Evaluation of current European open science initiatives in transport research

Latest technological developments have endorsed the creation of new collaborative tools and enabling transport research community information sharing. Following these technological directives, European Commission is continuously developing appropriate initiatives that aim at making science more efficient and reproducible to societal and economical expectations. This paper conducts an analysis and evaluation of exploited Open Science initiatives and open access platforms in Europe. The proposed analysis presents clusters of possible use areas with respect to different challenges that key actors in transport research may face. The focus is given on the evaluation of different combined factors which could be used as a qualitative measurement for existing Open Science tools. Subsequently, relevant stakeholders could acknowledge the existence of Open Science initiatives and the way to use them efficiently in order to enhance a collaborative, innovative and transparent research environment.