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What is the impact of opening research? [podcast]

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Open access is a publishing model that has been gathering momentum across the world for more than 15 years and each year, during the last week of October, the publishing and research sector comes together to celebrate it during International Open Access Week.

Over the past few years, the movement has grown to encompass other aspects of the research journey, from data sets to peer review, and open research has grown up as an umbrella term of experimentation with opening up in all of these areas. So what is the impact of opening research?

Open research means faster, more equitable access to cutting edge findings, driving disciplines forward, and introducing transparency into the research process. As the world’s largest university press publisher of open access content, Oxford University Press believes a more open world should work for everyone.

Today’s episode brings together three leading researchers and one of our very own publishers to offer their perspectives on the impact of opening research. We thank Dr Tara Spires-Jones, Editor in Chief of Brain Communications, Professor Ugo Panizza, Editor in Chief of Oxford Open Economics, Professor Marcus Munafo, Editor in Chief of Nicotine and Tobacco Research, and Adam Leary, Senior Publisher in OUP’s Open Access Publishing team, for taking the time to share their views.

Check out Episode 66 of The Oxford Comment and subscribe to The Oxford Comment podcast through your favourite podcast app to listen to the latest insights from our expert authors.

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And don’t forget to check out the blog posts published this week on this blog where we’ll be exploring the idea that a more open world should work for everyone.

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Episode 66 of The Oxford Comment was hosted by Rachel Havard.

Tara Spires-Jones is Professor of Neurodegeneration at the University of Edinburgh where she is Deputy Director of the Centre for Brain Sciences and a UK Dementia Research Institute Fellow. Her research focuses on the mechanisms and reversibility of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease, other degenerative brain diseases, and ageing. She is also the Editor in Chief of Brain Communications.

Ugo Panizza is Professor of Economics and Pictet Chair in Finance and Development at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. He is also the Director of the International Center for Monetary and Banking Studies (ICMB), Editor in Chief of International Development Policy, and deputy director of the Center for Finance and Development. He is also the Editor in Chief of Oxford Open Economics.

Marcus Munafo is Professor of Biological Psychology and MRC Investigator in the School of Psychological Science at the University of Bristol. His research focuses on understanding pathways into, and the consequences of, health behaviours and mental health, with a particular focus on tobacco and alcohol use. He is the Editor in Chief of Nicotine and Tobacco Research. Marcus is on the Steering Group of the UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN), a national peer-led consortium that aims to ensure the UK retains its place as a centre for world-leading research.

Adam Leary is Senior Publisher for Open Research at OUP. He has worked across the journals publishing programme in science and medicine, as well as supporting the development and implementation of the new OUP research data policy in 2020.

This episode was produced by Steven Filippi and Ella Percival.

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