Tom Saunders

Green open access: How to make all your papers OA right now (free, legal, simple)

Tom — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 22:33:33 +0000

At it’s most simple, ‘open access’ is the idea that anyone should be able to read and reuse scholarly works free of charge. The open access debate is sometimes framed as an all-or-nothing, take it or leave it kind of deal. But those in favour of OA are not necessarily in favour of forking out...

An Open Gallery of Native NZ Wasps

Tom — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 09:16:16 +0000

Yes, we have native wasps in New Zealand! Unfortunately we also have a handful of introduced social wasps. The introduced wasps prey on native invertebrates and create a nuisance (especially for people who are allergic to their stings). But our native wasps do not live together in colonies and they do not sting. They are...

Lets #OpenScience: Part III

Tom — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 20:30:56 +0000

The first two posts in this series covered the core open science principles and touched on the importance of communicating your work. To wrap up this series I spoke to Dr Jon Tennant. Jon is a palaeontologist, independent researcher, and passionate advocate for open scholarship. Jon completed his PhD thesis in January 2017 at Imperial...

Lets #OpenScience: Part II

Tom — Tue, 29 May 2018 20:30:21 +0000

One of the reasons I write a blog is to communicate the science I do, and to share what other people are doing. Following open science principles is the first step in opening up science. We need to remember to get the word out about what we do! Science Communication When scientists communicate their science,...

Lets #OpenScience: Part I

Tom — Tue, 22 May 2018 21:10:31 +0000

Why do we do science? I’m a scientist-in-training who enjoys learning about the intersection of science and society, so this is a very important question for me. In attempting to answer this question for myself, I’ve become more and more interested in the concept of Open Science (OS): Open science is the movement to make...