Confiance et pratiques informationnelles d’accès à la science ouverte en SHS

Autrice : Mariannig Le Béchec

Prenant en compte l’étude des usages des quatre plateformes d’OpenEdition, cet article considère que les publics des savoirs ouverts développent des pratiques informationnelles en lien avec leur cursus universitaire.

L’objectif est de mieux prendre en compte la façon dont des liens se constituent entre les pratiques ordinaires d’accès aux publications scientifiques et la confiance décidée dans leurs pratiques informationnelles.

L’étude qualitative présente un accès par des plateformes commerciales, une lecture sélective et des relais en interne ou par la conversation qui ne tiennent pas compte des métriques des articles scientifiques dans les choix de lecture.

URL : https://lesenjeux.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/2025/varia/confiance-et-pratiques-informationnelles-dacces-a-la-science-ouverte-en-shs/

 

La publication de revues SHS en accès ouvert par les structures publiques de l’édition scientifique en Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes : une mise en pratique des politiques nationales ?

Autrice : Émilie Pineau

Ce mémoire propose un état des lieux de la publication de revues de sciences humaines et sociales en contexte de science ouverte en Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Même si l’objectif est d’évaluer la mise en pratique des politiques nationales, ce mémoire ne fournit pas une analyse exhaustive puisqu’il est spécifiquement ancré dans un espace régional.

L’auteur tente ici de comprendre le poids que la politique nationale exerce sur les structures de la documentation et de l’information scientifique. Comment sont dirigés les financements ? Quelles mutations induisent-ils ? Comment les pratiques éditoriales se transforment ?

URL : La publication de revues SHS en accès ouvert par les structures publiques de l’édition scientifique en Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes : une mise en pratique des politiques nationales ?

DUMAS : https://dumas.ccsd.cnrs.fr/dumas-05093586v1

Open Science: A Review of Its Effectiveness and Implications for Service Research

Authors : Yves Van Vaerenbergh, Simon Hazée, Thijs J. Zwienenberg

Open science aims to enhance the integrity, transparency, and openness of research to improve the reproducibility and accessibility of scientific knowledge. It has received renewed attention due to reported concerns about questionable research practices across multiple scientific disciplines. While various open science practices, such as preregistration and data sharing, have been developed, their effectiveness remains unclear.

This paper provides a review of current meta-research on open science practices, assessing their effectiveness and identifying key initiatives that promote transparency and openness in research. Next, we report the results of a preregistered retrospective observational analysis of 517 studies from 254 papers published in the Journal of Service Research and Journal of Service Management between 2019 and 2023.

This analysis evaluates which open science practices are already in use and to what extent, as well as whether these practices align with the recommendations derived from the meta-research review. Finally, we present actionable guidelines and resources aimed at encouraging authors, reviewers, and editors to adopt effective open science practices in service research, both in the short and long term.

URL: Open Science: A Review of Its Effectiveness and Implications for Service Research

DOI : https://doi.org/10.1177/10946705251338461

And Plato met ChatGPT: an ethical reflection on the use of chatbots in scientific research writing, with a particular focus on the social sciences

Authors : Reyes Calderon, Francisco Herrera

This interdisciplinary paper analyzes the use of Large Language Models based chatbots (LLM-chatbots), with ChatGPT the most known exponent, in scientific research writing. By interacting with LLM-chatbots, researchers could reduce efforts and costs as well as improve efficiency, but taking important risks, limitations, and weaknesses, which could highly-order erosion scientific thought.

While many scientific journals, as well as major publishers such as Springer-Nature or Taylor & Francis, are restricting its use, others advocate for its normalization. Debate focuses on two main questions: the possible authorship of LLM-chatbots, which is majority denied because their inability to meet the required standards; and the acceptance of hybrid articles (using LLM-chatbots).

Very recently, focusing on the education area, literature has found analogical similarities between some issues involved in Chatbots and that of Plato criticisms of writing, contained in the Phaedrus. However, the research area has been neglected. Combining philosophical and technological analysis, we explore Plato’s myth of Theuth and Thamus, questioning if chatbots can improve science. From an interdisciplinary perspective, and according with Plato, we conclude LLM-chatbots cannot be considered as authors in a scientific context.

Moreover, we offer some arguments and requirements to accept hybrid articles. We draw attention to the need for social science publishers, an area where conceptual hypotheses can take a long time to confirm, rather than solely on experimental observations. Finally, we advocate that publishers, communities, technical experts, and regulatory authorities collaborate to establish recommendations and best practices for chatbot use.

URL : And Plato met ChatGPT: an ethical reflection on the use of chatbots in scientific research writing, with a particular focus on the social sciences

DOI : https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-04650-0

Incentives for Open Science and Advancing Sustainability: A German Perspective

Authors : Markus Putnings, Michael Zweier

Open science in ensuring equitable access to information is relevant to the attainment of all United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Badges, prizes and awards evaluate and recognise achievements, encourage involvement in open science and open access practices and provide an opportunity to present related activities to the outside world in a succinct form.

The focus, however, is not on mundane self-promotion, but rather on the goal of external and internal reflection and promotion of the work done, as well as an appropriate presentation of the open resources and workflows produced. Prizes and awards constitute a stimulus for best practice, education and exchange both within an institution, with an institution ́s users and with the wider community.

This chapter provides an overview of the various badges, awards and prizes relevant to Germany as incentive systems for open science and open access activities. The contributions to the SDGs and education for sustainable development (ESD) are contextualised and discussed. It concludes with a selection of recommendations and summarises the most important results.

URL : Incentives for Open Science and Advancing Sustainability: A German Perspective

DOI : https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111336466-006

Podcasting as Open Access: A Review and Discussion of Potential Impact on Scholarly Communication and Promotion

Authors : Allison Symulevich, Matt Torrence, Jason Boczar, Jessica Szempruch

Introduction

Academic Podcasts are an informal way for faculty members to share their research expertise with an expanded and international audience. In this article, we argue that podcasts are a form of informal scholarly communication and that libraries can contribute to the successful dissemination of this informal scholarly communication.

Description of Service

At the University of South Florida, episodes of faculty-created academic podcasts are posted to the institutional repository, allowing the dissemination of these podcasts permanently via open access. The open-access nature of these materials makes them freely available to faculty, students, and other scholars; additionally, it helps to improve metrics capturing while demonstrating international impact.

In comparing the measures afforded to record statistics, as well as other geographic and various platforms used, the authors leaned on internal resources and concepts from the literature to examine existing measures and reporting related to podcasting efforts.

Next Steps

Through the study of both existing services at the University of South Florida and other universities, as well as the literature, what remains is to increasingly document and standardize methods of measuring the impact of academic podcasts and related types of open-access content.

URL : Podcasting as Open Access: A Review and Discussion of Potential Impact on Scholarly Communication and Promotion

DOI : https://doi.org/10.31274/jlsc.18241

Open science in qualitative evaluations : Considerations and Opportunities

Authors : Crystal N. Steltenpohl, Laurel Standiford Reyes, Mary A. Pei, Lindsay Ellis Lee

This article discusses how open science principles—often rooted in quantitative epistemologies—and qualitative evaluation practices can complement each other and explores strategies for evaluators and researchers to consider adopting in their practices.

Although the qualitative and quantitative approaches to knowledge creation may be perceived as being in conflict, many practices and values can be viewed as different expressions of the shared goals of rigor and transparency. We describe practices like data, process, and outcome sharing as activities that already align with open science values and encourage evaluators to consider practices like preregistration, registered reports, and replication as possible areas for evaluators to expand into.

We also encourage evaluators to contribute to conversations about transparency, community engagement, evaluating effectiveness, and avoiding harm. A flexible, additive approach to evaluation and research projects can allow all parties to draw on each other’s strengths for more rigorous, comprehensive, transparent, and community-centered work.

Finally, we suggest a few starting places for evaluators who are interested in incorporating open science practices and researchers who are interested in conducting qualitative evaluations.

URL : Open science in qualitative evaluations : Considerations and Opportunities

DOI : https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/td5cx_v1