Continuing our series on open access, in this webinar we will discuss the role of EMBL in making science open. We will introduce Europe PMC - an open, free database of life science publications and preprints and explain how Europe PMC supports open access policies of many organisations, including EMBL. We will highlight how open access underpins innovation and the importance of licensing for reuse. Then, we will illustrate how open access to publications supports scientific reproducibility and the role that proper data citation plays in this process. Finally, we will look at preprints, as a tool for researchers to rapidly and openly share their work decoupled from the formal peer review process.

Who is this course for?

This webinar is suitable for anyone interested in open science, open access publishing, and preprints. No prior knowledge is required.

Outcomes

By the end of the webinar you will be able to:

• Discuss the importance of open access policies
• Name types of Creative Commons licenses
• Determine what license is appropriate for your own work
• Cite open data in your work
• Find data cited in the literature
• Define what a preprint is
• Search for relevant preprints
• Find comments or reviews associated with a preprint
• Add a preprint publication to your publication list

DOI: 10.6019/TOL.OpenAccessPublications-w.2021.00001.1

This webinar took place on 27th October 2021. Please click the 'Watch video' button to view the recording.