Metrics for web-native science - PLOS ALM

kaitlin thaney@kaythaney ; @mozillascience

PLOS ALM / 10 oct. 2013

metrics for web-native science

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doing good is part of our code

help researchers use the power of the open web to change science’s future.

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science is broken- broken incentives, discouraging collaboration + sharing.- inflexible, siloed tools (and communities) - research that’s near impossible to build upon, reuse.- small bursts of activity, little coordination.- skills gap keeping researchers from working on the web.

“... up to 70% of research from academic labs cannot be reproduced, representing an enormous

waste of money and effort.”- Elizabeth Iorns, Science Exchange

“There’s greater reward, and more temptation to

bend the rules.”- David Resnik, bioethicist

facing a digital skills gap

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shifting practice is hard.... but not impossible.

“One worry I have is that, with reviews like this, scientists will be even more discouraged from publishing their code [...] We need to get more code out there, not improve how it looks.”

instill best (digital,

reproducible) practice

“research hygiene”

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subjectivity can undermine reproducibility.

our systems’ visions need to be in sync.

does this ensure (full) interoperability?

coordination and collaboration are key.

design for interoperability.

remember the non-technical challenges.

join us. teach, hack, build, learn.

http://software-carpentry.orghttp://wiki.mozilla.org/ScienceLab

questions?

kaitlin@mozillafoundation.org@kaythaney ; @mozillascience