Note: PLOS is delighted to once again partner with the Einstein Foundation Award for Promoting Quality in Research with applications and nominations for this year’s awards open until April 30th, 2023 at 10:00 pm UTC. The Einstein Foundation Awards program honors researchers who reflect rigor, reliability, robustness, and transparency in their work. To get a flavor of what the Einstein Foundation is looking for we have asked last year’s finalists to write about their work (watch this space for other finalists in the coming weeks). First up are four researchers (bios and photos at the end of the blog) who are introducing a platform to monitor transparent research practices across scientific disciplines . You can watch a video here and/or read more below.
The Open Science Atlas[1] will be a web-platform that enables continuous, large-scale monitoring of transparent research practices across the scientific ecosystem. The platform will be driven