Research

Publications

Chtena, N., & VOICES Project Team. (2025). Final report: Value of openness, inclusion, communication, and engagement for science in a post-pandemic world (VOICES). ScholCommLab. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16739638

Benson Marshall, M. T., Pinfield, S., Abbott, P., Cox, A., Barata, G., Peters, I., Alperin, J. P. , Chtena, N. & Fleerackers, A. (2025). “It’s messy and it’s massive”: How has the open science debate developed in the post-COVID era? (Version 2; peer review: 3 approved). F1000Research, 14, 500. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.162577.2

Chtena, N., Alperin, J. P., Morales, E., Fleerackers, A., Dorsch, I., Pinfield, S., & Simard, M.-A. (2025). Towards an inclusive Open Science: Examining EDI and public participation in policy documents across Europe and the Americas. Royal Society Open Science, 12(4).https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.240857

Fleerackers, A., Chtena, N., Oliveira, M., Dorsch, I., Pinfield, S., & Alperin, J. P. (2025). Open data in data journalism: Opportunities and future directions. Canadian Journal of Communication, 50(1). https://doi.org/10.3138/cjc-2023-0040

Chtena, N., Alperin, J. P., Pinfield, S., Fleerackers, A., & Pasquetto, I. (2025). Preprint servers and journals: Rivals or allies?. Journal of Documentation. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-09-2024-0215

Alperin, J. P., Shores, K., Fleerackers, A., & Chtena, N. (2024). Stark decline in journalists’ use of preprints postpandemic. Science Communication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10755470241285405

Pasquetto, I., Abdu. A. A and Chtena, N. (2024). Essential work, invisible workers: The role of digital curation in COVID-19 Open Science. JASIST. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24965

Chtena, N., Pasquetto, I., Fleerackers, A., Pinfield, S., Marshall, M. B., & Alperin, J. P. (2024, September 18). “Does it feel like a scientific paper?”: A qualitative analysis of preprint servers’ moderation and quality assurance processes. https://doi.org/10.31222/osf.io/mp6ky

Marshall, M. B., Pinfield, S., Abbott, P., Cox, A., Alperin, J. P., Barata, G., Chtena, N., … Peters, I. (2024). The impact of COVID-19 on the debate on open science: An analysis of expert opinion. Humanit Soc Sci Commun, 11 (1315). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-03804-w

Maggio, L.A., Chtena, N., Alperin, J.P., Moorhead, L. and Willinsky, J.M. (2024) ‘“The best home for this paper”: A qualitative study of how authors select where to submit manuscripts’, Perspectives on Medical Education, 13(1), p. 442–451. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5334/pme.1517

Fleerackers, A., Shores, K., Chtena, N., & Alperin, J. P. (2023). Unreviewed science in the news: The evolution of preprint media coverage from 2014-2021. Quantitative Science Studies, Advance publication. https://doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00282

Fleerackers, A., Chtena, N., Pinfield, S., Alperin, J. P., Barata, G., Oliveira, M., Peters, I. (2023). Making science public: a review of journalists’ use of Open Science research. F1000Research, 12(512). https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.133710.1

Farrow, R. (ed.), Weller, M., Pitt, R., Iniesto, F., Algers, A., Almousa, S., Baas, M., Bentley, P., Bozkurt, A., Butler, W., Cardoso, P., Chtena, N., Cox, G., Czerwonogora, A., Dabrowski, M.T., Derby, R., DeWaard, H., Elias, T., Essmiller, K., Funk, J., Hayman, J., Helton, E., Huth, K., Hutton, S. C., Iyinolakan, O., Johnson, K. R., Jordan, K., Kuhn, C., Lambert, S., Mittelmeier, J., Nagashima, T., Nerantzi, C., O’Reilly, J., Paskevicius, M., Peramunugamage, A., Pete, J., Power, V., Pulker, H., Rabin, E., Rets, I., Roberts, V., Rodés, V., Sousa, L., Spica, E., Vizgirda, V., Vladimirschi, V., & Witthaus, G. (2023). The GO-GN Open Research Handbook. Global OER Graduate Network / Open Education Research Hub. https://go-gn.net/gogn_outputs/open-research-handbook/

Chtena, N. (2021). “Opening” Art History: Exploring the Motivations and Practices of Faculty Using Open Educational Resources in Lower-Level and General Education Art History Courses. Journal of Interactive Media in Education (JIME). http://doi.org/10.5334/jime.677

Farrow, R., Cardoso, P., Chtena, N., Cox, G., Czerwonogora, A., DeWaard, H., Iniesto, P., Kuhn, C., Peramunugamage, A., Pitt, R., Vladimirschi, V. & Weller, M. (2021). GO-GN Research Review. Global OER Graduate Network. https://go-gn.net/gogn_outputs/research-review-winter-2021/

Chtena, N. (2019). The Social Construction of Openness: Open Textbooks and Their Interpretations. TheInternational Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society, 15(3). Available from: https://doi.org/10.18848/1832-3669/CGP/v15i03/23-40

Chtena, N. (2015). What’s the Matter? (Re)Considering the Materiality of Social Software in Educational Practice. Proceedings of the 14^thEuropean Conference on e-Learning (ECEL 2015). Available from: http://toc.proceedings.com/28239webtoc.pdf

Chtena, N. (2015). The Materiality of Virtual Learning Environments: Developing an Analytical Framework for the Study of Educational Platforms, Artifacts and Applications. Proceedings of the ISIS Summit Vienna 2015, Sciforum Electronic Conference Series (1), doi:10.3390/isis-summit-vienna-2015-T1.1003