Category: Open Science

Writing a scientific paper takes significant time and effort, making it all the more important that your work gets seen. Not only by policymakers and the public, but crucially by other researchers: this boosts scientific progress and can also earn you credit from those who truly understand your contribution. In this blog post, you’ll learn six steps you can take to maximize the reach and citations of your publication using open science tools. Most of these steps take less time than you might expect but can significantly increase your reach. Open Science can seem like yet another obligation driven by [...]

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Open Science encompasses a wide range of approaches, methods and practices, which can quickly become overwhelming, particularly for those new to the field. The publication ‘Expedition Open Science Land: A Travel Guide for Business Research’ addresses this challenge. Using the metaphor of a journey, it encourages researchers in business studies to take their first steps towards Open Science. The publication ‘Expedition Open Science Land: A Travel Guide for Business Research’ was published in January. The idea for the travel guide came from the authors Marko Sarstedt, Doreen Siegfried (ZBW), Meikel Neumann, Susanne J. Adler, Oliver Genschow and Monika Imschloss during […]

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In 2026, there will once again be plenty of opportunities to learn about and discuss Open Science and related topics at various online and offline events. To help you choose, this blog post presents some highlights from our event calendar. As always, the focus is on the use of Open Science in business studies and economics, scientific methods, and the role of AI in a constantly evolving research landscape. Workshops, seminars, conferences, coffee lectures and much more, whether as online events or on-site: in 2026, there will again be many events that offer a great opportunity to refresh and expand […]

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Making Open Science irresistibly easy is the Wharton Credibility Lab’s mission. They established AsPredicted, a pre-registration platform, and ResearchBox, a platform for sharing data, code, and materials. In October, they added their newest platform AsCollected, which supports documenting results provenance. Read how the three platforms are integrated and designed to seamlessly support the research process. The Penn Wharton Credibility Lab at the University of Pennsylvania mission is to make open research irresistibly easy to use by providing online platforms that make it simple for authors and for readers. In doing so, it has released its third online platform and relaunched […]

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Possessive and territorial behaviours among researchers, which hinder collaboration and the free flow of information and thus scientific progress, are referred to as the Gollum effect. Such behaviour includes, for example, a reluctance to share data, methods, research topics or even research areas. A new study looked at the Gollum effect and also investigated what could help to mitigate it. Collaboration and knowledge sharing are generally considered to be cornerstones of scientific progress. The recently published study ‘Systemic territoriality in academia: The Gollum effect’s impact on scientific research and careers’ addresses an important obstacle to collaboration and thus to scientific […]

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How can Open Science be embedded in business studies and economics education? In order to support lecturers in teaching knowledge about Open Science to young researchers, the ZBW is offering a new set of introductory slides in the Open Economics Guide for reuse. The slides are specifically tailored to business studies and economics and include a compact and comprehensible introduction to the central concepts, advantages and practical implementation options of Open Science – ideally suited for use in doctoral programmes. Open Science helps researchers to make academic work more transparent, collaborative and effective. However, the knowledge required for this must […]

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Teaching what we practice means emphasising the importance of integrating Open Science principles into academic teaching. The relevance of these practices lies in fostering a learning environment that mirrors the evolving landscape of scientific research. With CLIMB Dr Meikel Soliman has developed a structured five-step approach for teaching how to climb the Open Science Mountain. CLIMB is a five-step approach for integrating Open Science into higher education. Developed by Dr Meikel Soliman while teaching research-oriented seminars in Psychology and Economics, CLIMB helps students navigate the research process with transparency and rigor. His interactive workbook, Doing Research – A Fun Workbook [...]

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