Examples
In 2005, several examples arose in the area of the search for new/improved medical treatments of Neglected Diseases.
In September 2008 the Open Source Drug Discovery Network was launched in India to combat infectious diseases common to developing countries.
Science and engineering research to support the creation of open source appropriate technology for sustainable development has long used open research principles. Open source research for sustainable development is now becoming formalized with open access for literature reviews, research methods, data, results and summaries for laypeople.
Wiki-based examples include: Appropedia, Wikiversity, Citizendium, Scholarpedia.
While first attempts towards opening research were primarily aimed at opening areas such as scientific data, methodologies, software and publications, now increasingly other artifacts of the scientific workflow are also tackled, such as scientific meta-data and funding ideas.
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