Safeguarding Open Science from exploitative practices

Danny Maupin, Matt Spick and Nophar Geifman

PLOS Medicine, 2025, vol. 22, issue 12, 1-4

Abstract: Open research and data transparency are a bulwark against unethical activities, but can also introduce integrity risks. As with all public goods, freely available data can be exploited, and here we set out the case for the use of safeguarding practices.Open research and data transparency are a bulwark against unethical activities, but can also introduce integrity risks. In this Perspective, Danny Maupin, Matt Spick and Nophar Geifman argue that freely available data can be exploited, and set out the case for the use of safeguarding practices.

Date: 2025
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