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Open Science Framework

Abbreviation:OSF

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General Information

The Open Science Framework (OSF) is a free and open source project management tool that supports the entire research lifecycle: planning, execution, reporting, archiving, and discovery. Features include automated versioning, logging of all actions, collaboration support, free and unlimited file storage, registrations, and connections to other tools/services (ie. Dropbox, figshare, Amazon S3, Dataverse, GitHub). It is 100% free to researchers, open source, and intended for use in all domain areas. OSF has an open, public API to support broad indexing, as well as a partnership with Internet Archive for long-term preservation with a $250k preservation fund and an IMLS grant for transfer to Internet Archive (currently in progress). The OSF supports embargoing during peer review via a view-only link with the ability to anonymize contributor list. It also provides managed access by allowing access requests and private sharing settings. OSF is a non-profit with direct funder support through grants, government contracts, and community memberships.

Homepage http://osf.io

Countries that developed this resource Worldwide

Created in 2011

Taxonomic range

All

Knowledge Domains

Subjects

User-defined Tags

Data sharing

General purpose

In the following recommendations:

How to cite this record FAIRsharing.org: OSF; Open Science Framework; DOI: https://doi.org/10.25504/FAIRsharing.g4z879; Last edited: April 15, 2021, 4:24 p.m.; Last accessed: Dec 07 2021 8:50 p.m.

This record is maintained by asallans ORCID and sarabowman ORCID

Record updated: April 15, 2021, 2:48 p.m. by The FAIRsharing Team.

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		Before: The OSF supports the entire research lifecycle: planning, execution, reporting, archiving, and discovery.  Features include:  automated versioning, logging of all actions, collaboration support, free and unlimited file storage, registrations, and connections to other tools/services (ie. Dropbox, figshare, Amazon S3, Dataverse, GitHub).

It is 100% free, open source, and intended for use in all domain areas.
		After: The Open Science Framework (OSF) is a free and open source project management tool that supports the entire research lifecycle: planning, execution, reporting, archiving, and discovery. Features include automated versioning, logging of all actions, collaboration support, free and unlimited file storage, registrations, and connections to other tools/services (ie. Dropbox, figshare, Amazon S3, Dataverse, GitHub). It is 100% free to researchers, open source, and intended for use in all domain areas. OSF has an open, public API to support broad indexing, as well as a partnership with Internet Archive for long-term preservation with a $250k preservation fund and an IMLS grant for transfer to Internet Archive (currently in progress). The OSF supports embargoing during peer review via a view-only link with the ability to anonymize contributor list. It also provides managed access by allowing access requests and private sharing settings. OSF is a non-profit with direct funder support through grants, government contracts, and community memberships.

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			Behavioural Addiction Open Definition 2.0-using the Open Science Framework for collaborative and transparent theoretical development.|Billieux J,van Rooij AJ,Heeren A,Schimmenti A,Maurage P,Edman J,Blaszczynski A,Khazaal Y,Kardefelt-Winther D|Addiction|2017
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In Collections

NIH-supported data repositories

Data Citation Implementation

Open Science Prize

General Repository Comparison

Support

General

support email	Technical support
support email	General enquiries
forum	https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#! ...
online documentation	https://osf.io/getting-started/
twitter	@OSFramework

Additional Information

Contact

Nici Pfeiffer ORCID

Tools

code repository

https://github.com/centerforopenscience

Access / Retrieve Data

Conditions of Use

Applies to: Data use

Data Versioning

complete versioning of all files stored in system, available permanently	No link recorded
Versioning supported for OSF storage	No link recorded
Versioning where available from integrated storage providers	No link recorded

Data Curation

Size Limit: 5GB/dataset	No link recorded
Per-researcher storage: unlimited	No link recorded
No support for individual-level human data	No link recorded

Data Access

https://osf.io/search/

Data Release

continuous release

No link recorded

Other Web Services

OSF APIv2

https://developer.osf.io/

Publications

Behavioural Addiction Open Definition 2.0-using the Open Science Framework for collaborative and transparent theoretical development.

Billieux J,van Rooij AJ,Heeren A,Schimmenti A,Maurage P,Edman J,Blaszczynski A,Khazaal Y,Kardefelt-Winther D
Addiction 2017

View Paper (PubMed) View Publication

Building an Open Science Framework to Model Soil Organic Carbon.

Flathers E,Gessler PE
J Environ Qual 2018

View Paper (PubMed) View Publication

Related Standards

Reporting Guidelines

No guidelines defined

Terminology Artifacts

No semantic standards defined

Models and Formats

Identifier Schemas

Digital Object Identifier

Metrics

No metrics standards defined

Related Databases

Implementing Policies

Credit

Record Maintainer

This record is maintained by asallans ORCID and sarabowman ORCID

Funds

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, USA (Government body)
John Templeton Foundation, West Conshohocken, PA, USA (Government body)
Laura and John Arnold Foundation, USA (Charitable foundation)
U.S. National Library of Medicine (Government body)

Maintains

Center for Open Science (COS), Charlottesville, VA, USA (Government body)

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