Open Pledge

Version presented at OpenCon 2015:

My pledge to be open:

• I will not edit, review, or work for closed access journals.
• I will blog my work and post preprints, when possible.
• I will publish only in open access journals.
• I will not publish in Cell, Nature, or Science.
• I will pull my name off a paper if coauthors refuse to be open.
• I will share my code, when possible.
• I will share my raw and processed data, when possible.
• I will practice open notebook science, when possible.
• I will ask my professional society to support open access.
• I will speak out about my choices.

Simplified version:

I pledge to:

• edit and review only for open access journals
• publish only in open access journals
• openly share my working manuscripts
• openly share my code, when possible
• openly share my data, when possible
• openly share my notebooks, when possible
• ask my professional societies to support open research
• speak out in support of open research

 

This pledge is available for download in multiple file formats and with a citable DOI via figshare.