Connecting reform movements: linking research culture, trust and open-research publishing

Over the past few decades, several reform movements have emerged across scholarly communication and academia. Open science, open access, efforts to reshape research culture, research assessment reform and growing discussions around trust in science are all trying to address genuine problems in how research is produced, evaluated, and communicated. Yet despite their shared goals, these movements operate in parallel rather than in concert. The result is fragmentation, confusion and growing frustration among the very researchers these efforts are supposed to help

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