OpenUP Hub: Toolbox and knowledge to open up the research lifecycle

The OpenUp Hub is an open, dynamic and collaborative knowledge environment that brings together all key stakeholders involved in the research lifecycle as well as information and services related to open science. It captures, organizes and categorizes research outcomes, best practices, tools, and guidelines relevant to the review-dissemination-assessment phases of the research lifecycle. Eleni Toli and Electra Sifacaki report how the OpenUp Hub aims to support the community needs.

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The EU-funded project OpenUP (also on twitter) addresses all key questions that aim to open up the research lifecycle such as: How can researchers communicate their work using innovative methods? What is open peer review? How are Altmetrics produced and evaluated? It aims to open up the dialogue for a more open, transparent and gender-balanced science landscape with a specific focus in spreading the review-disseminate-assess mechanisms fit for the evolving practices in an Open Science context.

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What is the unique selling point of the OpenUP Hub?

It is an integrated solution for review-assess-disseminate aspects of the research lifecycle that focuses on related information and supports the community needs by offering the right tools: It provides a toolbox of open solutions and trainings, an observatory that senses the community pulse, a blog and a Q&A forum to promote the two-way communication and a calendar to share major events of the field. It is a tailor-made solution designed by the community for the community, that allows people working on, or interested in review-assess-disseminate to connect to each other and publicize their work!

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