Nawroth Christian, Krause E Tobias
Institute of Behavioural Physiology, Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology, Dummerstorf, Germany.
Institute of Animal Welfare and Animal Husbandry, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Celle, Germany.
Front Vet Sci. 2022 Apr 12;9:810989. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.810989. eCollection 2022.
Animal science researchers have the obligation to reduce, refine, and replace the usage of animals in research (3R principles). Adherence to these principles can be improved by transparently publishing research findings, data and protocols. Open Science (OS) can help to increase the transparency of many parts of the research process, and its implementation should thus be considered by animal science researchers as a valuable opportunity that can contribute to the adherence to these 3R-principles. With this article, we want to encourage animal science researchers to implement a diverse set of OS practices, such as Open Access publishing, preprinting, and the pre-registration of test protocols, in their workflows.
动物科学研究人员有义务在研究中减少、优化和替代动物的使用（3R原则）。通过透明地发表研究结果、数据和方案，可以更好地遵守这些原则。开放科学（OS）有助于提高研究过程许多环节的透明度，因此动物科学研究人员应将其实施视为一个有助于遵守这些3R原则的宝贵机会。在本文中，我们希望鼓励动物科学研究人员在其工作流程中实施一系列不同的开放科学实践，如开放获取出版、预印本以及测试方案的预注册。
