Mark RubinMay 7, 2023

Open Science and Academic Workload

New article by Thomas Hostler in the Journal of Trial and Error:

β€œThere is a high chance that without intervention, increased expectations to engage in open research practices may lead to unacceptable increases in demands on academics.”

Open access: https://doi.org/10.36850/mr5

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Show threadMike Taylor πŸ¦•May 8, 2023
@MarkRubin @stsing @academicchatter the thing is, "open research practices" just means doing it right. If that entails MORE effort, then the researchers were cutting corners.
Show threadMonica Heilman μ§€ν˜œMay 8, 2023
@mike @MarkRubin @stsing @academicchatter
Part of the article discusses the work involved in preparing additional components for publication (i.e., formatting, exporting information from a software, considering how to best organize materials for an audience). It's more effort.
Show threadMike Taylor πŸ¦•May 8, 2023

@writingmonicker @MarkRubin @stsing @academicchatter Sure. It's always effort to do a job properly.

As a scientist, I want to get beyond "How little can I get away with doing, and still earn my shiny badge".

Show threadMonica Heilman μ§€ν˜œ

@mike @MarkRubin @stsing @academicchatter Sure, that makes sense. We need to have standards.

I suppose my concern is less with "shiny badges" than "how am I going to manage the seemingly ever-increasing workload required of faculty?" (Not to say cutting corners is the answer.) It's why I'm glad to see concrete suggestions like hiring specialists to cover this additional labor.

May 9, 2023 at 2:00pmWeb
Show threadMike Taylor πŸ¦•May 9, 2023
@writingmonicker @MarkRubin @stsing @academicchatter I am afraid you and I may still be on different pages here. To me, open-science practices like depositing datasets, maintaining code in public repos and and publishing OA *are* the job of scientific research. I no more want a specialist to do this for me than I want one to look at fossils for me, or write my papers for me.
Show threadMonica Heilman μ§€ν˜œMay 9, 2023
@mike @MarkRubin @stsing @academicchatter Well, nothing wrong with agreeing to disagree. I enjoy conducting interviews, analyzing data, and writing up my results more than anything else. Other tasks might be important but I'd be happy to have help with them. Working with a research communications or OA specialist to me doesn't sound all that different than working with a research team.
Show threadMike Taylor πŸ¦•May 9, 2023
@writingmonicker @MarkRubin @stsing @academicchatter Fair enough. This one of those times where "agree to disagree" doesn't feel like just giving up :-)
Show threadMonica Heilman μ§€ν˜œMay 10, 2023
@mike @MarkRubin @stsing @academicchatter Agreed! (Ha)