Safeguarding Open Science from exploitative practices

Daniel Maupin; Matt Spick; Nophar Geifman

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1004851

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Safeguarding Open Science from exploitative practices

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Safeguarding Open Science from exploitative practices

Daniel Maupin, Matt Spick and Nophar Geifman

PLoS medicine, Vol.22(12), e1004851

11/12/2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004851

PMID: 41379828

Abstract

Access to Information - ethics

Biomedical Research - ethics

Humans

Information Dissemination - ethics

Open science

Research ethics

Medical risk factors

Artificial intelligence

Public and occupational health

Reproducibility

Science policy

Statistical data

Open research and data transparency are a bulwark against unethical activities, but can also introduce integrity risks. As with all public goods, freely available data can be exploited, and here we set out the case for the use of safeguarding practices.

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Title: Safeguarding Open Science from exploitative practices
Creators: Daniel Maupin (Author) - University of Surrey, School of Health Sciences
Matt Spick (Author) - University of Surrey, School of Health Sciences
Nophar Geifman (Corresponding Author) - University of Surrey, School of Health Sciences
Publication Details: PLoS medicine, Vol.22(12), e1004851
Publisher: PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
Number of pages: 4
Publication Date: 11/12/2025
Grants: UKRI2604, UK Research and Innovation (United Kingdom, Swindon) - UKRI
UKRI1095, UK Research and Innovation (United Kingdom, Swindon) - UKRI
Grant note: D.M. was supported by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI2604). M.S. was supported by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI1095). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Identifiers: 991088728602346; WOS:001637717900001
Copyright: © 2025 Maupin et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. For the purpose of open access, the authors have applied a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence to any Author Accepted Manuscript version arising.
Academic Unit: School of Health Sciences
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

Safeguarding Open Science from exploitative practices

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