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This site provides information about all aspects of open science, including its core concepts; NITech’s guidelines to enable open access to research papers; and policies for research data management and storage. (Some content limited to internal access)

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What is open science?

Open science is a broad term encompassing various policies and practices in academic research that address issues of research integrity, reproducibility, and equity. According to materials prepared by the Cabinet Office, “Open science is an initiative that promotes the sharing and publication of research results under an open-and-closed strategy utilizing ICT to accelerate research and create new knowledge.”* Specifically, open science makes scientific knowledge openly available, accessible, and reusable for everyone, enabling efficient global sharing and reuse of research outputs (including not only papers but also their underlying research data).
Furthermore, it ensures research reproducibility, enhances research transparency, and fulfills accountability to society. Additionally, it promotes cross-disciplinary sharing and utilization of research data, facilitating new insights and innovation, and is expected to advance global academic research development.
The open science movement is spreading globally, and NITech is actively working to promote its implementation.

*Latest Policy Trends in Open Science (July 30, 2024, Cabinet Office Science, Technology and Innovation Promotion Office)

What is Open Access？

Open Access (OA) refers to the practice of making scholarly outputs—such as journal articles, conference papers, and books—freely available online, enabling anyone to access them without charge and, under conditions specified by the copyright holder, to reuse them.

By promoting Open Access to scholarly outputs, universities and research institutions can contribute significantly to the advancement of research and scholarship worldwide. Open Access also provides a number of benefits for authors:

  • Research publications become freely accessible to anyone, regardless of institutional affiliation or location.
  • Research outputs are more easily discovered, increasing their visibility and potential for citation.
  • Research findings can be shared more broadly, enhancing their impact on society.
  • Authors can preserve and showcase their research achievements in an openly accessible format, allowing them to be accessed and referenced at any time.

FAIR Data Principles

The FAIR Data Principles represent internationally recognized and required principles for research data sharing.

  • Findable
  • Accessible
  • Interoperable
  • Reusable

These four principles—represented by the acronym FAIR—outline best practices for the proper publication of research data.

Click FAIR Data Principles for more details on each of the FAIR Data principles.

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