• F1000Research · Jan 2019

    Open laboratory notebooks: good for science, good for society, good for scientists.

    • Matthieu Schapira, Open Lab Notebook Consortium, and Rachel J Harding.
    • Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5G 1L7, Canada.
    • F1000Res. 2019 Jan 1; 8: 87.

    AbstractThe fundamental goal of the growing open science movement is to increase the efficiency of the global scientific community and accelerate progress and discoveries for the common good. Central to this principle is the rapid disclosure of research outputs in open-access peer-reviewed journals and on pre-print servers. The next bold step in this direction is open laboratory notebooks, where research scientists share their research - including detailed protocols, negative and positive results - online and in near-real-time to synergize with their peers. Here, we highlight the benefits of open lab notebooks to science, society and scientists, and discuss the challenges that this nascent movement is facing. We also present the implementation and progress of our own initiative at openlabnotebooks.org, with more than 20 active contributors after one year of operation.

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