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8. April 2024 Open Data osguide

Data Stewards: Support for Research Data Management and Open Data

In recent years, some universities and research institutions have started to appoint data stewards. What exactly is their role and how can they support researchers? In this interview, two data stewards from the University of Basel explain their role and give tips on how to get started. Birgit Knöpfli and Dr Christian Rutzer work as data stewards at the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Basel. This makes them the first point of contact for all researchers at the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Basel when it comes to data management issues. This […]

1. March 2024 Open Science osguide

Reproducibility in Practice: Tips and Experiences With Reproducibility Checks

Reproducibility checks are of great value for research quality. But which aspects should be given particular attention? Prof. Arthur Seibold reports on his experiences with reproducibility checks and names two aspects on which he places a particular focus. Replicable or reproducible research results are a central aspect of good scientific practice. Non-reproducible or replicable research results are of less benefit and can reduce trust in science (replication crisis). The reasons for making your own research reproducible and how research is made reproducible are described in the Open Economics Guide. Prof. Arthur Seibold, Ph.D., Junior Professor of Finance at the University […]

13. February 2024 Open Science osguide

Pre-Registrations in Practice: Experiences and Tips From Marketing Research

How widespread are pre-registrations and what tips are there for carrying them out? Prof. Dr Sabine Kuester from the University of Mannheim gives an insight into her experiences in marketing research. In a pre-registration, researchers deposit important information about a planned study in a public register before they start conducting it. The Open Economics Guide contains background information on this, for example on the benefits of pre-registrations and how pre-registrations work. Prof. Dr Sabine Kuester holds the Chair of Marketing & Innovation at the University of Mannheim. In this interview, she talks about her experiences with pre-registrations, including from her […]

12. December 2023 Open Science osguide

Open Science Award Winners: What can be Learned From Them?

What motivates Open Science pioneers? Science researcher Ronny Röwert looked into this in his doctoral project and gives tips for researchers in this interview. In his doctoral project, Ronny Röwert (TU Hamburg) investigated why researchers practice Open Science. To do this, he focused on researchers who have been practising Open Science for a relatively long time and a lot, namely Open Science award winners from the German science system. He reveals his findings in an interview. What did you find out in your doctoral thesis? What motivates scientists to do Open Science? I was able to identify 14 motives in […]

8. November 2023 Open Educational Resources osguide

New in the Open Economics Guide: Open up Teaching With Open Educational Resources

If you are active in teaching, re-using the educational materials of other teachers can bring you some advantages. At the same time, you can help others if you also share your self-created teaching materials with third parties. That is why the Open Economics Guide of the ZBW now has a new topic area on Open Educational Resources (OER)! Here you can find out how you can directly benefit from open teaching. At the same time, useful practical tips will help you get started with the creation of open teaching resources yourself. OER refers to educational materials that are published under […]

26. September 2023 Open Access osguide

Open Access Myths: What’s the Truth?

When it comes to publishing in Open Access, a multitude of prejudices can be heard. But are they even true? A new handout sheds a light on the eight most common Open Access myths. The handout, “Open Access Myths: What’s the Truth?” explores a selection of eight widely held prejudices about Open Access. They include claims such as “Open Access publications are rarely of high quality” or “Publishing in Open Access is too expensive.” Other myths concern, for example, impact or visibility and prestige, freedom of publication, career opportunities, and personal benefits. Read the handout to find out how much […]

$LaTeX: Promoting Open Science With Text Processing$

30. August 2023 Tools osguide

LaTeX: Promoting Open Science With Text Processing

LaTeX helps researchers in business studies and economics to design complex research papers, reports and presentations professionally. Read about the advantages LaTeX offers in terms of Open Science and how to get started in the blog post. LaTeX is a text processing system designed for creating scientific and technical documents. Unlike traditional word processors such as Microsoft Word, it is based on a markup language whose focus is on content rather than design. LaTeX allows authors to define the structure of their document and format the text using simple commands. Advantages of LaTeX Among the advantages of LaTeX are: In […]

26. July 2023 Tools osguide

From Articles to Software: Cite Research Results Correctly With CiteAs

The thing about citing data sets – how did that work again? And how do I actually reference software correctly? These are exactly the kinds of questions that the free tool CiteAs answers with just a few clicks. The blogpost shows how it works in practice. CiteAs is a new and free browser tool that helps with the correct citation of different types of sources – not only articles and preprints, but also data sets and software. So on the one hand, CiteAs helps directly in referencing source citations. On the other hand, the original authors who have produced these […]

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