Independent Research in the Age of Open Science (opens in new tab)

For most of modern history, research was strongly tied to institutions. Universities. Research laboratories. Government agencies. Large organizations. These institutions remain extremely important today. However, the rise of open science has changed the landscape in ways that would have been difficult to imagine only a few decades ago. The Traditional Model Historically, participation in research often required access to institutional resources. Researchers depended on: Libraries Academic jou...