2017 Volume 27 Issue 4 Pages 309-322
Policy measures under the term Open Science are proliferating since the joint statement by the G8 Science Ministers on open scientific research data and research publications in 2013. However, the term and the idea of Open Science has not really penetrated into researcher’s mind. Academic institutions such as universities are also indecisive in actions to take on the new movement of Open Science.
In this paper, “Open Science” is categorized into three large and ten small categories, and the perceptions of the academia and the possible universities’ actions are examined for each category. Summarizing the analysis, the role of universities in promoting the idea of Open Science is discussed. It concludes that it is desirable for universities not to action merely on the mandates of funding agencies on sharing research outputs but to try to adapt the university to the new research paradigm of Open Science by advocating the academics within the university and by providing the necessary environment.
