# OSF — Open Science Framework / Center for Open Science ## Overview OSF (Open Science Framework) is the flagship product of the Center for Open Science (COS), a non-profit organisation dedicated to increasing the openness, integrity, and reproducibility of scientific research. Founded in 2013, COS develops OSF and other open science tools, runs the Preregistration Challenge and Registered Reports initiatives, and advocates for open science norms across disciplines. OSF itself supports the full research lifecycle: pre-registration, data, code, and materials sharing, preprints (via OSF Preprints), and team collaboration. Widely used in psychology and increasingly in neuroscience and clinical research, OSF integrates with [[Zenodo]] and [[ReproNim]] tools. ## COS Initiatives - Preregistration: OSF Registries; study designs and hypotheses registered before data collection; reduces publication bias - Registered Reports: journal format where peer review occurs before data collection; accepted regardless of results - TOP Guidelines: Transparency and Openness Promotion guidelines; adopted by 5,000+ journals - OSF Preprints: preprint server aggregating disciplinary preprint communities (PsyArXiv, SocArXiv, etc.) - SHARE: metadata aggregator for open scholarship outputs ## Connections - Produced by: Center for Open Science - Integrates with: [[Zenodo]], [[ReproNim]] ## Resources - https://osf.io - https://www.cos.io (Center for Open Science) - https://osf.io/registries (OSF Registries — preregistration) - https://www.topfactor.org (TOP Guidelines journal adoption tracker)