{"id":8141,"date":"2021-03-26T11:04:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T15:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-cu-sites.pantheonsite.io\/library\/?page_id=8141"},"modified":"2025-08-22T08:41:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T12:41:27","slug":"open-science-open-data","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/research-tools-collections\/guides\/open-science-open-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Science &amp; Open Data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>What is Open Science &amp; Open Data?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Open Data typically applies to a range of non-textual materials, including datasets, statistics, transcripts, survey results, and the metadata associated with these objects. The data is, in essence, the factual information that is necessary to replicate and verify research results. Open Data policies usually encompass the notion that machine extraction, manipulation, and meta-analysis of data should be permissible.&#8221; &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/sparcopen.org\/open-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SPARC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;By open data in science we mean that it is freely available on the public internet permitting any user to download, copy, analyse, re-process, pass them to software or use them for any other purpose without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself. To this end data related to published science should be explicitly placed in the public domain.&#8221; &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.okfn.org\/2010\/02\/19\/launch-of-the-panton-principles-for-open-data-in-science\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Panton Principles<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordions advgb-accordions-12d0b86a-a2b9-4e1d-89d8-367f0a33e513 advgb-accordion-wrapper\" data-collapsed=\"true\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordion-item advgb-accordion-item\" style=\"margin-bottom:15px\"><div class=\"advgb-accordion-header\" style=\"background-color:#000;color:#eee;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-radius:2px\"><span class=\"advgb-accordion-header-icon accordion-state\"><svg class=\"advgb-icon-closed\" fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0,0h24v24H0V0z\"><\/path><path d=\"M12,5.83L15.17,9l1.41-1.41L12,3L7.41,7.59L8.83,9L12,5.83z M12,18.17L8.83,15l-1.41,1.41L12,21l4.59-4.59L15.17,15 L12,18.17z\"><\/path><\/svg><svg class=\"advgb-icon-opened\" fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0,0h24v24H0V0z\"><\/path><path d=\"M7.41,18.59L8.83,20L12,16.83L15.17,20l1.41-1.41L12,14L7.41,18.59z M16.59,5.41L15.17,4L12,7.17L8.83,4L7.41,5.41L12,10L16.59,5.41z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><h4 class=\"advgb-accordion-header-title\" style=\"color:inherit\">Why use it?<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"advgb-accordion-body\" style=\"border-style:solid !important;border-width:1px !important;border-color:undefined !important;border-top:none !important;border-radius:2px !important\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Open Data:<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Accelerates the pace of discovery.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grows the economy.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Helps ensure we don\u2019t miss breakthroughs.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improves the integrity of the scientific and scholarly record.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Is becoming recognized by many in the research community as an important part of the research enterprise&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/sparcopen.org\/open-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SPARC<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordions advgb-accordions-21039bc9-eaca-4e39-8d88-acdb712f9faf advgb-accordion-wrapper\" data-collapsed=\"true\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordion-item advgb-accordion-item\" style=\"margin-bottom:15px\"><div class=\"advgb-accordion-header\" style=\"background-color:#000;color:#eee;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-radius:2px\"><span class=\"advgb-accordion-header-icon accordion-state\"><svg class=\"advgb-icon-closed\" fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0,0h24v24H0V0z\"><\/path><path d=\"M12,5.83L15.17,9l1.41-1.41L12,3L7.41,7.59L8.83,9L12,5.83z M12,18.17L8.83,15l-1.41,1.41L12,21l4.59-4.59L15.17,15 L12,18.17z\"><\/path><\/svg><svg class=\"advgb-icon-opened\" fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0,0h24v24H0V0z\"><\/path><path d=\"M7.41,18.59L8.83,20L12,16.83L15.17,20l1.41-1.41L12,14L7.41,18.59z M16.59,5.41L15.17,4L12,7.17L8.83,4L7.41,5.41L12,10L16.59,5.41z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><h4 class=\"advgb-accordion-header-title\" style=\"color:inherit\">More Information<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"advgb-accordion-body\" style=\"border-style:solid !important;border-width:1px !important;border-color:undefined !important;border-top:none !important;border-radius:2px !important\">\n<p><a>Podcasts<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/orionopenscience.podbean.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Orion Open Science Podcast<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uu.nl\/en\/research\/utrecht-young-academy\/projects\/open-science\/road-to-open-science-podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Road to Open Science Podcast<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.ox.ac.uk\/series\/open-science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Open Science \u2013 Oxford Podcasts<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/open-science-talk\/id1438007073\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Open Science Talk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a>Organizations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coar-repositories.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR)&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/okfn.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Open Knowledge Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainreview.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Public Domain Review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sparcopen.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scholarly Publishing &amp; Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC)&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.righttoresearch.org\/index.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Right to Research Coalition<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sherpa.ac.uk\/romeo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jisc<\/a> (formerly Sherpa)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doaj.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/openscience.org\/what-exactly-is-open-science\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The OpenScience Project<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordions advgb-accordions-c08a374d-51c7-442a-b963-0ffa2a5830df advgb-accordion-wrapper\" data-collapsed=\"true\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordion-item advgb-accordion-item\" style=\"margin-bottom:15px\"><div class=\"advgb-accordion-header\" style=\"background-color:#000;color:#eee;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-radius:2px\"><span class=\"advgb-accordion-header-icon accordion-state\"><svg class=\"advgb-icon-closed\" fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0,0h24v24H0V0z\"><\/path><path d=\"M12,5.83L15.17,9l1.41-1.41L12,3L7.41,7.59L8.83,9L12,5.83z M12,18.17L8.83,15l-1.41,1.41L12,21l4.59-4.59L15.17,15 L12,18.17z\"><\/path><\/svg><svg class=\"advgb-icon-opened\" fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0,0h24v24H0V0z\"><\/path><path d=\"M7.41,18.59L8.83,20L12,16.83L15.17,20l1.41-1.41L12,14L7.41,18.59z M16.59,5.41L15.17,4L12,7.17L8.83,4L7.41,5.41L12,10L16.59,5.41z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><h4 class=\"advgb-accordion-header-title\" style=\"color:inherit\">Finding Open Information<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"advgb-accordion-body\" style=\"border-style:solid !important;border-width:1px !important;border-color:undefined !important;border-top:none !important;border-radius:2px !important\">\n<p>For additional open access sources, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/research-tools-collections\/guides\/open-educational-resources-oer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Open Educational Resources<\/a> research guide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a><strong>Open Access Journals<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doaj.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Directory of Open Access Journals<\/a>&nbsp;is one of the best sources for details on open access journals.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many institutions are also adding their own open access digital repositories as well. Some sources for locating other open source materials:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ArXiv<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/network.bepress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bepress Digital Commons Network<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/biorxiv.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bioRxiv<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bmcresnotes.biomedcentral.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BMC Research Notes<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/commonchemistry.cas.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CAS Common Chemistry<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chemspider.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ChemSpider<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dataverse.harvard.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Dataverse Project<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drugbank.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DrugBank<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nap.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Academies Press&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nndc.bnl.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Nuclear Data Center<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/opendino.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Open Dinosaur Project<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plos.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PLoS Public Library of Science<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PubChem<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PubMed<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SAO\/NASA Astrophysics Data System<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shodhganga: A reservoir of Indian theses&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.surechembl.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SureChem<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikipathways.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WikiPathways<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a><strong>Open Data Tools &amp; Repositories<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/sdata\/policies\/repositories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nature\u2019s list of recommended repositories by discpline<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altmetric.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Altmetric<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/datadryad.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dryad<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/figshare.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FigShare<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scidb.cn\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Science Data Bank<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cos.io\/our-services\/open-science-badges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Open Science Badges<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dataverse.harvard.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Harvard Dataverse<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jupyter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jupyter Notebook<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/osf.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Open Science Framework<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/zenodo.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zenodo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a><strong>Other Resources<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/opendatahandbook.org\/\">Open Data Handbook<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/data-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Strategies for Data Sharing &amp; Storage from MIT&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/opendatacommons.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Open Data Commons<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/okfn.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Open Knowledge Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordions advgb-accordions-ebcda077-979d-499f-b2c5-b9d009b4344b advgb-accordion-wrapper\" data-collapsed=\"true\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordion-item advgb-accordion-item\" style=\"margin-bottom:15px\"><div class=\"advgb-accordion-header\" style=\"background-color:#000;color:#eee;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-radius:2px\"><span class=\"advgb-accordion-header-icon accordion-state\"><svg class=\"advgb-icon-closed\" fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0,0h24v24H0V0z\"><\/path><path d=\"M12,5.83L15.17,9l1.41-1.41L12,3L7.41,7.59L8.83,9L12,5.83z M12,18.17L8.83,15l-1.41,1.41L12,21l4.59-4.59L15.17,15 L12,18.17z\"><\/path><\/svg><svg class=\"advgb-icon-opened\" fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0,0h24v24H0V0z\"><\/path><path d=\"M7.41,18.59L8.83,20L12,16.83L15.17,20l1.41-1.41L12,14L7.41,18.59z M16.59,5.41L15.17,4L12,7.17L8.83,4L7.41,5.41L12,10L16.59,5.41z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><h4 class=\"advgb-accordion-header-title\" style=\"color:inherit\">Licensing<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"advgb-accordion-body\" style=\"border-style:solid !important;border-width:1px !important;border-color:undefined !important;border-top:none !important;border-radius:2px !important\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/opendatacommons.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Open Data Commons<\/a> outlines licensing options for Open Data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Creative Commons<\/a> may also be helpful.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For information about copyright more generally, see our <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/copyright-basics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Copyright Basics research guide<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordions advgb-accordions-f21050c6-0a14-4dd8-82ca-069426dd7a12 advgb-accordion-wrapper\" data-collapsed=\"true\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordion-item advgb-accordion-item\" style=\"margin-bottom:15px\"><div class=\"advgb-accordion-header\" style=\"background-color:#000;color:#eee;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-radius:2px\"><span class=\"advgb-accordion-header-icon accordion-state\"><svg class=\"advgb-icon-closed\" fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0,0h24v24H0V0z\"><\/path><path d=\"M12,5.83L15.17,9l1.41-1.41L12,3L7.41,7.59L8.83,9L12,5.83z M12,18.17L8.83,15l-1.41,1.41L12,21l4.59-4.59L15.17,15 L12,18.17z\"><\/path><\/svg><svg class=\"advgb-icon-opened\" fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0,0h24v24H0V0z\"><\/path><path d=\"M7.41,18.59L8.83,20L12,16.83L15.17,20l1.41-1.41L12,14L7.41,18.59z M16.59,5.41L15.17,4L12,7.17L8.83,4L7.41,5.41L12,10L16.59,5.41z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><h4 class=\"advgb-accordion-header-title\" style=\"color:inherit\">Related Guides<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"advgb-accordion-body\" style=\"border-style:solid !important;border-width:1px !important;border-color:undefined !important;border-top:none !important;border-radius:2px !important\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/citizen-science\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Citizen Science<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/open-educational-resources-oer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Open Educational Resources<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/research-tools-collections\/guides\/predatory-publishing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Predatory Publishing<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/issues-in-scholarship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Issues in Scholarship<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/research-tools-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Research Tools &amp; Apps<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/government-documents-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Government Documents<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Open Science &amp; Open Data? &#8220;Open Data typically applies to a range of non-textual materials, including datasets, statistics, transcripts, survey results, and the metadata associated with these objects. 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