New Article: An Exploration of the Functionality and Usability of Open Research Platforms to Support Open Science

The article linked below was recently published by the International Journal of Digital Curation (IJDC).

Title

An Exploration of the Functionality and Usability of Open Research Platforms to Support Open Science

Authors

Whitney Thompson
Indiana University Indianapolis 

Angela Murillo
Indiana University Indianapolis

Source

International Journal of Digital Curation
Vol. 19, No. 1 (2025)

DOI: 10.2218/ijdc.v19i1.941

Abstract

This paper examines the user experience and functionality of four open research platforms – Zenodo, Figshare, OSF, and Authorea – to assess their utility in disseminating research outputs that are varied in form as well as academic discipline, and in facilitating collaboration on larger projects by multi-institutional groups. The researchers analysed the platforms’ community features, record creation processes (including metadata fields), search functionality, and analytics capabilities.

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