It also benefits researchers, who can avoid waste from reproducing investigations unnecessarily or having to reinvent procedures that are not clearly explained.</span></i> <strong><a href="/content/early/2023/10/11/bmjebm-2022-112125">Analysis: Can a replication revolution resolve the duplication crisis in systematic reviews?</a></strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Sathya Karunananthan, Jeremy M Grimshaw, Lara Maxwell, Phi-Yen Nguyen, Matthew J Page, Jordi Pardo Pardo, Jennifer Petkovic, Brigitte Vachon, Vivian Andrea Welch, Peter Tugwell <i>Deliberate replication of systematic reviews enhances the certainty and generalizability of findings, addressing specific uncertainties, controversies, or evidence gaps with potential policy and practice implications, emphasising the importance of prioritising purposeful replication over wasteful duplication, involving key stakeholders, and outlining a systematic approach for researchers to identify and conduct valuable replications.</i> 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It covers a wide range of practices and principles related to how research is carried out, including study preregistration; the sharing of data, code, and study materials; and widening dissemination through pre-prints, lay summaries, open access, and tools for patients and the public. This series provides a variety of articles on the theories and tools to improve the openness and transparency of health and medical research.\u003c/span\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://ebm.bmj.com/content/28/1/68.long\"\u003eResearch Methods and Reporting: Registration of health and medical research\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAidan G Cashin, Georgia C Richards, Nicholas J DeVito, David T Mellor, Hopin Lee\u003c/span\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis paper describes how researchers can register their research and outlines possible barriers and challenges in doing so. Widespread adoption of research registration can reduce research waste and improve evidence-informed clinical and policy decision-making.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://ebm.bmj.com/content/28/4/255.long\"\u003eResearch Methods and Reporting: Sharing study materials in health and medical research\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eNicholas J DeVito, Caroline Morton, Aidan Gregory Cashin, Georgia C Richards, Hopin Lee\u003c/span\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis article explores the challenges and benefits of sharing diverse study materials in biomedical research, addressing confidentiality concerns, existing repositories, and emphasising the need for collaborative efforts among stakeholders.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://ebm.bmj.com/content/28/3/144\"\u003eAnalysis: Responsible dissemination of health and medical research: some guidance points\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eRaffaella Ravinetto and Jerome Amir Singh\u003c/span\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eRavinetto and Singh argue that better practices can be implemented when disseminating research findings through abstracts, preprints, peer-reviewed publications, press releases and social media\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://ebm.bmj.com/content/28/5/299\"\u003eOpinion: Plain language summaries: enhancing patient-centred care and improving accessibility of health research\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePaula Riganti and Annette Marie McKinnon\u003c/span\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eDirecting clinical research information to patients faces barriers such as communication clarity and health literacy. Solutions include creating plain language summaries, using multimedia, and incorporating patient perspectives in study design for better understanding and engagement.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://ebm.bmj.com/content/early/2023/09/28/bmjebm-2022-112126\"\u003eAnalysis: Open access journal publication in health and medical research and open science: benefits, challenges and limitations聽\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePatricia Logullo, Jennifer A de Beyer, Shona Kirtley, Michael Maia Schl眉ssel, Gary S Collins\u003c/span\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn this article, several aspects of open access (OA) are explored. OA benefits the final users of the evidence produced, who are patients and healthcare professionals in the case of evidence-based medicine. It also benefits researchers, who can avoid waste from reproducing investigations unnecessarily or having to reinvent procedures that are not clearly explained.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://ebm.bmj.com/content/early/2023/10/11/bmjebm-2022-112125\"\u003eAnalysis: Can a replication revolution resolve the duplication crisis in systematic reviews?\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSathya Karunananthan, Jeremy M Grimshaw, Lara Maxwell, Phi-Yen Nguyen, Matthew J Page, Jordi Pardo Pardo, Jennifer Petkovic, Brigitte Vachon, Vivian Andrea Welch, Peter Tugwell\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eDeliberate replication of systematic reviews enhances the certainty and generalizability of findings, addressing specific uncertainties, controversies, or evidence gaps with potential policy and practice implications, emphasising the importance of prioritising purposeful replication over wasteful duplication, involving key stakeholders, and outlining a systematic approach for researchers to identify and conduct valuable replications.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\u003c/span\u003e"],"layoutType":"A"}]}],"seoMetadata":[{"key":"title","property":"title","content":"Moving to Open Science | BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine"},{"key":"robots","property":"robots","content":"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1"},{"key":"canonical","property":"canonical","content":"https://ebm.bmj.com/pages/moving-to-open-science"},{"key":"og_locale","property":"og:locale","content":"en_US"},{"key":"og_type","property":"og:type","content":"article"},{"key":"og_title","property":"og:title","content":"Moving to Open Science | BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine"},{"key":"og_url","property":"og:url","content":"https://ebm.bmj.com/pages/moving-to-open-science"},{"key":"og_site_name","property":"og:site_name","content":"BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine"},{"key":"og_image","property":"og:image","content":"https://ebm.bmj.com/ebm/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2022/11/94bm3OnO_400x400-1.jpeg"},{"key":"og_image_width","property":"og:image:width","content":298},{"key":"og_image_height","property":"og:image:height","content":298},{"key":"twitter_image","property":"twitter:image","content":"https://ebm.bmj.com/ebm/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2022/11/94bm3OnO_400x400-1.jpeg"},{"key":"twitter_card","property":"twitter:card","content":"summary_large_image"},{"key":"twitter:label1","property":"twitter:label1","content":"Est. reading time"},{"key":"twitter:data1","property":"twitter:data1","content":"3 minutes"}],"title":"Moving to Open Science","breadcrumbsBarData":{"breadcrumbs":[{"pageName":"Home","url":"/"},{"pageName":"Moving to Open Science"}],"emailAlertsLink":"https://myaccount.bmj.com/myaccount/signup.html?regService=etoc-alerts\u0026corpusCode=ebmed\u0026fwdUrl=https://ebm.bmj.com/"},"adSlots":null,"gtmContainerCode":"GTM-TQGPJL","adsLazyLoad":true,"pageBuildInfo":null,"isPreview":false,"baiduCode":""},"__N_SSG":true},"page":"/pages/[slug]","query":{"slug":"moving-to-open-science"},"buildId":"tgsFOua70gnMuExQ62QYB","isFallback":false,"isExperimentalCompile":false,"gsp":true,"scriptLoader":[]}</script></body></html>