Aligning Research Curation and Open Assessment
Apr 7, 2026
We are excited to announce our first ICOR public meeting of the year. The topic will focus on the opportunity for aligning research curation and open assessment. Please join us on Tuesday April 7, (8am PST, 11am EST, 4pm GMT, 5pm CET). Here, you can find the meeting’s public agenda and a link to register for the event.
Podcast Interview with Kristen Ratan: Building practical pathways to open research
In celebration of Open Access Week, Stratos founder and principal consultant Kristen Ratan appeared on the Enago Academy podcast Research & Beyond. Her conversation with Enago Vice President of Partnerships Tony O’Rourke spans everything from the early days of...
Introducing Open Research Beacon
Navigating the vast and evolving landscape of open research can be challenging. We are thrilled to announce the launch of ICOR’s Open Research Beacon (ORB), an expansion of our Project Library launched in 2023. It is designed to help the research community find and...
Rapid Science/ICOR Response to NIH RFI
Dear Drs. Bhattacharya and Jorgensen,
Rapid Science is writing in response to the NIH NOT-OD-25-138 Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs (RFI).
Integrating Open and Equitable Research into Open Science
On March 21st, ICOR was privileged to present at the “Year of Open Science Culminating Conference: Shaping the Future of Open Research” that showcased the past, present, and future of open science initiatives covering the major topics of infrastructure,...
eLife’s New Publishing Model at Six Months: An ICOR Analysis
It has been more than six months since eLife launched its new approach to publishing, opening up for submissions at the end of January 2023. The team at Incentivizing Collaborative and Open Research (ICOR) is providing an independent review and analysis of the first...
eLife’s New Model: Initial three-month update
By Kristen Ratan and Shilpa Rele (ICOR), Fiona Hutton and Rowena Walton (eLife) Since switching to the new model for publishing, we’ve seen consistent submissions and positive author feedback eLife’s new approach to publishing has been open for submissions...
Does Open Scholarship Lead to Better Research Outcomes?
ICOR's registered projects are asking: does open scholarship really promote faster and more innovative, collaborative, and reproducible outcomes? Join our public meeting, May 17th, 10:30am-12:00pm EDT, to discuss and learn about our efforts to build evidence. See the...
ICOR comments on the NIH Public Access Plan: Evidence, convergence and new incentives
The NIH issued a Request for Information in February 2023 on its NIH Public Access Plan. The plan “provides a roadmap for how NIH proposes to accelerate access to scholarly publications and scientific data and will help ensure these research products are findable...
ICOR’s Broadened Mission: Connecting efforts to build open collaborative research
There could not be a better time to announce the re-launch of ICOR’s website -- extending its mission described in this blog post over a year ago -- featuring real-world efforts by the open science community to build an evidence base and best practices. The site now...