2025 Open Research Digest review

Look back at the thought pieces shared by Open Research experts and advocates this year

As 2025 draws to a close, we’re checking in with a roundup of the Open Research Perspectives shared by our many contributors to the Open Research Digest over the past year. Each piece contains useful insights and engaging reflections from expert practitioners and thought leaders in different branches of open and reproducible research, so check out any you may have missed or would like to review:

February 2025: Scott Taylor – Open Research: a year in review and the road ahead.
March 2025: John Hynes – Research Indicators in the context of Open Research.
April 2025: Open Research Spotlight: Josh Emsley in conversation with Dr. Hannah Long on OSF.
May 2025: Murilo Marinho – Open executable books.
June 2025: Andrew Porter and Fred Breese – Reflections from the University of Manchester Open Research Conference 2025.
July 2025: Ciaran Talbot – The collision of AI and research.
September 2025: John Hynes – Call for applications for the 2026 Open Research Fellowship Programme.
October 2025: Fred Breese – Empowering research: Supporting Manchester’s journey towards responsible metrics and global impact.
November 2025: Steve Carlton – Navigating the next 50%: Insights from Europe's Open Access conversations.
December 2025: Ellen Poliakoff - Open Research Spotlight: Sharing Open Research with public contributors with lived experience.

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