Abstract
Science 2.0 is the current trend towards using Web 2.0 tools in research and
practising a more open science. We are currently at the beginning of a transition phase in which
traditional structures, processes, value systems, and means of science communication are being
put to the proof. New strategies and models under the label of “open” are being explored and
partly implemented. This situation implies a number of insecurities for scientists as well as for
policy makers and demands a rethinking and overcoming of some habits and conventions
persisting since an era before the internet. This paper lists current barriers to practising Open
Science from the point of view of researchers and reflects which measures could help
overcoming them. The central question is which initiatives should be taken on institutional or
political level and which ones on level of the community or the individual scientist to support
the transition to Science 2.0.
practising a more open science. We are currently at the beginning of a transition phase in which
traditional structures, processes, value systems, and means of science communication are being
put to the proof. New strategies and models under the label of “open” are being explored and
partly implemented. This situation implies a number of insecurities for scientists as well as for
policy makers and demands a rethinking and overcoming of some habits and conventions
persisting since an era before the internet. This paper lists current barriers to practising Open
Science from the point of view of researchers and reflects which measures could help
overcoming them. The central question is which initiatives should be taken on institutional or
political level and which ones on level of the community or the individual scientist to support
the transition to Science 2.0.