open science:

a zealot’s view

Jeff Hollister, USEPA

April 16, 2015

what is open science?

what is open science?

Access to materials
Reproducible/ Repeatable
The Web!
A process, not a state

why open?

why open?

Government
- Feb 2013
- John Holdren, White House OSTP
Funders
- NSF
Publishers
- PLoS

why open?

Keeps us honest
Prevents this …

Ethan White/Tim Poisoit No data tweet

why open?

Open Data = More citations (Piwowar et al. 2007)
Up-to-date statistics on readership (e.g. PLOS ALM)
Accelerates research and discoveries (e.g. Woelfle et al. 2011)

benefits_examples

Piwowar et al. 2007 and Impact Story Metrics

how do you do open science?

how: open access

Online
Available to all
Types:
- Green
- Gold
- Hybrid
Pre-prints
SHERPA/RoMEO

open_access

how: open access

open_access

how: open source

FOSS
- Free
  - speech, not beer
  - but often also beer
- Open Source
MANY examples
- GRASS
- R
- Python
- RStudio
- Linux

open_access

how: open data

Gradient of open data
APIs
Formal Linked Open Data

lod_mug

how: the web!

Old concepts
New tools
New implementation

web_graph

image credit: opte.org

becoming a zealot

becoming a zealot

Twitter
GitHub
Open Source Tools
- Geospatial
- R

twitter_assimilated

twitter

twitter

Micro-blogging site
Limited to 140 Characters
Followers, Following, Tweets, handles, hashtags

twitter_hashtag

image credit: indeterminate/twitpic

twitter for science

collaborations
#icanhazpdf
#rstats
live-tweet meetings
- #neers2015
low time investment

image credits: The Onion

GitHub

GitHub

social coding/collaborating
Not just code
- Any text
Social component

jhollist_github

geospatial tools

geospatial tools

Open source GIS
- GRASS
- QGIS
- GeoServer
javascript
- leaflet
- D3
- Turf.js

R

R

Free environment for statistical computing
Very active community
Extended with Packages (6533 as of 4/15/15)
Best known for:
- stats
- visualization
But also a general purpose languages

R

My one stop shop
Writing
Presentations
Analysis
All my geospatial work

R Highlights

Maps in R
- Example 1
- Example 2
Shiny
- Example 1
- Example 2

tangent: online identity

online identity

If you are not curating your online identity, someone or something else is doing it for you.

Jarrett Byrnes, i’m a chordata, urachordata

online identity

Google Scholar
Personal Webpage
Blog
Twitter
Social Networks
- Facebook
- Linked-in
- ResearchGate

wrap-up

wrap-up

“Emerging Issues and Novel Technologies in Coastal Ecosystem Science”
Take Home:
- Openeness increases the reach and impact of your science
- It isn’t all or nothing - be a little more open when you can
Any questions about any of this, don’t hesitate to contact me
- @jhollist
- hollister.jeff@epa.gov