Improving Integrity, Transparency, and Reproducibility Through Connection of

the Scholarly Workflow

Andrew SallansPartnerships Lead

Center for Open Science

So, why is this important?

Norms vs. counternorms

Barriers and incentives

A little something about COS

• Est. 2013• Non-profit tech

startup • 4 leading

foundation funders, > $14M

• Located in Charlottesville, VA

• Team: ~ 25 FT & 20 interns

• Mostly software developers and researchers Mission: Improve openness, integrity, and

reproducibility of research

http://osf.io

Create an account

easy and free!

https://osf.io/settings

Modify Account Settings

Update

information

Dashboard

Project Organizer

Project Overview Page

Overview

Using the WikiIn the

menu

bar

Wiki

history

Add new

or edit

Now with

collaborative

editing!

Adding Components1. Click ‘Add Component”

2. Name the Component

3. Component shows as part of project

Adding Contributors

Select from

the results

Choose

permissions

Privacy

Uploading Files

Click upload button

or just drag and

drop

Versioning

See version history

and download

Registering Your WorkChoose the

registration

template

Create a frozen

registered version

Sharing Your Work

Create a

view-only link

Describe the

link use

Option to

make

anonymous

Select what parts of the

project to share

Unique and permanent IDs

Scientific content must be easy to cite and

annotate

Approach: GUIDs for all content

https://osf.io/e81xl -> RPCB

https://osf.io/alh38 -> Tim Errington

https://osf.io/ibdv8 -> Coding_Study_1.xslx

Connecting the

workflow through

Add Ons:

• Dropbox

• Github

• Dataverse

• Figshare

• AmazonS3

Tools used: next-gen sequencers, pipeline software, custom software

OSF features used: version control, file sharing, GitHub and Dropboxintegration, public sharing.

Problem to solve: teaching undergrads how to make research reproducible and verifiable.OSF features used: organization of documents and data, command files, metadata, and file sharing.

Want to join the effort?

Contribute to SHARE

• https://github.com/CenterForOpenScience/SHARE/wiki

• Contribute content

• Partner on curation of content

Bring a workshop to your campus• Free consulting and training• We send a consultant to run reproducible and open

practice workshops on your campus• Upcoming workshops: Duke, U of Florida, JMU,

Rutgers, Yale, Princeton, Penn, U of Maryland, and more

• See more: http://centerforopenscience.org/stats_consulting/

• Join email list: http://eepurl.com/2kghn

Serve as an AmbassadorWhat Ambassadors Do:

• Act as local information resource about COS, the OSF, transparency, and reproducible practices

• Represent COS at conferences and meetings• Grow the open science community• Blog experiences and join in the online

conversation• Provide training on OSF and reproducible

practices• Model COS swag!

Email us at contact@cos.io to hear more!

Open Science Framework osf.io

Email: contact@osf.io

Twitter: @OSFramework