Laura and John Arnold Foundation

About: Laura and John Arnold Foundation is a other organization based out in Houston, Texas, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Replication (statistics) & Reproducibility Project. The organization has 28 authors who have published 44 publications receiving 625 citations.

How open science helps researchers succeed.

Abstract: Open access, open data, open source and other open scholarship practices are growing in popularity and necessity. However, widespread adoption of these practices has not yet been achieved. One reason is that researchers are uncertain about how sharing their work will affect their careers. We review literature demonstrating that open research is associated with increases in citations, media attention, potential collaborators, job opportunities and funding opportunities. These findings are evidence that open research practices bring significant benefits to researchers relative to more traditional closed practices.

Preprints for the life sciences

Abstract: A preprint is a complete scientific manuscript (often one also being submitted to a peer-reviewed journal) that is uploaded by the authors to a public server without formal review. After a brief inspection to ensure that the work is scientific in nature, the posted scientific manuscript can be viewed without charge on the Web. Thus, preprint servers facilitate the direct and open delivery of new knowledge and concepts to the worldwide scientific community before traditional validation through peer review ( 1 , 2 ). Although the preprint server arXiv.org has been essential for physics, mathematics, and computer sciences for over two decades, preprints are currently used minimally in biology.

Fostering reproducibility in industry-academia research

Abstract: Many companies have proprietary resources and/or data that are indispensable for research, and academics provide the creative fuel for much early-stage research that leads to industrial innovation. It is essential to the health of the research enterprise that collaborations between industrial and university researchers flourish. This system of collaboration is under strain. Financial motivations driving product development have led to concerns that industry-sponsored research comes at the expense of transparency ( 1 ). Yet many industry researchers distrust quality control in academia ( 2 ) and question whether academics value reproducibility as much as rapid publication. Cultural differences between industry and academia can create or increase difficulties in reproducing research findings. We discuss key aspects of this problem that industry-academia collaborations must address and for which other stakeholders, from funding agencies to journals, can provide leadership and support.

Enhancing Transparency at the US Food and Drug Administration: Moving Beyond the 21st Century Cures Act.

Abstract: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has primary responsibility for oversight of every drug, biologic, and medical device sold in the United States. Yet the FDA is far more than a regulator. It is also an agency dedicated to public health, with the expertise of thousands of scientists and access to enormous amounts of information from clinical trials and other studies. Greater transparency can allow FDA not only to better meet its many obligations but also to advance the scientific enterprise needed to develop safe and effective medical products.