{"id":15,"date":"2015-09-10T17:55:12","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T17:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/openscience\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-04-22T12:54:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T12:54:31","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/openscience\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About ESA Open Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What is open science?<\/h2>\n<p>Open science is the idea that the products and the process of science should be freely accessible (i.e. open) to everyone.\u00a0 This includes things like open educational materials, open access publications, open data, open source software\/code, and open methods.<\/p>\n<p><em>Open science isn\u2019t an all-or-nothing type venture<\/em>.\u00a0 We recommend starting with the aspects of open science that you (or your collaborators) are more comfortable with, and\u00a0 expand into other aspects as you choose.<\/p>\n<div class=\"well\">The Ecological Society of America welcomes all ecologists, supporters and enthusiasts as members, as do our many sections and chapters. There are no restrictions on membership nor participation in our programs.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Open Science FAQ<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"\/openscience\/about\/why-practice-open-science\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What are some benefits of practicing open science?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/openscience\/open-science-licenses\/\">How do I get started practicing open science <\/a><a href=\"\/openscience\/open-science-licenses\/\">and what about these licenses anyway?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is open science? Open science is the idea that the products and the process of science should be freely accessible (i.e. open) to everyone.\u00a0 This includes things like open educational materials, open access publications, open data, open source software\/code, and open methods. Open science isn\u2019t an all-or-nothing type venture.\u00a0 We recommend starting with the aspects of open science that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":523,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/openscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/openscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/openscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/openscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/523"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/openscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/openscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/openscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/openscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}