Expanding the actions of Open Government in higher education sector: From web transparency to Open Science

Abstract

Universities have been pressured by governments to change their way of acting and to be more responsible with the requirements of social development to face the challenges of globalization. To this end, universities must use the principles of Open Science, to allow them to be more transparent regarding the dissemination of scientific results. The purpose of this paper is firstly, to determine the progress made in Open Access policies made by the best-ranked universities regarding ARWU. Secondly, to examine influencing factors that enhance the level of openness in researching, in particular, "transparency", "reputation", "participation", "funding", "foundation" and "size". The main results show that those private and older universities, best-ranked in terms of excellence researching and those that have been gradually adopting Open Government policies concerning the dissemination of information through institutional web pages and social participation, are the most interested with complying the recommendations established by the authorities of the Open Science projects.

Dissecting the tension of open science standards implementation in management and organization journals

“…The policy trend identified in the current study is at odds with developments in the wider scientific ecosystem resulting in an increased use of open science practices (Christensen et al 2019;Swanson et al 2020). Ubiquitous information access has created a new reality of higher transparency expectations, including from governments (Janssen and Van den Hoven 2015;Redden 2018;Wood 2015), universities (Saraite Sariene, Caba Pérez, andLópez Hernández 2020;Robinson-Garcia, Costas, and Van Leeuwen 2020), scientific associations, and funding agencies (National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine 2018;Royal Society 2012;NSF 2013). By failing to increase transparency, the discipline risks not only its credibility, but also access to resources, as management research is already perceived as less likely to be replicable than research in other social sciences, such as economics, political science, and sociology (Gordon et al 2020).…”

“…First, despite all the commentaries on the need to implement TOP, the state of adoption of the new standards in the management and organization discipline is unknown, thereby making it difficult to provide an informed discussion on the next steps needed. This seems particularly troubling, given the growing external pressure for transparency by governments (Gordon et al 2020;Janssen and Van den Hoven 2015;Redden 2018;Wood 2015), universities (Saraite Sariene, Caba Pérez, andLópez Hernández 2020;Robinson-Garcia, Costas, and Van Leeuwen 2020), scientific associations, and funding agencies (National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine 2018;Royal Society 2012;NSF 2013). The descriptive results of the current study are intended to address this gap.…”

A Landscape of Open Science Policies Research

“…In the same way, Levin et al (2016) argue that one of the issues is that policies seem to refer to all research stages in different fields without any differentiation. Moreover, Saraite Sariene et al (2020) assert that the reputation of the university seems to influence the university’s better adoption of open access policies.…”

Online Accountability Practices among Non - Governmental Organisations (NGOs)

“…The website serves as a platform for publishing financial and non-financial information and as a channel for stakeholder participation by providing feedback and activity updates. This online platform enables the involvement of all stakeholders and ultimately leads to effective accountability (Saraite-Sariene et al, 2020). The introduction of appropriate information exchange mechanisms is critical to ensure the free flow and availability of up-to-date information.…”