Open Science and Open Data in the EU
Jülich, 4 July 2018
Content
• Open Science
– Strategic Priority – European Agenda – Fields of Activity
• Open Access in H2020 – Objectives
– Open Access
– Open Access Publications – Open Research Data
– Data Management Plan – Opt-out
Open Science
• Part of strategic priorities of Commissioner Moedas’ political agenda (2015)
• Systemic change of the way research is performed towards
sharing and using all available knowledge
OPEN INNO- VATION
OPEN to the WORLD OPEN
SCIENCE
Open Science
• Creation of a digital European Research Area with free circulation of knowledge and technologies
• Dynamic concept covering the whole research cycle and its stakeholders
• Broad sphere of activities including Open Access, Open Data, European Open Science Cloud (EOSC), Citizen Science etc.
• Driven by digital technologies, big data and globalisation
Open Science: European Agenda
1) Removing barriers and creating incentives
Open Access, Open Data, Text and Data Mining, Rewards…
2) Developing infrastructures for Open Science European Open Science Cloud Initiative:
European Data Infrastructure: super-computing capacity, fast connectivity and high-capacity cloud solutions
trusted, open environment for scientific community for storing, sharing and re-using scientific data
3) Embedding Open Science in Society
Citizen science, knowledge coalitions to address societal challenges
Open Science: Fields of Activity
Open Access
Open Education
Altmetrics FAIR
Data Citizen Science Research
Integrity Rewards
Skills Science
Cloud
Future of Scientific Publications
OPEN SCIENCE
Open Access: Objectives
• Acceleration of RTD processes and innovations
• Openness and transparency leading to a higher degree of responsiveness to societal challenges
• Fostering interdisciplinary research and collaborations
• Avoidance of duplication in research
• Improving the quality of research
• Better and more efficient use of research results by science, industry and the public
• Involvement of citizens and society for a more trustworthy science
Open Access in H2020
Open Access
• = online access to scientific information at no charge to the user
• ≠ obligation to publish or ad odds with patenting, confidentiality or exploitation
• Principle: As open as possible as closed as necessary 1) Peer-reviewed scientific research articles
– Open Access obligation in H2020 2) Research Data
– Open Access by default with opt-out option in H2020
Open Access
Open Access Publications
Self-archiving (green OA):
• How: ‘traditional' publication plus deposit of peer-reviewed manuscript in a repository
• When: before, alongside or after publication (max. 12 months embargo period for SSH, max. 6 months for all others )
OA publishing (gold OA):
• How: publication of article in OA mode provided by publisher
• When: immediately at publication
• usually ‘author-pay' model (APC)
• some journals offer both, subscriptions and open access publishing, to selected on-line articles hybrid journals
Open Research Data
How?
1) Deposit data in a research data repository (e. g. Zenodo)
– Thematic, institutional, subject based or centralised repository – Registry of Research Data Repositories (Re3data), Databib 2) Take measures to enable third parties to access, mine, exploit,
reproduce and disseminate data
– e. g. creative commons licences CC BY or CC0
3) Provide information on tools necessary to validate results – e. g. software (code), algorithms, analysis protocols
FAIR: findable, accessible, interoperable, re-usable
Open Research Data
Which Data?
• „underlying Data“:
– What: data, including metadata, needed to validate the results presented in scientific publications
– When: as early as possible
• Other Data:
– What: other data, including metadata, as specified in the Data Management Plan (DMP)
– When: within deadlines of the DMP
Data Management Plan
DMP is a key element of good data management
• Obligatory in all H2020 projects – Exception: opt-out of ORD
• DMP not part of project evaluation
• DMP to be established within first 6 months of the project
• Continuous update during project
• Template:
Guidelines on FAIR Data Management in H2020
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/grants_manual/hi/oa_pilot/
h2020-hi-oa-data-mgt_en.pdf#page=10
Data Management Plan
• Which data are generated, collected, processed?
• Where do the data come from?
• Which methods and standards will be used?
• How will metadata be generated?
• Which data will be shared or freely available
• Which legal or ethical aspects need to be considered?
• Software or tools necessary to access data? Open Source?
• How will data be maintained and managed, even after the end of the project?
• What costs will occur and who pays?
Open Research Data
Opt-out Option in H2020:
• Opt-out possible at any stage – before start of the project
– during project via amendment
• ORD participation is not part of the evaluation criteria
• No “sanctioning” of proposals with opt-out option
• BUT data management is part of impact:
„Effectiveness of the proposed measures to exploit and
disseminate the project results (including management of IPR), to communicate the project, and to manage research data where relevant.”
Open Research Data
Opt-out reasons:
• No data generated or collected
• Incompatible with the obligation to protect or use results
• Incompatible with the need for confidentiality in connection with security issues
• Incompatible with rules on protecting personal data
• Project's main aim might not be achieved
• Other legitimate reasons
Open Data Statistics
• Participation in Open Data pilot:
65.4% participated
34.6% „opted-out“
additional 11.9% voluntary opt-in participation from other areas not covered by the pilot
• Based on 3699 signed Grant Agreements in H2020
• Important:
– Commission does not aim at 100%
– Not all projects generate data, not all data has to be published
Open Data Statistics
Opt-out reasons:
17,85
35,37 5,32
16,35 7,79
8,71 no data generated
IPR protection confidentiality privacy
jeopardize main objective other
Kontakt
Alexandra Burgholz
Email: Alexandra.Burgholz@dlr.de Tel.: 030-677055-737
