Open Science thermometer

Open science is a priority for the UAB. In early 2024, we launched the Open Science website to showcase the actions that the University's diverse areas and services are carrying out in relation to the different open science pillars. The Open Science Advisory Committee, derived from the UAB's Open Science strategy and commitments, included in its action plan the creation and publication of the Open Science Thermometer we present here. Organized into five pillars: open access, research data, open education, citizen science, and scientific integrity, the thermometer presents disaggregated data from the last three years and cumulative data from 2021 onwards in most sections.

The Open Access pillar shows figures for research documents included in the DDD, a comparison of EGRETA full-text research documents in the DDD (global and by subject area), scientific journal articles and doctoral theses in the DDD, and Diamond journal titles in ReDi, monographs and collections from the Publications Service. Finally, it shows the evolution of assigned APCs classified by publisher and by year since the transformative agreements began.

Figures related to the datasets published in CORA.RDR are shown in the Research Data section.

In Open Education, we will find figures on challenges (including challenge-based learning and service learning) shared by stakeholders from the region, organizations that have shared challenges, and students who have completed their final project addressing these challenges.

Citizen science projects and projects evaluated by the Ethics Committee are found in the last two sections.

This tool is the result of the efforts of the entire institution and shows the current state of open science at the UAB, allowing us to identify the areas where we need to focus more in order to advance towards the creation of an open science environment that contributes to improving the quality, efficiency, and responsiveness of teaching, research, and innovation.

We hope you like it.

Contact: ciencia.oberta@uab.cat