Category: Open Science

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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At a symposium on research transparency in economics, researchers exchanged ideas in Berlin. This blogpost highlights a selection of the exemplary collaborative practices mentioned there and shows how Open Science can work in economics and business studies. The ZBW regularly hosts Open Science events for economics and business studies researchers, including one in Berlin on April 27, 2023. After an initial meet-up to discuss open practices in economics, the symposium “Open Science – Research Transparency in Economics” (German) started in the afternoon. Economics researchers shared their experiences with open practices and gave the audience some food for thought. Here is […]

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Still space in the appointment calendar? The Open Economics Guide of the ZBW now offers a calendar of online and offline events related to Open Science – especially for business studies and economics researchers. Conferences, workshops, webinars: The year 2023 will again offer plenty of opportunities to approach the topic of Open Science in a very practical way and to seek contact with the community. So that the overview is not lost, the Open Economics Guide of the ZBW now offers a regularly updated calendar of events, which looks at the scene from a business studies and economics perspective. Below […]

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The large number of practices and tools of Open Science and the possibilities they imply can be inspiring on the one hand. On the other hand they can be overwhelming. So, a little guidance on how to start may be helpful. To address this need, a team of authors formulated ten rules for implementing open and reproducible research practices. This blogpost gives you a short recap. The paper “Ten simple rules for implementing open and reproducible research practices after attending a training course” offers guidance to beginners and advanced learners for implementing robust research practices in your own projects. It […]

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As part of a representative study, the ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics wanted to find out whether – and if so – how deeply Open Science is anchored in the everyday research work of German business studies and economics researchers. We spoke to the study leader about the results. In spring 2022, the ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics conducted a broad-based representative awareness analysis among German business studies and economics researchers. One part of the survey dealt with the topic of Open Science and the question of the extent to which Open Science is already part […]

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