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

Tue May 7 17:34:37 UTC 2013

Yes Stacy, the lack of female representation on the list is quite striking
and it's not something I'm too pleased with :S

So, yeah... If anyone has any nominations for established female open
scientists, I'd be delighted to include them.

Ross
On May 7, 2013 5:36 PM, "Stacy Konkiel" <stacy.konkiel at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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