Introduction Scientific publishing is undergoing a transition from corporate-controlled, for-profit publishing to more open models. While “Open-Access”, is part of this, there are a number of considerations important in true “Open Publishing”: Free access to the public (who pays for most of the research via their taxes!) Free submission of articles by authors Open Data - where original data and analysis workflows are made public Creative Commons - otherwise known as Copyleft, where rights are retained by the author but the content is usable with attribution Transparency of the review process (with or without anonymity) Open software, standards and tools used in the publication process This post will focus on item (6) from above.

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Francesco Giorlando

Musings on Research, Tech and Medicine
Dr Giorlando is a clinician-scientist with interests in neuroscience, psychophysics, addiction and temporal perception. He implements high-performance computing and electronic systems for research and enjoys hacking with digital media and sustainable technologies.

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Melbourne, Australia