TY - JOUR TI - Open exploration AU - Thompson, William Hedley AU - Wright, Jessey AU - Bissett, Patrick G A2 - Rodgers, Peter A2 - de Barra, Micheal VL - 9 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/01/09 SP - e52157 C1 - eLife 2020;9:e52157 DO - 10.7554/eLife.52157 UR - https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.52157 AB - Arguments in support of open science tend to focus on confirmatory research practices. Here we argue that exploratory research should also be encouraged within the framework of open science. We lay out the benefits of 'open exploration' and propose two complementary ways to implement this with little infrastructural change. KW - point of view KW - open science KW - exploration KW - sharing KW - openness JF - eLife SN - 2050-084X PB - eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd ER -