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> A curated list of tools, platforms, resources, and communities that promote **Open Science**, emphasizing transparency, reproducibility, collaboration, and open access in research and scientific practices.

## Contents

- [General Resources](#general-resources)
- [Open Access Platforms](#open-access-platforms)
- [Open Data Repositories](#open-data-repositories)
- [Open Source Research Tools](#open-source-research-tools)
- [Reproducibility and Collaboration Tools](#reproducibility-and-collaboration-tools)
- [Citizen Science Platforms](#citizen-science-platforms)
- [Educational Resources](#educational-resources)
- [Advocacy and Organizations](#advocacy-and-organizations)
- [Community and Forums](#community-and-forums)
- [Contribute](#contribute)
- [License](#license)

## General Resources

- **[What is Open Science?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_science)** - An overview of Open Science principles and practices.
- **[Open Science Framework (OSF)](https://osf.io/)** - A free and open platform to support transparent and reproducible research.
- **[FOSTER Open Science](https://www.fosteropenscience.eu/)** - A platform providing resources to help researchers embrace Open Science practices.

## Open Access Platforms

- **[arXiv](https://arxiv.org/)** - A preprint repository for physics, mathematics, computer science, and more.
- **[bioRxiv](https://www.biorxiv.org/)** - A preprint repository for biology.
- **[PubMed Central](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/)** - A free digital repository of biomedical and life sciences literature.
- **[Zenodo](https://zenodo.org/)** - A repository for sharing and preserving research outputs, hosted by CERN.
- **[Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)](https://doaj.org/)** - A directory of peer-reviewed, open-access journals.

## Open Data Repositories

- **[Dryad](https://datadryad.org/)** - A repository for data underlying scientific publications.
- **[Figshare](https://figshare.com/)** - A platform for storing and sharing research data.
- **[PANGAEA](https://www.pangaea.de/)** - A data publisher for Earth and environmental sciences.
- **[Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)](https://www.gbif.org/)** - An open-access platform for biodiversity data.
- **[OpenNeuro](https://openneuro.org/)** - A data-sharing platform for neuroimaging datasets.

## Open Source Research Tools

- **[Jupyter Notebooks](https://jupyter.org/)** - An open-source tool for interactive computational research.
- **[RStudio](https://posit.co/)** - A popular IDE for R, widely used in data science and research.
- **[GNU Octave](https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/)** - An open-source tool for numerical computations.
- **[OpenRefine](https://openrefine.org/)** - A tool for cleaning and transforming research data.
- **[PLOS Computational Biology](https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/)** - A journal promoting open computational biology tools and resources.

## Reproducibility and Collaboration Tools

- **[Code Ocean](https://codeocean.com/)** - A platform for sharing and executing research code.
- **[Protocol.io](https://www.protocols.io/)** - A platform for sharing and following research protocols.
- **[Binder](https://mybinder.org/)** - A tool to make research repositories interactive and reproducible.
- **[Overleaf](https://www.overleaf.com/)** - A collaborative tool for writing and publishing scientific papers.
- **[ResearchGate](https://www.researchgate.net/)** - A platform for sharing research outputs and collaboration.

## Citizen Science Platforms

- **[Zooniverse](https://www.zooniverse.org/)** - A platform for crowdsourced scientific research projects.
- **[Citizen Science Alliance](https://www.citizensciencealliance.org/)** - A network supporting citizen science initiatives.
- **[iNaturalist](https://www.inaturalist.org/)** - A platform for crowdsourcing biodiversity observations.
- **[Foldit](https://fold.it/)** - A game where players solve puzzles to help scientists study protein folding.
- **[Planet Hunters](https://www.planethunters.org/)** - A project for discovering exoplanets through citizen science.

## Educational Resources

- **[Open Science MOOC](https://opensciencemooc.eu/)** - A course for learning Open Science principles and practices.
- **[The Turing Way](https://the-turing-way.netlify.app/)** - A handbook for reproducible, ethical, and collaborative data science.
- **[Data Carpentry](https://datacarpentry.org/)** - Workshops for teaching data skills to researchers.
- **[Open Knowledge Foundation](https://okfn.org/)** - Resources and tools for promoting open knowledge and open science.
- **[Open Access Button](https://openaccessbutton.org/)** - A tool to find free, open-access versions of research papers.

## Advocacy and Organizations

- **[SPARC](https://sparcopen.org/)** - An organization advocating for open access, data, and education.
- **[Open Knowledge Foundation](https://okfn.org/)** - A global network promoting open knowledge and science.
- **[Creative Commons](https://creativecommons.org/)** - Licensing tools for open sharing of research outputs.
- **[OpenAIRE](https://www.openaire.eu/)** - An infrastructure supporting open-access policies and practices.
- **[Force11](https://www.force11.org/)** - A community advancing scholarly communication through Open Science.

## Community and Forums

- **[r/OpenScience](https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenScience/)** - A subreddit for discussing Open Science topics.
- **[Open Science Framework Community](https://osf.io/community/)** - A platform for connecting researchers who embrace Open Science.
- **[OpenCon](https://www.opencon.net/)** - A community for Open Science advocates.
- **[SocArXiv](https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/)** - A community for sharing preprints in social science research.
- **[Slack: Open Science](https://opensciencemooc.eu/slack/)** - A Slack community for Open Science enthusiasts.

## Contribute

Contributions are welcome!

## License

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