William SalterThe mission of AoBP is to provide an outlet for plant-focused research free from the biases that affect much of scientific publishing. A major part of achieving this mission is in our promotion of open science practices. We are an open access journal. However, we believe open science is about much more than just making scientific results available to everyone. It is about making the process of science itself available to everyone. That is why earlier this year we launched the AoBP Early Career Open Science (ECOS) Awards.
The ECOS awards promote and celebrate individuals who are changing science for the better. People who are willing to go against the grain of hype-driven science. Willing to resist cynical citation-chasing. Willing to share their data, code and ideas. Willing to stand up for those who have been historically excluded or mistreated in science. Willing to publish negative results. Willing to promote others who respect these things.
Many outstanding early-career scientists applied for the inaugural ECOS awards. After much deliberation by our judging panel, three talented individuals were unanimously chosen as this year’s recipients. We congratulate Chris Muir (University of Hawai’i at Mānoa), Elise Gornish (The University of Arizona) and Larry York (Noble Research Institute) on this fantastic achievement. The AoBP ECOS awards reflect the exemplary efforts that these three scientists have made to conduct and promote open science. We hope that you will join us in congratulating Chris, Elise and Larry. Keep your eyes peeled for our forthcoming blog posts on Botany One over the next two weeks, which will highlight each of their outstanding contributions to open science.
In the meantime, all three awardees are regularly active on Twitter and you can follow them using the links below:
- Chris Muir (@thegoodphyte)
- Elise Gornish (@RestoreCAL)
- Larry York (@LarryMattYork)
