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Open Access Policy & Data Stewardship

In accordance with our Institutional Open Science Mandate and the European FAIR Data Principles, all research publications originating from BBQ Institute are made freely accessible through open-access publisher agreements, arXiv/bioRxiv preprints, and containerized replication packages.

Recent Publications (8)

External scholarly reference · 2021Third-party work

Datasheets for Datasets

Timnit Gebru, Jamie Morgenstern, Briana Vecchione, Jennifer Wortman Vaughan, Hanna Wallach, Hal Daumé III, Kate Crawford

Communications of the ACM Vol. 64(12), pp. 86-92(2021). DOI: 10.1145/3458723

Introduces a documentation framework for recording the motivation, composition, collection process, recommended uses, and limitations of datasets used in machine learning.

External scholarly reference · 2021Third-party work

The PRISMA 2020 Statement: An Updated Guideline for Reporting Systematic Reviews

Matthew J. Page, Joanne E. McKenzie, Patrick M. Bossuyt, Isabelle Boutron, Tammy C. Hoffmann, Cynthia D. Mulrow, Larissa Shamseer, Jennifer M. Tetzlaff, Elie A. Akl, Sue E. Brennan, Roger Chou, Julie Glanville, Jeremy M. Grimshaw, Asbjørn Hróbjartsson, Manoj M. Lalu, Tianjing Li, Elizabeth W. Loder, Evan Mayo-Wilson, Steve McDonald, Luke A. McGuinness, Lesley A. Stewart, James Thomas, Andrea C. Tricco, Vivian A. Welch, Penny Whiting, David Moher

BMJ Vol. 372, pp. n71(2021). DOI: 10.1136/bmj.n71

Provides an updated checklist and flow diagram for transparent reporting of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

External scholarly reference · 2019Third-party work

Model Cards for Model Reporting

Margaret Mitchell, Simone Wu, Andrew Zaldivar, Parker Barnes, Lucy Vasserman, Ben Hutchinson, Elena Spitzer, Inioluwa Deborah Raji, Timnit Gebru

Proceedings of the Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency, pp. 220-229(2019). DOI: 10.1145/3287560.3287596

Proposes standardized model documentation covering intended use, performance characteristics, evaluation conditions, and limitations.

External scholarly reference · 2017Third-party work

A Manifesto for Reproducible Science

Marcus R. Munafò, Brian A. Nosek, Dorothy V. M. Bishop, Katherine S. Button, Christopher D. Chambers, Nathalie Percie du Sert, Uri Simonsohn, Eric-Jan Wagenmakers, Jennifer J. Ware, John P. A. Ioannidis

Nature Human Behaviour Vol. 1, pp. 0021(2017). DOI: 10.1038/s41562-016-0021

Sets out practical measures to improve the reliability and efficiency of scientific research through stronger methods, transparency, and incentives.

External scholarly reference · 2016Third-party work

The FAIR Guiding Principles for Scientific Data Management and Stewardship

Mark D. Wilkinson, Michel Dumontier, IJsbrand Jan Aalbersberg, Gabrielle Appleton, Myles Axton, Arie Baak, Niklas Blomberg, Jan-Willem Boiten, Luiz Bonino da Silva Santos, Philip E. Bourne, Jildau Bouwman, Anthony J. Brookes, Tim Clark, Mercè Crosas, Ingrid Dillo, Olivier Dumon, Scott Edmunds, Chris T. Evelo, Richard Finkers, Alejandra Gonzalez-Beltran, Alasdair J. G. Gray, Paul Groth, Carole Goble, Jeffrey S. Grethe, Jaap Heringa, Peter A. C. 't Hoen, Rob Hooft, Tobias Kuhn, Ruben Kok, Joost Kok, Scott J. Lusher, Maryann E. Martone, Albert Mons, Abel L. Packer, Bengt Persson, Philippe Rocca-Serra, Marco Roos, Rene van Schaik, Susanna-Assunta Sansone, Erik Schultes, Thierry Sengstag, Ted Slater, George Strawn, Morris A. Swertz, Mark Thompson, Johan van der Lei, Erik van Mulligen, Jan Velterop, Andra Waagmeester, Peter Wittenburg, Katherine Wolstencroft, Jun Zhao, Barend Mons

Scientific Data Vol. 3, pp. 160018(2016). DOI: 10.1038/sdata.2016.18

Defines the principles that digital research objects should be Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable for people and machines.

External scholarly reference · 2015Third-party work

Promoting an Open Research Culture

Brian A. Nosek, George Alter, George C. Banks, Denny Borsboom, Sara D. Bowman, Steven J. Breckler, Stuart Buck, Christopher D. Chambers, Gilbert Chin, Garry Christensen, Morgan Contestabile, Allan Dafoe, Eric Eich, Jeremy Freese, Robert Glennerster, Daniel Goroff, David P. Green, Ben Hesse, Macartan Humphreys, John Ishiyama, Dean Karlan, Alan Kraut, Ann Mabry, Partha Madon, Thomas Mayo-Wilson, Marcia McNutt, Elizabeth Miguel, Elizabeth Levy Paluck, Uri Simonsohn, Courtney Soderberg, Barbara A. Spellman, Jennifer Turitto, Gary VandenBos, Simine Vazire, Eric J. Wagenmakers, Richard Wilson, Tal Yarkoni

Science Vol. 348(6242), pp. 1422-1425(2015). DOI: 10.1126/science.aab2374

Introduces modular Transparency and Openness Promotion guidelines for journals and funders to strengthen openness and reproducibility.