Ontologies are classification systems specifying entities, definitions and inter-relationships
for a given domain, with the potential to advance knowledge about human behaviour …

Public participation in scientific projects is flourishing globally as part of projects labeled
“citizen science”(CS). Already, a number of professional networks for CS stakeholders have …

Objective: To explore how disease-related causality is formally represented in current
ontologies and identify their potential limitations. Methods: We conducted a systematic …

there is no clear-cut boundary between Free and Open Source Software and Open
Scholarship, and the histories, practices, and fundamental principles between the two …

This article presents a vision for a scholarly communication research infrastructure for social
sciences and humanities (SSH). The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the pressing …

Citizen science is increasingly recognized as a valid research methodology by the research
community and policy makers alike. In our experience, however, citizen science is …

Geographic Object-Based Image Analysis (GEOBIA) mostly uses proprietary software, but
the interest in Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) for GEOBIA is growing. This interest …

Scientific institutions have increasingly embraced formalized research data management
strategies, which involve complex social practices of codifying the tacit dimensions of data …

There is worldwide interest in the potential of open science to increase the quality, impact,
and benefits of science and research. More recently, attention has been focused on aspects …

Books are an important output in many fields of research. However, they pose a significant
challenge for research assessment systems, partly because of the limited availability of …