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Open Science Essentials
Open Science Essential Webinar Series
Open science touches on all aspects of the scientific enterprise, from research design through to discovery.
Each webinar in this series hosted by ACS Publications explored a different topic related to open science, with a panel of expert speakers covering the key debates and answering questions from the audience.
DATES
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
DURATION
1 hour each
TYPE
Webinar series
PLATFORM
On-demand recordings now available
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WEBINAR SERIES
September 18, 2025
11:00-12:00 ET
Preprints, Copyright, and the Scientific Record
October 7, 2025
11:00-12:00 ET
Open Sharing of Research Data: Policies and Prospects
October 21, 2025
11:00-12:00 ET
Revisiting Research Integrity and Open Science
November 11, 2025
11:00-12:00 ET
What Next for Open Access?
PROGRAM DETAILS
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2025 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET
Preprints, Copyright, and the Scientific Record
Preprints - draft manuscripts which have not been subject to peer review - have been part of the research publishing landscape for more than 30 years and are being adopted by a growing number of authors worldwide. This growth also brings challenges, such as the citation of preprints by the news media, the persistence of studies that are later retracted, and issues around prior publication arising from the patent process.
Our panel discussed the key issues around the role of preprints in the scientific record and provided attendees with an opportunity to ask questions of experts in the field.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2025 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET
Open Sharing of Research Data: Policies and Prospects
The barrier-free sharing of research data is one of the cornerstones of open science, providing extra transparency to research outputs and aiding reproducibility. Significant investments continue to be made in data sharing infrastructure, and research funders are increasingly requiring authors to make the data underlying their research publicly available at the same time their results are published. However, given the wide variety of data types collected through scientific research, and the significant size of certain data sets, questions still remain about how and where this level of access can be achieved.
This webinar brought together a variety of experts who are engaging with the logistics and infrastructure of data sharing to discuss current and future policies, the current landscape of data repositories, and steps that are being taken to realize immediate and free access to research data.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2025 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET
Revisiting Research Integrity and Open Science
Research integrity continues to be a hot-button issue in science, encompassing a range of accidental lapses of research standards and intentional attempts to deceive readers, institutions, and publishers. Building on discussions in earlier webinars on similar topics, this session reconvened a panel of experts in research integrity to discuss the process and impact of retractions, how institutions and publishers can collaborate on educating researchers, and how the pressure to publish can compromise the integrity of research and how changes are being made to address the problem.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2025 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET
What Next for Open Access?
Institutional open access agreements have played a significant role in expanding the amount of research that is freely and immediately available to the general public. As participation has grown, however, so too have discussions about the equitability of participation in these agreements and exploration of alternative models.
This session looked at the factors that led to the rise of institutional OA agreements, the outlook for the immediate future, and what the long-term picture might be for largescale open access initiatives.
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