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Questionable Research Practices: A Spectrum of Behaviours between Grey Science and Misconduct

Questionable Research Practices: A Spectrum of Behaviours between Grey Science and Misconduct

by Álvaro Hontanar | Jul 10, 2026 | AI in science, Open Science

When we think about bad science, we often imagine big scandals. However, not all problems in science look like clear fraud. Many of them happen in a more uncomfortable space: the area between grey science and scientific misconduct. This is where the concept...
7 Steps to Become an Open Responsible Scientist

7 Steps to Become an Open Responsible Scientist

by Álvaro Hontanar | May 8, 2026 | Open Science

Becoming an open responsible scientist is not a single action, but a path built step by step. Each step helps make research clearer, safer and more useful: understanding openness, organizing data, sharing code, collaborating with others and involving society when it...
Open Science Tools: Platforms for Data, Code, and Research Sharing

Open Science Tools: Platforms for Data, Code, and Research Sharing

by Álvaro Hontanar | Apr 10, 2026 | Data, Open Science

Becoming an open and responsible scientist is not only about publishing papers. Today, knowledge is much more than that. It also includes data, software, scripts… If you want to be a real open scientist, you should share all these parts of your research. To make...
Celebrating Education Week with Richard West

Celebrating Education Week with Richard West

by Álvaro Hontanar | Mar 4, 2026 | Open Science

Celebrating Open Education Week by Welcoming Richard West to OpenScienceLab We take advantage of Open Education Week 2026 to welcome Richard West to UC3M as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar. Open Education Week is a celebration of the global Open Education Movement,...
Why Scientific Publishing Is Stuck in the Past and How Open Science Can Fix It

Why Scientific Publishing Is Stuck in the Past and How Open Science Can Fix It

by Álvaro Hontanar | Feb 6, 2026 | Open Science

We often discuss how outdated the way researchers are assessed is: rewarding the number of publications and relying on obsolete metrics that fail to capture the real value of scientific work. What we talk about much less is another factor that deeply reinforces this...
Six Ways Open Science Is (and Isn’t) Changing Research Culture

Six Ways Open Science Is (and Isn’t) Changing Research Culture

by Álvaro Hontanar | Nov 14, 2025 | Open Science

This year, Science Europe released something big.  This is The Scoping Review: the Contributions of Open Science to Research Culture, on how open science is actually shaping the way we work, collaborate, and care in research. Open science in real practice, for real....
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