Watch, listen, read – travel preparation for the curious
Before you begin your journey through the regions of Open Science Land, this section offers a first orientation. It introduces key ideas and terms, explains why openness matters in economic research, and provides accessible entry points into the topic.
Whether you prefer to read, watch or listen – here you’ll find curated resources to help you get started or deepen your understanding.
Watch
Would you like a visual introduction to Open Science? These videos provide clear explanations of key principles and how to apply them in your own research:
What is ‘Open Science’?
The Open Research Lifecycle
Introduction to Open Science
Open Science in der Wirtschaftswissenschaft: Prinzipien, Nutzen und Anwendung
Introduction to Open Science
Open Science Coffee Lectures:
Are you interested in Open Science Education? Watch the recorded of the ZBW Coffee Lectures on Open Science Educations:
A more detailed watchlist is available here:
Listen
Prefer Open Science in audio format? These podcasts offer perspectives, interviews and background on current developments in the field:
Read
Selected introductory literature offering insights into transparency, reproducibility, and current debates in open economic research:
Adler, S. J., Röseler, L., & Schöniger, M. K. (2023).
A toolbox to evaluate the trustworthiness of published findings. Journal of Business Research, 167, Article 114189.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.114189
Adler, S. J., Sharma, P. N., & Radomir, L. (2023).
Toward open science in PLS-SEM: Assessing the state of the art and future perspectives. Journal of Business Research, 169, Article 114291.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.114291
Deer, L., Adler, S., Datta, H., Mizik, N., & Sarstedt, M. (2025).
Toward open science in marketing research. International Journal of Research in Marketing, 42(1), 212–233.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijresmar.2024.12.005
Forscher, P. S., Wagenmakers, E.‑J., Coles, N. A., Silan, M. A., Dutra, N., Basnight-Brown, D., & Ijzerman, H. (2022).
The benefits, barriers, and risks of big-team science. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 18(3), 607–623.
https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916221082970
Ioannidis, J. P. A. (2005).
Why most published research findings are false. PLoS Medicine, 2(8), Article e124.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124
Korbmacher, M., Azevedo, F., Pennington, C. R., Hartmann, H., Pownall, M., Schmidt, K., Elsherif, M. M., Breznau, N., Robertson, O., Kalandadze, T., Yu, S., Baker, B. J., O’Mahony, A., Olsnes, J. Ø.-S., Shaw, J. J., Gjoneska, B., Yamada, Y., Röer, J. P., Murphy, J., . . . Evans, T. R. (2023).
The replication crisis has led to positive structural, procedural, and community changes. Communications Psychology, 1, Article 3.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-023-00003-2
Nosek, B. A., Ebersole, C. R., DeHaven, A. C., & Mellor, D. T. (2018).
The preregistration revolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(11), 2600–2606.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1708274114
Parsons, S., Azevedo, F., Elsherif, M. M., Guay, S., Shahim, O. N., Govaart, G. H., Norris, E., O’Mahony, A., Parker, A. J., Todorovic, A., Pennington, C. R., Garcia-Pelegrin, E., Lazić, A., Robertson, O., Middleton, S. L., Valentini, B., McCuaig, J., Baker, B. J., Collins, E., . . . Aczel, B. (2022).
A community-sourced glossary of open scholarship terms. Nature Human Behaviour, 6(3), 312–318.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01269-4
Sarstedt, M., & Adler, S. J. (2023).
An advanced method to streamline p-hacking. Journal of Business Research, 163, Article 113942.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.113942
Soliman, M.; Sarstedt, M.; Adler, S.J.; Siegfried, D.; Genschow, O.; Imschloss, M.: A Tale of Open Science (2025).
Emergence of a New Normal. Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research.