Natural Sciences & Open Science: 
Workflows & Tools
Presenters: Jon Tennant (ScienceOpen, @Protohedgehog)
Ivo Grigorov (FOSTER+, @OAforClimate)
OAW2017 https://www.slideshare.net/ivogrigorov/open-science-in-natural-sciences/
● Marine Scientist by 
training● Currently Fundraiser for 
research, and an● Open Science enthusiast
● Paleontologist by 
training● ScienceOpen● PaleorXiv● SciComm● Open Science
http://www.g7italy.it/sites/default/files/documents/G7%20Science%20Communiqu
%C3%A9_1.pdf
… to enhance 
YOUR Research 
Workflow from 
this …
IDEA &
PROPOSA
L
TEST
DATA
MODEL 
CODE
PUBLISHEDUCATE& TRAIN
RESEARCH
LIFECYCLE
Peer-
review Impact 
Factor (IF)
“Research Cycle” adapted from Tenopir et al., (2011)  doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0021101 
http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0021101
Standard Research Workflow in Natural 
Science 
… into something 
like this …
IDEA &
PROPOSA
L
TEST
DATA
MODEL 
CODE
Gold & 
Green OA
EDUCATE& TRAIN
REF Evaluation, 
Societal Impact,
Open Innovation, 
CO-CREATION
Open 
Noteboo
k 
Science
RDM,
Archive & 
Publish
Curate 
&
Publish
OS key 
part
of 
concept
OpenEducationalResources
RESEARCH
LIFECYCLE
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.49960
PUBLISH
● Transparency
● Efficiency
● Sustainability
● Rigour
● Re-usability
https://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13059-015-0669
-2
@BioMickWatson
Open Data needs RESEARCH DATA 
MANAGEMENT:
Two upcoming webinars on the topic
Open Data:
https://peerj.com/articles/175/ 
Find more Data Repositories at 
re3data.org
Find more Data Journals at 
www.doaj.org 
Open Data: Just one example of a pipeline
Find more Data Repositories at 
re3data.org
Find more Data Journals at 
www.doaj.org 
Example: Dinosaurs
https://github.com/ropensci/paleobioDB
https://paleobiodb.org/navigator/
https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms
12737/
Open Software: Publish as Peer-Reviewed
Open Access to ALL your research papers:
http://whyopenresearch.org/cos
ts https://figshare.com/articles/How_to_make_your_research_open_a
ccess_For_free_and_legally_/528
5512
It’s your work. Publish where you want. 
But don’t lock it up.
And what about Open Peer Review?
Disclaimer: These are NOT the best, but just our publications! 
Try #openpeerreview hashtag on SM for the full breadth of the discussion 
Some of our favourite tools:
Absolutely whoppingly 10000% essential: 
https://elifesciences.org/articles/16800
How do we make open science the norm?
•Education and training for our students 
•Learn skills for new, better ways of doing 
research
•Empowerment and leadership for the next 
generation
•Shifting power dynamics to reduce bias and abuse
•Building a global community based on sharing and 
collaboration
•Massive-scale engagement to re-align Open Science with 
current incentive structures
https://opensciencemooc.eu/   https://
github.com/OpenScienceMOOC 
… want to take part?
Good Luck with 
Open Science!
https://www.slideshare.net/ivogrigorov/open-science-in-natural-sciences/
Natural Sciences & Open Science: 
Workflows & Tools
Presenters: Jon Tennant (ScienceOpen, @Protohedgehog)
Ivo Grigorov (FOSTER+, @OAforClimate)
OAW2017 https://www.slideshare.net/ivogrigorov/open-science-in-natural-sciences/