Additional Resources¶

This page provides curated resources for deeper learning in open science, data management, and AI ethics.

General Open Science¶

Organizations and Communities¶

• Center for Open Science (COS) - Non-profit promoting openness, integrity, and reproducibility
• The Turing Way - Community-driven guide to reproducible research
• Foster Open Science - E-learning platform for open science
• UNESCO Open Science Partnership - Global open science initiatives

Training Programs¶

• FOSTER Open Science Courses - Free courses on open science topics
• MANTRA Research Data Management Training - Online course from University of Edinburgh
• The Carpentries - Workshops teaching foundational coding and data skills

Readings¶

• UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science - International policy framework
• Opening Science (2014) - Bartling & Friesike's foundational book
• The Turing Way Handbook - Comprehensive guide to reproducible research

Data Management¶

Planning Tools¶

• DMPTool - Data management plan creation with funder templates
• Data Stewardship Wizard - Knowledge-based DMP guidance
• DCC Checklist - Data management planning guidance

Repositories¶

General Purpose:

• Zenodo - CERN-hosted repository for all research outputs
• Dryad - Curated repository integrated with journals
• Figshare - Repository with unlimited public storage
• Open Science Framework (OSF) - Project management and archiving

Domain-Specific:

• GenBank - Genetic sequence data
• Protein Data Bank - 3D structural data of proteins
• PANGAEA - Earth and environmental science
• ICPSR - Social science data

Repository Directories:

• re3data.org - Registry of research data repositories
• FAIRsharing - Databases, standards, and policies

Metadata Standards¶

• DataCite Metadata Schema - Citation metadata
• Dublin Core - General metadata
• FAIRsharing Standards Database - Domain-specific standards

Best Practices¶

• DataOne Best Practices - Comprehensive data management guidance
• Research Data Alliance (RDA) - Community-driven standards
• FAIR Principles - Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable

Artificial Intelligence Ethics¶

Frameworks and Principles¶

• UNESCO Recommendation on Ethics of AI - International framework
• Asilomar AI Principles - 23 principles for beneficial AI
• Montreal Declaration - Responsible development of AI
• OECD AI Principles - International policy principles
• IEEE Ethically Aligned Design - Technical standards

Bias Detection and Mitigation¶

Tools:

• IBM AI Fairness 360 - Open source bias detection toolkit
• Microsoft Fairlearn - Python library for fairness assessment
• Google What-If Tool - Visualize model behavior
• Aequitas - Bias and fairness audit toolkit

Research:

• FAT/ML - Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency in ML
• AI Now Institute - Research on social implications of AI
• Algorithmic Justice League - Combating bias in AI

Guidelines and Policies¶

• ACM Code of Ethics - Professional conduct in computing
• Partnership on AI - Multi-stakeholder organization
• EU AI Act - Regulatory framework for AI in Europe

Responsible AI Use¶

• Stanford HAI Responsible AI - Research and policy
• Responsible AI Toolkit - Microsoft resources
• Google AI Principles - Corporate AI ethics

Books and Reading¶

• Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neil - How algorithms increase inequality
• Artificial Unintelligence by Meredith Broussard - Why computers misunderstand the world
• Atlas of AI by Kate Crawford - Power, politics, and planetary costs of AI
• Race After Technology by Ruha Benjamin - How technology reinforces inequality
• The Alignment Problem by Brian Christian - Machine learning and human values

Online Courses¶

• Elements of AI - Free introduction to AI concepts
• AI Ethics (edX) - University of Helsinki course
• Fairness in Machine Learning - Cornell course materials
• Ethics of AI (Stanford) - Course website

Open Access Publishing¶

Preprint Servers¶

• arXiv - Physics, mathematics, computer science
• bioRxiv - Biology
• medRxiv - Medical sciences
• EarthArXiv - Earth sciences
• PsyArXiv - Psychological sciences
• OSF Preprints - Multidisciplinary

Open Access Journals¶

• PLOS - Open access publisher in science and medicine
• eLife - Life and biomedical sciences
• PeerJ - Biological and medical sciences
• MDPI - Multidisciplinary open access

Directories and Search¶

• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) - Quality open access journals
• SHERPA/RoMEO - Publisher copyright and self-archiving policies
• Unpaywall - Find free versions of paywalled papers

Version Control and Code Sharing¶

Platforms¶

• GitHub - Version control and collaboration
• GitLab - DevOps platform with git
• Bitbucket - Code collaboration

Learning Git¶

• Software Carpentry Git Lesson - Hands-on tutorial
• GitHub Learning Lab - Interactive courses
• Pro Git Book - Comprehensive free book

Best Practices¶

• Choose a License - Guide to software licenses
• Semantic Versioning - Version numbering standard
• Conventional Commits - Commit message format

Reproducibility¶

Computational Environments¶

• Docker - Containerization platform
• Binder - Turn git repositories into interactive notebooks
• Code Ocean - Cloud-based computational reproducibility

Notebooks¶

• Jupyter - Interactive computing notebooks
• R Markdown - Dynamic documents with R
• Observable - JavaScript notebooks

Workflow Management¶

• Snakemake - Workflow management system
• Nextflow - Data-driven computational pipelines
• Common Workflow Language (CWL) - Workflow description standard

Research Data¶

FAIR Data¶

• GO FAIR Initiative - Implementation of FAIR principles
• FAIR Cookbook - Practical guides
• FAIRsharing - Standards, databases, and policies

CARE Principles¶

• CARE Principles - Indigenous data governance
• Local Contexts - Traditional knowledge labels
• Indigenous Data Sovereignty Networks - Global networks

Data Visualization¶

• Data Visualization Society - Community and resources
• From Data to Viz - Guide to choosing charts
• ColorBrewer - Color advice for maps and visualizations

Funding and Policy¶

Open Science Policies¶

• NIH Data Sharing Policy - US National Institutes of Health
• NSF Data Management Requirements - US National Science Foundation
• Horizon Europe Open Science - European Union

Open Science Funding¶

• Center for Open Science Grants - Funding opportunities
• Mozilla Foundation - Internet health grants
• Sloan Foundation - Science and technology programs

Tools and Software¶

Research Management¶

• Zotero - Reference management
• Mendeley - Reference manager and academic network
• OSF - Project management and collaboration

Writing and Documentation¶

• Markdown Guide - Learn Markdown syntax
• MkDocs - Documentation site generator
• Sphinx - Documentation builder
• Overleaf - Collaborative LaTeX editor

Data Analysis¶

• R - Statistical computing language
• Python - General-purpose programming language
• RStudio - IDE for R
• Visual Studio Code - Code editor

Communities and Networks¶

Open Science Communities¶

• OpenScapes - Better science for future us
• Research Bazaar - Digital literacy festival
• Open Science MOOC - Free online courses

Discipline-Specific¶

• pyOpenSci - Python open science community
• rOpenSci - R packages for open science
• Project Pythia - Education for geoscience Python

Staying Current¶

Newsletters¶

• Open Science Newsletter - Center for Open Science updates
• The Turing Way Newsletter - Community updates
• Data Science Weekly - Data science news

Podcasts¶

• Everything Hertz - Methodology and scientific life
• ReproducibiliTea - Open research discussions
• Data Skeptic - Data science and statistics

Social Media¶

• OpenScience Reddit - Community discussions
• Follow hashtags: #OpenScience #OpenData #OpenAccess #FAIRData
• Academic Twitter lists for open science practitioners

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Last updated: 2025-10-14