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Fostering open science and responsible research practices: A pre-post study
Jaisson Cenci1,2, Marcos Britto Correa2, Lex Bouter3
1Dentistry, Radboudumc Department of Dentistry, Nijmegen, Gelderland, 6525EX, The Netherlands.
Background:
Educational initiatives could foster the adoption of open science (OS) and responsible research practices (RRPs). This single group pre-post study evaluated the impact of an educational intervention on increasing the adherence, knowledge and perceptions about adopting OS practices and RRPs among graduate researchers at a Brazilian University.
Methods:
Graduate students from a southern Brazilian university were invited to participate in a course addressing OS and RRPs. The intervention was an online interactive course on OS and RRPs. The number of OS outputs, including Open Science Framework (OSF) accounts, study registrations, protocols, analysis plans, data sets, preprints, and the number of projects published by each participant were collected before and after the intervention. Additionally, a self-administered online questionnaire was applied before and after the intervention to evaluate participants' perceptions on RRPs, OS practices and on the current researchers' evaluation system.
Results:
Eighty-four students finished the course and 80 agreed to participate in the study. The number of OSF accounts increased from 7 to 78 after the course, and the number of projects increased from 7 to 10, six months after the intervention. No registrations, protocols, analysis plans, data sets, or preprints were found after 6 and 12 months, respectively. The participants' perceptions of the current research evaluation system and on the OS practices and RRPs changed positively with the intervention. Also, the intention to adopt practices like registration, protocol and preprint publications has noticeably increased after the course.
Conclusions:
The number of participants' OSF outputs showed little or no improvement after the intervention. The most important impact difference could be identified in terms of the participants' perceptions and intentions to adhere to such practices in the future.
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