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Rethinking science together. The future is Open Science.

The Open Science Magazine invites you to discover science in the digital age: new, modern, future-oriented. Every month we propose new perspectives, articles, podcasts and work sheets around Open Science to inspire you. Let us learn, grow and advance together.


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Open Science enables structuring and transparency

Susanne Adler from LMU about her Open Science experiences

to the interview

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Reproducibility in Practice

Tips and Experiences With Reproducibility Checks

to the practical guide

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Pre-Registrations in Practice

Experiences and Tips From Marketing Research

to the practical guide


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Three highlights in the NFDI consortium BERD@NFDI

Legal advice, knowledge graphs and BERD Academy

to the article

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Advanced data analysis and research management with BERD@NFDI

Tips and Experiences With Reproducibility ChecksThe integration of unstructured data into economic research processes

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How the BERD@NFDI platform promotes Open Science

BERD@NFDI and the unstructured data age

to the article


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Qualitative business data opened up for subsequent use: A pilot test

Open Science experiences of Maximilian Heimstädt and Lukas Daniel Klausner

to the interview

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Open Science promotes the quality of research

Oliver Genschow on his open science experiences

to the interview

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Open science Award Winners

What can be Learned From Them?

to the practical guide


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Responsible Open Science

Training materials for the social sciences from the ROSiE project

to the article

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Open Science Education

A didactic framework: Recommendations from the EU project ROSiE

to the article

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Open Science in sound and vision

A watch list for practising transparent research.

to the article


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Open Science Award Winners: Insights and Findings From a Pioneering Practice

An Interview with Ronny Röwert

to the interview

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New in the Open Economics Guide

Open up Teaching With Open Educational Resources

to the practical guide

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Excellence in data education

Understanding the future: Expert insights from BERD Academy – An interview with Markus Herklotz

to the interview


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Didactics Meets Openness

Malika Ihle allows a glimpse behind the scenes of the LMU Open Research Hybrid Summer School 2023

to the interview

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More than just copying

How Replication Games are revolutionising research and education

to the interview

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Open Access Myths

What’s the Truth?

to the practical guide


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Strengthening Economics with Open science

Examples From the Field

to the practical guide

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Generation O: the progressive avant-garde of Open Science shapers

Open Science for newbies: practical steps to a world of openness and collaboration

to the article

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The effects of incentive systems in the academic world on the quality of science

Scientific transparency and appreciation: the key to creating a more sustainable and more objective research landscape

to the article


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Qualitative research can be reproduced

Ingo Rohlfing talks about his experience with Open Science

to the interview

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The problem of reproducibility in economics

Assistance for economic researchers: How to make your research reproducible

to the article

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Open Science Events

Hands-on Open science

to the practical guide


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Open Science training must be integrated into ongoing research

Joachim Winter talks about his experience with Open Science

to the interview

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Meet the international science elite with crowd science

Felix Holzmeister talks about his experience with Open Science

to the interview

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Open Research Practices

Important Rules for a seamless Implementation

to the practical guide


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Reciprocal critique is only possible in reproducible research

Jakob Kapeller talks about his experience with Open Science

to the interview

Business studies needs a discussion about quantified uncertainty

Marko Sarstedt talks about his experience with Open Science

to the interview

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Open Science in Practice

What is the status in Business studies and Economics?

to the practical guide


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For me Open Science means communication

Peter Haan talks about his experience with Open Science

to the interview

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Openness is good for your career

Dr Aleksandar Zaklan talks about his experience with Open Science

to the interview

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Pre-registrations are the path to the future

Andreas Dür talks about his experience with Open Science

to the interview


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Where to Find or Publish Research Data

10 Years of Re3Data

to the practical guide

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Easier search

5 Useful Browser Extensions for Open Content

to the practical guide

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Greater Dissemination Thanks to Open Access

EconStor for Publications in Economics and Business studies

to the practical guide


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Recognizing Reputable Journals and Publishers

How Think. Check. submit. Helps you With Your Publication

to the practical guide

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Open Science and the trust of the public in science

Two studies test if transparency in research creates public trust

to the article

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Increase the visibility of your own data

How can I give more visibility on the web to my data?

WORK SHEET 21


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All about the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI)

Part 1: What is NFDI?

to the article

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All about the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI)

Part 2: What is the ZBW’s contribution to BERD@NFDI?

to the article

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All about the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI)

Part 3: What is the ZBW’s contribution to KonsortSWD?

to the article


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“We need a whole new kind of infrastructure in business studies”

Professor Florian Stahl, speaker of BERD@NFDI, explains the importance of unstructured data in business studies

to the interview

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Open classrooms enable inspirational teaching

Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich talks about her experience with Open Science

to the interview

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How economists can study machine learning methods by playing

Bernd Bischl talks about Open Science, research software and the machine learning platform OpenML

to the interview


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The Big Shots of business studies should be role models for Open Science

Stefan Mayer talks about his experience with Open Science

to the interview

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Open Science is a matter of cooperation

Joachim Gassen talks about his experience with Open Science

to the interview

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Don’t be afraid of public code

Hans-Martin von Gaudecker talks about his experience with Open Science

to the interview


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How an Open Science agenda for a discipline is created

Tobias Dienlin talks about his experience with Open Science

to the interview

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From the replication to the job interview

Andreas Peichl talks about his experience with Open Science

to the interview

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The Open Science principles help reduce the probability of false results

Anne-Laure Boulesteix talks about statistics and her experience with Open Science

to the interview


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Business studies must become more scientific

Peter Walgenbach talks about Open Science in business studies

to the interview

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How young scientists can be sensitised to Open Science

Andreas Beyerlein talks about his teaching experience with Open and Reproducible Science

to the interview

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Open Science must not become a mere rulebook

Hans-Bernd Brosius talks about science communication and Open Science

to the interview


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Why Open Science?

Three benefits of Open Science for your daily work

to the interview

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Dr Ulf Steinberg talks about his experience with Open Science

Ulf Steinberg talks about his experience with Open Science

to the interview

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Open Science in economics

Thoughts by Professor Marianne Saam

to the interview


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Stop Tracking Science

How academic publishers use usage statistics for their own purposes

to the article

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New: Journal of Comments and Replications in Economics (JCRE)

The Journal of Comments and Replications in Economics (JCRE) is the successor of the International Journal for Re-views in Empirical Economics (IREE) and starts now!

to the article

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Sharing research data is beneficial especially for pre-doctoral researchers

Moritz Appels talks about his experience with Open Science

to the interview


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Why Open Science can be a future selling point

Professor Dominik Vogel talks about his experience with Open Science

to the interview

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Replications are the most direct way to join a discourse

Martin Sievert talks about his experience with Open Science

to the interview

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Make a positive impression with preregistration

Dr Florian Pethig talks about his experience with Open Science

to the interview


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Generating new economic knowledge with co-creative processes

Dr Svenja Flechtner talks about her experience with Open Science

to the interview

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Finding literature with EconBiz

Gaining access not only to Open Access publications

to the practical guide

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Frequent exchange with non-scientists enables research to be more relevant

Professor Dorothea Kübler talks about science communication and Open Science

to the interview


Practical Open Science tips for download III

The e-training plan for more Open Science in daily routine

to the practical guide

Practical Open Science tips for download II

The e-dossier für science communication with Social Media

to the practical guide

Practical Open Science tips for download I

The e-dossier for economic practice

to the practical guide


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Contribute to the economic and social policy debate in Europe

Publishing in the economic policy Journal Intereconomics

to the practical guide

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Make your voice heard in economic policy debate

Publishing in the economic policy Journal Wirtschaftsdienst

to the practical guide

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I want to show that economics is cool

Dr Agne Kajackaite talks about her experience with Open Science

to the interview


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How networking within the Open Science community supports your own research

Dr Caroline Fischer talks about her experience with Open Science

to the interview

Publishing papers on EconStor

EconStor is the ZBW’s repository which offers research literature in Open Access and makes it findable through various portals and search engines.

to the practical guide

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Open Science is a driver of societal changes

Professor Elke Schüßler talks about her experience with Open Science

to the interview


Open Science can lead to “Feed Forward” mechanisms in research

Dr Ali Aslan Gümüsay talks about his experience with Open Science

to the interview

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It must become easier to publish insignificant results because they show courage

Professor Urs Fischbacher talks about his Open Science vision

to the interview

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Critical questioning pays off for your career in the end

Dr Maren Duvendack talks about her experience with Open Science

to the interview


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Scholarly communities must run their own journals

Professor Jochen Koch talks about his experience with Open Science

to the interview

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Publishing replications in the International Journal for Re-Views in Empirical Economics (IREE)

IREE is the first journal in economics dedicated to the publication of replication studies.

PRACTICAL GUIDE IREE

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Qualitative data are shareable

Dr Isabel Steinhardt talks about her experience with Open Science

to the interview


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Open Science needs infrastructures

Dr Marc Scheufen talks about his Open Science insights

to the interview

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To do Open Science means to break new ground

Professor Thomas Gegenhuber talks about his experience with Open Science

to the interview

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The sharing of teaching concepts creates (inter)national awareness

Dr Maximilian Heimstädt talks about his experience with Open Science

to the interview


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Publishing in Open Access

Two different approaches to publishing in Open Access

WORK SHEET 20

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Open Science can improve the quality of research

Professor Gerald Schneider talks about his experience with Open Science

to the interview

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Open Science takes the stress out of PhD supervision

Professor Susann Fiedler talks about her experience with Open Science

to the interview


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Open science needs open evaluation

PRACTICAL GUIDE 12: Assessing researchers with regard to Open Science

PRACTICAL GUIDE 12

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The opinion of your peers matters

PRACTICAL GUIDE 11: A different way of evaluating research

PRACTICAL GUIDE 11

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Where to house your data well and safely

PRACTICAL GUIDE 10: How to disseminate your data well

PRACTICAL GUIDE 10


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Earn credit for your research data

PRACTICAL GUIDE 9: Making research data available

PRACTICAL GUIDE 9

How to make sure that others can read your papers

PRACTICAL GUIDE 8: Dissemination of your publications in Open Access

PRACTICAL GUIDE 8

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What are the FAIR principles?

Explaining metadata standards briefly

WORK SHEET 19


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Write it down today so you can reuse it in the years to come

PRACTICAL GUIDE 7: Working reproducibly: for yourself, for others

PRACTICAL GUIDE 7

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How to keep track of your research data

PRACTICAL GUIDE 6: Planning data management

PRACTICAL GUIDE 6

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Where to find literature without paywalls

PRACTICAL GUIDE 5: Using freely accessible resources

PRACTICAL GUIDE 5


Science communication with social media

PRACTICAL GUIDE 4: Risks and how to manage them

PRACTICAL GUIDE 4

Science communication with social media

PRACTICAL GUIDE 3: Evaluation and impact

PRACTICAL GUIDE 3

Science communication with social media

PRACTICAL GUIDE 2: The choice of the proper tools

PRACTICAL GUIDE 2


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Science communication with social media

PRACTICAL GUIDE 1: Preparation

PRACTICAL GUIDE 1

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Open Access increases the impact and the visibility of research

Dr Bettina Höchli talks about her experience with Open Science

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Demonstrate coding skills

How to use GitHub successfully

WORK SHEET 18


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Generation O: Openness is the way to go

Open Science as the “new normal” after the crisis?

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Digital teaching for all

Licensing tips for making OER reusable

WORK SHEET 17

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Openness is now the rule for big invitations to tender for research

Dr Tom Brown talks about his experience with Open Science

to the interview



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Open Science requires and fosters international networking

Professor Michael Kirchler talks about his experience with Open Science

to the interview

Presenting knowledge transfer clearly

How to write understandably

WORK SHEET 16

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Openness facilitates the acquisition of third-party funding

Professor Leonhard Dobusch talks about his experience with Open Science

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Organise knowledge transfer efficiently

Questions you should clarify before your next presentation

WORK SHEET 15

Get credits for datasets

Data archives that economists should know

WORK SHEET 14

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Open Source ensures visibility

Dr Wolf-Peter Schill talks about his experience with Open Science

to the interview


Open Science opens many doors

Professor Jürgen Huber talks about his experience with crowd analysis projects

to the interview

Anonymise datasets

Tips for anonymising your data

WORK SHEET 13

More visibility after conferences

How you can prolong your visibility beyond the actual event

WORK SHEET 12


Practise your elevator pitch for networking at conferences

Worksheet 11: How you can practise your pitch with friends & family

WORK SHEET 11

Future trend connectivity

Trends in science communication as exemplified by Open Science

to the article

Replication studies and their value for society

Why economists should do more replication studies

to the article


Publishing insignificant results

Worksheet 10: How to save your time, nerves and money with pre-registration

WORK SHEET 10

Replications are hard work that pays off

Professor Jörg Peters talks about his experience with Open Science

to the interview

ZBW study on Open Economics

Results of an empirical study of transparency and openness in the everyday working lives of economists

to the study


Let society share in scientific knowledge

Professor Harald Oberhofer talks about his experience with Open Science

to the interview

We profs need to be role models for Open Science

Professor Uwe Cantner talks about his Open Science vision

to the interview

Open Access increases the range of influence

Dr Nadine Schlömer-Laufen and Dr Stefan Schneck talk about their experience with Open Science

to the interview


Opening up space for exciting collaboration

Work sheet 9: How you can invite others to collaborate with Open Science

WORK SHEET 9

Open Science as a catalyst for your career in research

Work sheet 8: Where you can communicate your openness

WORK SHEET 8

Become visible through transparent data

Work sheet 7: How you can publish your research data

WORK SHEET 7


Open Science is the future

Professor Gunter Friedl talks about his experience with Open Data

to the interview

Finding ears to listen beyond the boundaries of research

Dr Judith Kohlenberger talks about her experience with Open Science

to the interview

International exchange through Open Access publications

Dr Sebastian Wichert (ifo) talks about his experience with Open Science

to the interview


Technical skills and openness go together

Dr Nikos Askitas talks about his experience with Open Science

to the interview

Reaching the top of national and international research with Open Source

Professor Claudia Kemfert talks about her experience with Open Science

to the interview

What the Open Science movement can learn from the Covid-19 crisis

Interview with Professor Isabella Peters

to the interview


Make your pre-print accessible

Work sheet 6: How to present your pre-print to your peers

WORK SHEET 6

Connect paper and analysis efficiently

Work sheet 5: How to organise your research from the beginning

WORK SHEET 5

Make your data sustainable

Work sheet 4: How to upload your data to an online repository

WORK SHEET 4


Speed up publishing with an ORCID ID

Work sheet 3: How to save time with automatic standardised information

WORK SHEET 3

Improve your research with preregistration

Work sheet 2: How to document decisions systematically

WORK SHEET 2

Increase your visibility

Work sheet 1: How to be more visible to your peers and funders

WORK SHEET 1


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Dr. Doreen Siegfried

Head of Marketing & Public Relations
Editor of Open Science Magazine
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