https://www.pistack.xyz/tags/open-science/ Recent content in Open-Science on Pi Stack Hugo en-us Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-06-09-self-hosted-preprint-repositories-osf-ops-eprints/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-06-09-self-hosted-preprint-repositories-osf-ops-eprints/ <p>The traditional academic publishing pipeline is slow, expensive, and gated behind paywalls. Preprint servers have emerged as a powerful alternative — letting researchers share findings immediately, before formal peer review, at zero cost to readers. While mega-servers like arXiv, bioRxiv, and SSRN dominate the landscape, there are compelling reasons to run your own institutional or community preprint repository. In this guide, we compare three open-source, self-hosted preprint platforms: <strong>OSF Preprints</strong>, <strong>Open Preprint Systems (OPS)</strong>, and <strong>EPrints</strong>.</p> https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-06-09-self-hosted-scientific-data-management-irods-rucio-datalad-guide/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-06-09-self-hosted-scientific-data-management-irods-rucio-datalad-guide/ <h2 id="introduction">Introduction</h2> <p>Scientific research generates enormous amounts of data — from high-energy physics experiments producing petabytes of collision data to genomics studies generating millions of sequence reads. Managing this data at scale requires specialized tools that go far beyond simple file storage. Scientific data management platforms handle data provenance, metadata indexing, replication policies, access control, and integration with computational workflows.</p>