[open-science] A Public List of Notable, Senior Open Scientists

Tue May 7 16:36:18 UTC 2013

Ross, Tom, everyone:

What a fantastic resource. Thanks for compiling this!

I do notice, however, that very few women have made their way onto the
list. I would encourage folks to nominate senior female scientists, as well.

Best regards,
Stacy Konkiel
Science Data Management Librarian
Indiana University

On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Tom Morris <tfmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> I posted the spreadsheet to G+, but forgot to come back and link to it
> here.  You can find the discussion at:
> https://plus.google.com/u/0/105251844408815803021/posts/22bCAxMTkaE and a
> direct link to the spreadsheet here:
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ak8syCNT8x2DdGZBd3JYeVppWldybFNkOVFrWHZwbkE&usp=sharing
>
> There were 88 laureates in all and the spreadsheet includes nationalities
> from Freebase, links to Wikipedia articles, and links to the original
> letters.
>
> Tom
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Tom Morris <tfmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> After a quick pass through Refine that looks to be 90 unique Laureats.
>>  I'll reconcile them against Freebase to get their Wikipedia pages and post
>> the composite spreadsheet on Google Docs.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Ross Mounce <ross.mounce at okfn.org>wrote:
>>
>>> Many thanks Peter.
>>>
>>> It's a wonder with so many different Nobel Laureates publicly supporting
>>> moves towards open science that things haven't moved faster!
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>>
>>> Ross
>>>
>>> On 30 April 2013 18:04, Peter Suber <peter.suber at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Ross,
>>>>
>>>> Over the years, five overlapping groups of Nobel laureates have written
>>>> public letters to Congress in support of OA policies. You could harvest
>>>> names from these letters:
>>>>
>>>> * first letter, August 26, 2004; 25 signatures
>>>> http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/nobelists2004.html
>>>>
>>>> * second letter, July 8, 2007; 26 signatures
>>>> http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/bof.html
>>>>
>>>> * third letter, September 9, 2008; 33 signatures
>>>> http://www.arl.org/sparc/bm~doc/nobelistssupportpa-08sept.pdf
>>>>
>>>> * fourth letter, November 10, 2009; 41 signatures
>>>> http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/supporters/scientists/nobelists_2009.shtml
>>>>
>>>> * fifth letter, March 28, 2012; 52 signatures
>>>> http://www.arl.org/sparc/bm~doc/2012-nobelists-lofgren.pdf
>>>>
>>>> To maximize the political impact on US lawmakers, most of these letters
>>>> were deliberately limited to US laureates.
>>>>
>>>>      Good luck!
>>>>      Peter
>>>>
>>>> Peter Suber
>>>> bit.ly/suber-gplus
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 7:04 AM, Ross Mounce <ross.mounce at okfn.org>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hey open-science list,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> We're in the process of compiling a list of notable, 'senior' open
>>>>> scientists to publish on a dedicated page on http://science.okfn.org/
>>>>> We think this is an important move to publicly demonstrate that open
>>>>> approaches & advocacy, in STEM research are used by the very best.
>>>>>
>>>>> Who would you nominate as an excellent example of an established open
>>>>> scientist?
>>>>>
>>>>> *Criteria & Guidance:* We're looking for Principal Investigators and
>>>>> above here.
>>>>> Whilst there are many excellent open grad students and postdocs out
>>>>> there, we're just looking for a list of very *established* open
>>>>> scientists on this occasion.
>>>>>
>>>>> Our list in progress is linked below (it's only just begun, we're
>>>>> probably missing many obvious names):
>>>>>
>>>>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtbO6mZEvieCdDlNd0p3RXRzQVhTcjg4Q19hXzFhX3c&usp=sharing
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> If you have any suggestions for other excellent, established open
>>>>> scientists please add them directly to the above spreadsheet with
>>>>> supporting details of how/why they represent open science and links. Also,
>>>>> better descriptions of why they're open are very welcome!
>>>>>
>>>>> Elsewise, feel free to discuss nominations further on-list here.
>>>>>
>>>>> Some guide examples:
>>>>>
>>>>> John Sulston - Strong advocate and supporter of open data in science.
>>>>> Nobel Prize Winner
>>>>> Harold E. Varmus - Champion of Open Access and PMC. Nobel Prize Winner
>>>>> Michael Ashburner - reknowned open science advocate & Benjamin
>>>>> Franklin Award Winner
>>>>> Michael Eisen -  reknowned open science advocate & Benjamin Franklin
>>>>> Award Winner
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>>
>>>>> Ross
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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