"Open science is no jus a end; i 's a necessi y. By openly sha ing
esea ch me hods, da a, and esul s, we can collec i ely add ess
complex challenges and d i e scien i ic b eak h oughs ha imp o e ou
wo ld."
— Randy Schekman, Nobel Lau ea e in Physiology o Medicine
ﻦﻣ ﻂﻘﻓ .ﺔﻴﻤﺘﺣ ةروﴐ ﻮﻫ ﻞﺑ ،ﺮﺑﺎﻋ هﺎﺠﺗا دﺮﺠﻣ ﺲﻴﻟ حﻮﺘﻔﻤﻟا ﻢﻠﻌﻟا"
ﻊﻴﻄﺘﺴﻧ ،حﻮﺘﻔﻣ ﻞﻜﺸﺑ ﺞﺋﺎﺘﻨﻟاو تﺎﻧﺎﻴﺒﻟاو ﺚﺤﺒﻟا قﺮﻃ ﺔﻛرﺎﺸﻣ لﻼﺧ
ﻦ ِّﺴﺤُﺗ ﺔﻴﻤﻠﻋ تﺎﻗاﱰﺧا ﻖﻴﻘﺤﺗو ةﺪﻘﻌﻤﻟا تﺎﻳﺪﺤﺘﻠﻟ يﺪﺼﺘﻟا ﺎًﻌﻴﻤﺟ
".ﺎﻨﻤﻟﺎﻋ
ﺐﻄﻟا ﰲ ﻞﺑﻮﻧ ةﺰﺋﺎﺟ ﻰﻠﻋ ﺰﺋﺎﺤﻟا ،نﺎﻤﻜﻴﺷ يﺪﻧار —
ةرﻮﺸﻨﻤﻟا ﺔﻴﺜﺤﺒﻟا ﺞﺋﺎﺘﻨﻟا ﻰﻠﻋ (ءﺎﻨِﺒﻟا وأ) ةدﺎﻋإ ﺔﻣزأ
Science is like a s ack o
building blocks. I any
block is i ep oducible,
i becomes impossible
o build upon i .
The ep oducibili y
c isis is cen al o he
e hos o open science
C edi : Illus a ion c a ed using DALLE-3.
Rep oducibili y equi e Openness!
ةرﻮﺸﻨﻤﻟا ﺔﻴﺜﺤﺒﻟا ﺞﺋﺎﺘﻨﻟا ﻰﻠﻋ (ءﺎﻨِﺒﻟا وأ) ةدﺎﻋإ ﺔﻣزأ : ﱐﺎﻄﻳﱪﻟا نﺎﻤﻟﱪﻟا
As open as possible,
as closed as necessa y
FAIR P inciples
F = Findable
A = Accessible
I = In e ope able
R = Reusable
@ u ingway, CC-BY 4.0, DOI:
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English]. Zenodo. h ps://doi.o g/10.5281/zenodo.6627260” - he sec ion o his alk was p esen ed by Emma Ka oune
Why FAIR?
Acco ding o "Cos -bene i analysis o FAIR
esea ch da a - Cos o no ha ing FAIR esea ch da a"
(Eu opean Commission, 2018):
- I has been es ima ed ha no ha ing
FAIR esea ch da a cos s he Eu opean
economy a leas €10.2 billion pe yea .
ﺔﻴﺜﺤﺑ تﺎﻧﺎﻴﺑ دﻮﺟو مﺪﻌﻟ ﺔﻳﻮﻨﺴﻟا ﺔﻔﻠﻜﺘﻟا رﺪﻘُﺗ -
ﻻ ﺎﻤﺑ ﰊوروﻷا دﺎﺼﺘﻗﻻا ﻰﻠﻋ FAIR ﲑﻳﺎﻌﻣ ﻊﺒﺘﺗ .ورﻮﻳ رﺎﻴﻠﻣ 10.2 ﻦﻋ ﻞﻘﻳ
C edi : Illus a ion c a ed using DALLE-3.
WHAT is Open Science?
Open Science is huge umb ella ha includes:
- Open Sou ce
- Open Ha dwa e
- FAIR da a (NOT open i esponsibly)
- Open pee e iew
- Open In as uc u e
- Open License
- Regis e ed epo s and…so on
Open Science isn' me ely abou sha ing; i 's
abou collabo a i e co-c ea ion and
emb acing pa icipa o y science
UNESCO Recommenda ion in Open Science
UNESCO Recommenda ion on Open Science was
adop ed by all membe s a es in No embe 2021.
“Open Science is de ined as an inclusi e cons uc ha
combines a ious mo emen s and p ac ices aiming o make
mul ilingual scien i ic knowledge openly a ailable, accessible
and eusable o e e yone.”
UNESCO ega ds science/ esea ch as a human
igh - he g ea es collec i e endea ou
Ghozayel Elo eebi
OSCSA Communi y Membe PhD,
OpenSci Champion S uden a he
Uni e si y o No ingham
“I’ e de eloped a new package called Lex ale. To
my knowledge, his is he i s R package in he
ield o linguis ics de eloped in Saudi A abia. Being
pa o OpenSci is an oppo uni y o ne wo king
wi h o he champions/men o s om a ound he
wo ld, a po en ial o suppo he communi y, sha e
expe iences, and con ibu e o he exis ing body o
ep oducible science.”
Abdul ahman Alswaji
OSCSA Communi y Membe
Bioin o ma ician in KAIMRC
@alswajiab
Co-deli e ed a alk in FOSS Backs age 2023 i led “Lessons
Lea ned o inc easing he accessibili y o Righ - o-Le
Language suppo in Open Sou ce Communi y” and
co-men o in Ou eachy o de elop MOOCs Pla o m
“Re lec ing on my men o ship expe ience, i was
uly ewa ding as I no only had he oppo uni y
o guide and suppo o he s bu also ound
aluable lessons in he p ocess, making i a ich
and ul illing jou ney o mu ual g ow h.”
●Open Inno a ion
●Open Sou ce
●FAIR ica ion landscape
●Open License
●Localisa ion
●Resea ch So wa e
●Open Educa ional Resou ces
D ug Disco e y Da a-d i en
Inno a ion
Open Science Communi y Saudi A abia (OSCSA)
ﻊﻴﻤﺠﻠﻟ حﻮﺘﻔﻣ
،ﺔﻗﺎﻋﻹاو ،ﺮﻤﻌﻟا ﻦﻋ ﺮﻈﻨﻟا ﺾﻐﺑ داﺮﻓﻸﻟ ﺔﻠﻣﺎﺷو ﺔﻨﻣآ ﺔﺌﻴﺑ ءﺎﺸﻧﻹ ﻰﻌﺴﻧ ﻦﺤﻧ
ﺔﻜﻠﻤﻤﻟا جرﺎﺧ ﻦﻣ داﺮﻓﻸﻟ ﻊﻤﺘﺠﻤﻟا ﺢﺘﻔﺑ مﻮﻘﻧ ﺎﻤﻛ .ﺔﻧﺎﻳﺪﻟاو ،قﺮﻌﻟاو ،ةﱪﺨﻟاو
.ﺞﻴﻠﺨﻟا لودو ﺔﻳدﻮﻌﺴﻟا ﺔﻴﺑﺮﻌﻟا
The Tu ing Way p ojec illus a ion by Sc ibe ia.
Used unde a CC-BY 4.0 licence. DOI:
10.5281/zenodo.3332807
←——
——→
●So e eign y and agency
in knowledge p oduc ion
●P omo e inclusi eness,
equi y, and pa icipa ion
in scien i ic disco e ies
●Help sol e complex
social, en i onmen al
challenges
This is he des ina ion
●Open access
publica ions
●Resea ch da a sha ing
●Resea ch so wa e
openness
●…e c
These a e b idges/ ools o each he des ina ion
A oiding he “ca ch-up” ap
The goal o open science is NOT openness i sel , i ’s abou edis ibu ing
powe in knowledge p oduc ion—challenging he ex ac i e sys ems
ha en ich he Global No h a he expense o he Global Sou h
Image C edi : h ps://impe ialismshowcasejane e i e a.weebly.com/impe ialism-ca oon.h ml
Moni o ing and open p ac ice should ne e ein o ce he e y
p oblems i aims o sol e
Re hinking Publishe Su eillance
●Publishe s use su eillance publishing:
collec ing de ailed au ho ship and eade ship
da a o uel analy ics, con ol, and p o i s.
●Acco ding o Sa ah Lamdan (Da a Ca els,
2022): publishe s ac as “da a b oke s,”
mone izing da a beyond publishing.
●Example: Else ie and Thomson Reu e s helped
U.S. Immig a ion and Cus oms En o cemen
(ICE) build su eillance ne wo ks o iden i y and
depo immig an s, e ealing e hical b eaches
o academic da a use.
Sou ce: h ps://www.bos onglobe.com/opinion/2013/06/13/edi o ial-ca oon-nsa-su eillance/LlIHam6LVuAMg23Eg9OOYL/s o y.h ml
Re lec ion on he Digi al Objec Iden i ie (DOI) his o y
“A a minimum, he DOI helps ensu e ha publishe s will dance o he same hy hm. […]
Adop ing elec onic-publishing solu ions based on common open s anda ds inc eases he
likelihood ha publishe s' capi al in es men s will pay o . I helps ensu e ha publishe s will
be able o ex end hei anchises in o cybe space, whe e much o he wo ld o in o ma ion is
su ely going”
DOI became he ISO
in e na ional s anda d
in 2012 due o in ense
publishe lobbying,
Regis a ion agencies
cha ge signi ican ees,
limi ing pa icipa ion o
smalle publishe s.
- Rosenbla w o e in 1997 in The Jou nal o Elec onic Publishing
When Eugene Ga ield launched he
Science Ci a ion Index in 1963, and
co e age cen ed on he US and
Wes e n Eu ope. O he i s 613
jou nals, 70% came om he US o
UK, and none om A ica, and mo e
han 550 A ican jou nals exis ed
hen.
Eugene Ga ield ounded he Ins i u e o Scien i ic In o ma ion in 1955
and launched he Science Ci a ion Index in 1963
Depoli icised Open Science is a misconcep ion; Science has
ne e s ood ou side powe
Resou ce: Does he A ican academy need i s own ci a ion index? Global A ica Jou nal. Re ie ed Sep embe 4,
2025, om h ps://www.globala icajou nal.o g/c i ical-issues/does- he-a ican-academy-need-i s-own-ci a ion-index
ﻖﻴﺒﻄﺗ نﻮﻜﻳ نأ ﻲﻐﺒﻨﻳ ﻚﻟﺬﻟو ،ﺎًﻴﺳﺎﻴﺳو ﺎًﻴﺨﻳرﺎﺗ ﺔﺳﺎﺴﺣ ﺔﻘﻄﻨﻣ ﺔﻴﺑﺮﻌﻟا ﺔﻘﻄﻨﻤﻟا
،ﺔﻴﺑﺮﻐﻟا جذﺎﻤﻨﻠﻟ ﺪﻴﻠﻘﺗ دﺮﺠﻣ ﻻ ،ﻖﻴﻤﻋ ﻲﻠﺤﻣ ﻢﻬﻓ ﻦﻣ ﺎًﻌﺑﺎﻧ ﺔﺣﻮﺘﻔﻤﻟا مﻮﻠﻌﻟا ئدﺎﺒﻣ
هدﺎﻌﺑأ ﻊﻴﻤﺟ ﰲ ﺔﻳﺎﻨﻌﺑ ﲑﻜﻔﺘﻟا ﻊﻣ.
We shouldn’ educe Open Science o
echnical p oblems ha we “a emp ”
o ix - bu igno e he powe dynamics
Open Science shouldn’ be a
checklis o open p ac ices.
Ca oon o iginally appea ed in he June 25, 2012 issue o Li o (UK).
