2026/06/16 – The Principles of Open Science Monitoring – RDM Weekly
The Principles of Open Science Monitoring are mentioned under “Oldies but Goodies”.
2026/06/02 – Are we measuring Open Science the right way? – EOSC Open Science Observatory
Iratxe Puebla (Co-chair of the OSMI Working Group 3) presented the Open Science Monitoring Initiative’s work with scholarly content providers, publishers, repositories, and data centres. A key distinction in Iratxe’s presentation: this work is explicitly not about building rankings or passing judgment on levels of openness. It is about generating evidence that allows informed decisions, for example, whether a journal should update its open access policy, or how a funder like NIH can monitor data-sharing practices across generalist repositories.
Iratxe raised a challenge that will resonate with anyone working in this space: as more platforms adopt open science monitoring, they are applying different methodologies to calculate indicators for similar practices within open science. Some level of standardisation, or at least consensual definitions, will be needed to prevent a future in which many indicators exist but none are comparable. She also called explicitly for content providers to share their indicator practices openly, so the community can audit and refine them. Learn more about the results of the OSMI Working Group 3 survey here.
2026/05/26 – An analysis of the effects of open science indicators on citations in the French Open Science Monitor – Giovanni Colavizza, Lauren Cadwallader, Iain Hrynaszkiewicz
“These initiatives have coalesced around the global Open Science Monitoring Initiative (OSMI; https://open-science-monitoring.org), which launched in 2024 and aims to promote the adoption of common principles (Open Science Monitoring Initiative, 2024) and frameworks for open science monitoring globally, along with specifications for their implementation.”