Paper writing sprint tasks

These are tasks to be undertaken during the open science hack paper sprint.

**Abstract**
- [ ] Add abstract

**Introduction**
The introduction will be composed of a review of the status of open science in the country based on the literature search of the section below.
- [ ] Add introduction.

**Status of Open Science in Kenya: Literature search**
In this section, and the introduction, we will conduct a review of the status of open science in the country. The following are points that comprise the message of this section:
- [ ] What kind of resources are available to support open science
- [ ] Are there policies or incentives for open science practices?
- [ ] What kind of training activities have been conducted to promote and train students and researchers on open science tools and practices?

**Data Mining**
This section has tasks that access the publishing trends of Kenyan authors.
- [ ] What is the publishing trend by Kenyan researchers? Are they publishing open access, and how has this changed over the years?
- [ ] The adoption of pre-prints by Kenyan researchers. Who drives the adoption of pre-prints among Kenyan authors?
- [ ] Collaboration trends among Kenyan authors based on pre-prints data and already published research (from mining PubMed literature).
- [ ] Open data and Code. Are Kenyan authors making the data and code available and accessible, and are they adhering to the FAIR principles?

**Low-Cost Open Access publishing**
In this section, we explore some of the avenues to publishing open access at low cost, especially for students who want to publish open-access with little funding.
- [ ] What are the options for publishing open access at low cost?
- [ ] Are there available waivers and subsidies for authors in developing countries (low income and lower middle income countries).
- [ ] Are there some funding opportunities he can tap into for support?

**Discussion**
What do the results mean? How does your results fit to the current literature? How do they compare to other similar studies?
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**Conclusion**
What is the take-home message from this article? What are the recommendations?

- The need for a framework to guide the adoption of open science practices. Take note of the barriers and provide recommendations.
- The need for low-cost publishing
- The need for policies on open science that can be implemented by various institutions. For example, we can provide a template that can be adopted by most institutions

- [ ] Add conclusion