Abstract
Few would argue that science is better done in silos, with no transparency or sharing of methods and resources. Yet scientists and scientific stakeholders (e.g., academic institutions, funding agencies, journals) alike continue to find themselves at a relative impasse in the implementation of open science practices, slowing advancement and inadvertently perpetuating ongoing crises surrounding reproducibility. The present commentary draws attention to critical gaps in the current scientific ecosystem that perpetuate closed science practices and divide the community on how to best move forward. It also challenges scientists as individuals to improve the quality of their science by incorporating open practices in their everyday work, and provides a starter list of steps that any researcher can take to be the change they seek.
Highlights
Few would argue that science is better done in silos, with no transparency or sharing of methods and resources
Open science advocates cite crises in reproducibility, transparency, and rigor that they say can only be addressed through open sharing of materials, methods, data, results, and software
The debate regarding open science is prominent in the brain imaging community for reasons that, at a high level, may mirror polarizing factors across all of science
Summary
Few would argue that science is better done in silos, with no transparency or sharing of methods and resources. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, New York, NY, USA Full list of author information is available at the end of the article efforts commonly go uncited and unrewarded by institutions and funding agencies, and they continue to raise questions about the value of shared data.
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