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Submission Guidelines

The Institute for Open Science Practices invites you to join us in our first convening focused on improving open science infrastructure by using it.


Our research theme for Winter '25 is “Data” and asks, "How might we make research data open, accessible, FAIR, incentivized, and persistent?"


To this end, we are accepting new, published, and preprint accessible data intensive research from all fields.

Timeline

  • Submissions open October 1st.

  • Submissions close for all types December 1st.

  • Reviews due December 20th.

  • Results announced January 5th.

  • Conference February 23rd - 24th.

Research Criteria

  1. The study presents the results of primary scientific research.

  2. Experiments, statistics, and other analyses are performed to a high technical standard and are described in sufficient detail.

  3. Conclusions are presented in an appropriate fashion and are supported by the data.

  4. The research is presented in English.

  5. The research meets all applicable standards for the ethics of experimentation and research integrity.

  6. The Research Object includes all relevant artifacts (manuscript, data, and code).


Our criteria are informed by the PLOS ONE peer review criteria.

Submission

Your research can be entirely new, already published (with permission from your previous publisher), or exist on a preprint server.


Simply create a research object with your existing pdf, data, and code and claim the “IOSP Object” attestation through the IOSP Gateway.


This is not a domain-specific conference. While your research submission will naturally focus on your area of expertise, your presentation should be accessible to a broad scientific audience. We encourage presentations that emphasize key discoveries while highlighting the methodology, use of existing technology, and challenges related to research artifacts such as code and data.


To help guide your presentation, consider these sample questions:

  • What software did you use? Did you develop it yourself? Is it open source?

  • How did you collect and store your data?

  • How did you analyze your data?

  • Were there points in your research where technological limitations posed challenges?

  • What would you have done differently if technology and infrastructure had not been a constraint?


Submission Format: Research Objects

All submissions will be in the form of research objects utilizing the DeSci Publish platform. A research object is a digital object containing artifacts of the research output. A typical research object will contain:

  1. A manuscript

  2. Dataset(s)

  3. Code


We will highly favor submissions that contain at least those three research artifacts.


Submission Process: Gateways and Attestations

All research object submissions will be submitted to, reviewed, and accepted by the IOSP Gateway. A Gateway is a self-governing community, such as a scientific society or a journal, that creates and validates attestations.


All submissions must claim the “IOSP Object” Attestation. An Attestation is a defined claim created and validated by a Gateway.


Submission Review

All research objects that have claimed the “IOSP Object” attestation will be reviewed in non-anonymous and open review by members of the IOSP Gateway based on the criteria above. In addition, each submission owner will be given the option to review other submissions. Contributions to IOSP convening, such as reviewing submissions, qualifies you for IOSP member candidacy.


Acceptance

A validated “IOSP Object” claim indicates that the associated research object meets the standards and ideals set out by IOSP, that it will be curated in an IOSP issue, and that it is eligible to be presented at an IOSP convening. Presentation slots at the Denver convening will be awarded based on availability.

Submission Process

IMPORTANT: You will be creating a research object. Your research object will be assigned a dPID for persistent identification, and will be associated with your ORCID. You will not be able to delete this research object or any artifacts associated with it. Your submission will be entirely versionable and granularly citable. All versions will be persistently accessible and citable and cannot be deleted.


Here are the steps and a video tutorial for creating your research object and claiming the “IOSP Object” attestation:


  1. Go to the DeSci Publish platform and create an account linked to your OrcID by clicking on the profile icon in the bottom left hand corner.

  2. Once you have created an account, go into your profile and click on button in the upper right hand corner + create -> create submission package.

  3. This will take you through a wizard of how to create your submission package including code, data, and everything else you would like to add.

  4. Once you have created your research object, go to our gateway.

  5. At the top right corner, click submit your research and select your research object.

  6. You'll be given a notification once your submission has been accepted by the IOSP community!


We are utilizing cutting edge infrastructure that is pushing the possibilities of open science. Expect issues, bugs, and to require our help. To receive this help, reach out to contact@scios.tech. You can also join the DeSci Labs discord and tag @EllieD in the #questions channel or the OSSci slack and tag @Jonathan Starr

Our Technology Choice

We have chosen to utilize DeSci Publish because it provides three core features:


  1. Research Objects - DeSci Publish holds the entirety of your research in one place. This context gives the IOSP conference the tools we need to ensure anyone can, by default, collaborate with anyone before, during, and after the conference.

  2. dPIDs - DeSci Publish assigns persistent content identifiers, dPIDs, that promote transparency and collaboration by ensuring that every change is represented and acknowledged.

  3. Community and journal infrastructure - Most publications and events have opaque and vague review methods. We will work with the community to define the criteria for reviewing applications and enact them through attestations on the DeSci Publish community.


DeSci Publish met our minimum criteria for infrastructure worth testing. They do not meet all the needs of the open science ecosystem, and the tech may work in ways that you do not find appealing. This process is about communication and moving forward. Please let us know your thoughts — positive and negative!


We are working with you, the researchers, and technologists to see what can facilitate a more plural, transparent, and quality science. It takes all of us to do that!


If you want to know more about the technology behind DeSci Publish, read more on our tech page, or check it out here.

Submit your Proposal to DeSci Publish!