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❤️ Happy Love Data Week! #LoveData26

Coming up 2/11: Improving Data Sharing w/ GREI’s Submission Checklist
Learn to plan, prepare, & publish data in a generalist repository. This webinar shares steps to more FAIR data, ft. examples from NIH-funded researchers.

Register:
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Streamlining Data Sharing: Practical Tools and Researcher Stories from the NIH GREI. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join GREI for a three-part series showcasing tools and examples that make it easier to plan, share, and submit data under the NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy. Register for the specific session(s) that fit your interests—one, several, or all. ▶︎ Webinar 1: Simplifying Repository Selection with GREI’s Flowchart and Comparison Chart (Jan 28) Feeling overwhelmed by the number of available data repositories? This session introduces two complementary tools designed to make the selection process easier: the Generalist Repository Selection Flowchart (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11105429) and the Generalist Repository Comparison Chart (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3946719). You will learn how to use these resources to efficiently navigate key decision points. The session will also feature real-world examples that highlight how researchers are sharing and reusing data across GREI repositories to advance their work. ▶︎ Webinar 2: Improving Data Sharing with GREI’s Submission Checklist (Feb 11) This session will help you make your dataset more FAIR. We will walk through GREI's Data Submission Checklist (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14278906), which provides practical guidance for planning, preparing, and publishing your data in a generalist repository. This session will highlight stories from NIH-funded researchers that show how sharing and reusing data through GREI repositories can increase research impact and visibility. ▶︎ Webinar 3: Strengthening Your DMS Plans with GREI’s Practical Guide (Feb 25) A clear and comprehensive Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Plan is essential for meeting NIH policy requirements. This session introduces GREI’s guide to help you incorporate generalist repositories into your DMS Plan (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14278957), offering recommended language and concrete examples. Learn how to write a stronger, more compliant plan and hear stories from researchers benefiting from sharing data via GREI repositories.
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February 9, 2026 at 5:26 PM
❤️ Happy Love Data Week! #LoveData26

Coming up 2/11: Improving Data Sharing w/ GREI’s Submission Checklist
Learn to plan, prepare, & publish data in a generalist repository. This webinar shares steps to more FAIR data, ft. examples from NIH-funded researchers.

Register:
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Streamlining Data Sharing: Practical Tools and Researcher Stories from the NIH GREI. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join GREI for a three-part series showcasing tools and examples that make it easier to plan, share, and submit data under the NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy. Register for the specific session(s) that fit your interests—one, several, or all. ▶︎ Webinar 1: Simplifying Repository Selection with GREI’s Flowchart and Comparison Chart (Jan 28) Feeling overwhelmed by the number of available data repositories? This session introduces two complementary tools designed to make the selection process easier: the Generalist Repository Selection Flowchart (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11105429) and the Generalist Repository Comparison Chart (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3946719). You will learn how to use these resources to efficiently navigate key decision points. The session will also feature real-world examples that highlight how researchers are sharing and reusing data across GREI repositories to advance their work. ▶︎ Webinar 2: Improving Data Sharing with GREI’s Submission Checklist (Feb 11) This session will help you make your dataset more FAIR. We will walk through GREI's Data Submission Checklist (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14278906), which provides practical guidance for planning, preparing, and publishing your data in a generalist repository. This session will highlight stories from NIH-funded researchers that show how sharing and reusing data through GREI repositories can increase research impact and visibility. ▶︎ Webinar 3: Strengthening Your DMS Plans with GREI’s Practical Guide (Feb 25) A clear and comprehensive Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Plan is essential for meeting NIH policy requirements. This session introduces GREI’s guide to help you incorporate generalist repositories into your DMS Plan (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14278957), offering recommended language and concrete examples. Learn how to write a stronger, more compliant plan and hear stories from researchers benefiting from sharing data via GREI repositories.
cos-io.zoom.us
February 9, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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We are excited to celebrate Love Data Week with the world & @icpsr.bsky.social ! We are presenting at and attending events all week long. You can check out some of those on our public Google Calendar, including our DRP office hours this week. Join the ❤️ 🛟 bit.ly/4kniYOR

#LoveData26
February 9, 2026 at 5:02 PM
📚 Now available for preorder! Teaching Open Science is a practical guide for incorporating open science principles into teaching & learning across diverse contexts. Crystal Steltenpohl, COS Training & Education Manager, is lead author of the chapter on qualitative approaches
Teaching Open Science
‘With open science becoming normative in academic research, it is important that it becomes part of student training to set students up for success. A key philosophy of Teaching Open Science is that open science principles are integrated throughout research education and training. Teachers will appreciate the concrete and comprehensive “how to” guidance across its 12 engaging chapters.’ – Brian Nosek, Center for Open Science and University of Virginia, USA
www.e-elgar.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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So deeply excited and humbled to join this cohort of amazing emerging leaders in STEM! Can't wait to collaborate with this group on ways we can pool our expertise to advance science and research for the public good 🎉
COS is thrilled to share that Maryam Zaringhalam, Senior Director of Policy, has been named to the 2026 New Voices cohort at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. Congratulations, Maryam!

🔬 Read more about the program for emerging STEM leaders: nas.edu/newvoices
February 6, 2026 at 5:15 PM
COS is thrilled to share that Maryam Zaringhalam, Senior Director of Policy, has been named to the 2026 New Voices cohort at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. Congratulations, Maryam!

🔬 Read more about the program for emerging STEM leaders: nas.edu/newvoices
February 6, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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Thank you so much to Theresa Stankov (Data Manager at @cos.io) for sharing Tools for Reproducible Data Pipelines with our Data Management Hub today!

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February 5, 2026 at 6:17 PM
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Innovation in scientific publishing and its implications for Crossref DOI registration practices - MetaROR’s approach

doi.org/10.64000/vfe...

Together with @andre-brasil.bsky.social I just published this blog post about @crossref.bsky.social DOI registration practices for @metaror.bsky.social.
February 5, 2026 at 7:15 AM
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Elevate Preprint Feedback with FAST Principles!
✨Focused: Tackle the science, not the person.
✅Appropriate: Keep it respectful and bias-free.
🎯Specific: Provide actionable insights.
🌐Transparent: Be open about your role.
asapbio.org/focus-areas/...
FAST Principles – ASAPbio
asapbio.org
February 5, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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Journal Article: A Framework For Assessing the Trustworthiness of Scientific Research Findings (via @pnas.org) www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.... @cos.io
February 5, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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The future of scholarly communication isn’t just about better tools — it’s about who owns and governs them.

@kcommons.bsky.social offers a community-owned alternative to corporate platforms while supporting diverse forms of scholarship.

Read more: investinopen.org/blog/buildin...
Building the Commons: How Knowledge Commons is navigating challenges through community and collaboration
A case study developed with Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Director of Knowledge Commons and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies at Michigan State University
investinopen.org
January 30, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Coming up on Feb 11! ✅ Improving Data Sharing with GREI’s Submission Checklist

This webinar will help you make your dataset more FAIR. GREI's data submission checklist offers practical guidance for planning, preparing, and publishing your data in a generalist repository. Register below. ⬇️
GREI is hosting a 3-part webinar series on data sharing in early 2026! Each session offers an overview of practical tools & stories from NIH-funded researchers who leverage generalist repositories to facilitate data reuse & increase the visibility of their work.

💻 Register: cos-io.zoom.us/webin...
February 4, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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New paper in PNAS proposes a framework for evaluating trustworthiness of research findings. Authored by a multidisciplinary group of research leaders, including @cos.io Exec Director @briannosek.bsky.social and Consortium chair & @umnlawschool.bsky.social prof Susan Wolf JD.
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
A framework for assessing the trustworthiness of scientific research findings1 | PNAS
Vigorous debate has erupted over the trustworthiness of scientific research findings in a number of domains. The question “what makes research find...
doi.org
February 3, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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Our new paper, with colleagues from the Strategic Council of the National Academies, offers an integrative framework of the several components that contribute to making research findings trustworthy including ethics, methodology, transparency, inclusion, assessment, etc

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
A framework for assessing the trustworthiness of scientific research findings1 | PNAS
Vigorous debate has erupted over the trustworthiness of scientific research findings in a number of domains. The question “what makes research find...
www.pnas.org
February 3, 2026 at 7:27 PM
A new paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) proposes a framework for evaluating trustworthiness of research findings. The paper is authored by a multidisciplinary group of research leaders, including COS Exec. Director Brian Nosek

📄 :
New Paper Proposes a Framework for Assessing the Trustworthiness of Research
A new paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) proposes a systems-level framework for evaluating the trustworthiness of research findings.
www.cos.io
February 3, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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🌐 How can open science be resilient in the face of geopolitical pressures? @kathleen-gregory.bsky.social and @loubezuidenhout.bsky.social elaborate on four discussion points coming out of a recent workshop discussing this.

👇 Read their blog post now on Leiden Madtrics
Resilience in Times of Crisis: Strengthening Open Science Against Geopolitical Pressures
How can open science be resilient in the face of geopolitical pressures? Drawing on findings from a recent workshop, we suggest four discussion points that need further consideration as funding agenci...
www.leidenmadtrics.nl
February 3, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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Early sharing of research through conference presentations may indicate quality, trustworthiness: "honest signals of a researcher’s willingness to expose their work to scrutiny"
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/01/28/p... @dataseerai.bsky.social
Preliminary Evidence Linking Open Science to Research Integrity - The Scholarly Kitchen
Is open scholarship an honest signal of researcher integrity? Today's post presents preliminary evidence that data and code sharing, preprinting, and other open behaviors are indeed less common in pap...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
January 29, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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How can we establish trust markers for published research?

alicemeadows.bsky.social Blaine Butler (@cos.io) @estene.bsky.social & John Willinsky (@pkp.sfu.ca ) will share their approaches at #NISOPlus26:
nisoplusglobalonline.cadmore.media/NISO-2026-Se...

#ResearchIntegrity #ScholComm #standards
February 2, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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Reproducibility and open science are great, but they don't necessarily equate to rigor. You can perfectly share a study and still draw weak conclusions. True rigor lives in the questions we ask, the designs we choose, and the inferences we make.
February 2, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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Great interview with our colleague Joel Gurin at the Center for Open Data Enterprise on disruptions to the public health data infrastructure.

federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2...
U.S. health data is disappearing—with potentially serious consequences | Federal News Network
The administration discontinued USDA's study of food insecurity, which is critical to tracking hunger…especially as SNAP benefits are cut," Joel Gurin said.
federalnewsnetwork.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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Our work has been supported by the @cos.io, NWO, @ukri.org, Landesinitiative openaccess.nrw, @uni-muenster.de, @uni-bamberg.de, @leuphana.bsky.social, and the Münster Center for Open Science. It is not something any single person could do.
openaccess.nrw – Blog der Landesinitiative openaccess.nrw
openaccess.nrw
February 2, 2026 at 9:45 AM
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The FORRT Replication Database has received a massive overhaul (FReD 2.0): We double-coded and validated all data from scratch and extended it in the course of a one-year-partnership with the @cos.io. We just switched to a faster interface thanks to @lukaswallrich.bsky.social’s wizardry.
February 2, 2026 at 9:45 AM
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Developed by political scientist Andrew Cesare Miller & now available on OSF, the new Theory-Based Predictions in Social Science template helps researchers document theories, variables, outcomes, & conditions—making predictions transparent & testable.

Learn more in our Q&A:
Introducing the Theory-Based Predictions in Social Science Preregistration Template: Q&A with Andrew Cesare Miller
Interview with Andrew Cesare Miller, developer of the new Theory-Based Predictions in Social Science preregistration template on the Open Science Framework (OSF).
www.cos.io
January 29, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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Now available on the OSF as part of a growing collection of preregistration resources, the new EEG & ERP Methods template guides researchers through every stage of ERP study planning. In our Q&A, two of its creators share how the template can help researchers at all stages:
Introducing the EEG and ERP Methods Template: Q&A with Gisela Govaart and Antonio Schettino
Interview with Gisela Govaart and Antonio Schettino, developers of the new ERP preregistration template on the Open Science Framework (OSF).
www.cos.io
January 29, 2026 at 7:58 PM