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Indicators of Open Access for Universities

Indicators of Open Access for Universities

This paper presents a first attempt to analyse Open Access integration at the institutional level. For this, we combine information from Unpaywall and the Leiden Ranking to offer basic OA indicators for universities. OA indicators are also disaggregated by green, gold and hybrid Open Access. We then explore differences between and within countries and offer a general ranking of universities based on the proportion of their output which is openly accessible.

Researchers Reject APC-based OA Publishing As Promoted by Plan S

Researchers Reject APC-based OA Publishing As Promoted by Plan S

Lynn Kamerlin, Bas de Bruin and their colleagues have been the most vocal critics of Plan S from the very beginning, braving continuous opposition from certain OA leaders. Now that final Plan S guidelines were released, the chemists publish this Open Letter expressing their worry about a possible dystopian OA future.

The Science for Public Good Fund

The Science for Public Good Fund

If you are an early career scientist looking for ways to get involved with advocacy, or a faculty member who wants to engage your students in the role of science in democracy, the Science for Public Good Fund is for you. We want to support the next generation of science advocacy leaders today.

Building Shareyourpaper.org to Make Self-archiving the Simplest Way to Increase a Paper's Impact.

Building Shareyourpaper.org to Make Self-archiving the Simplest Way to Increase a Paper's Impact.

Introducing shareyourpaper.org, the simplest way for authors to legally self-archive and for your library to fill your repository.

New Tool and Dataset Make Permissions Checking Easier, Faster, and Clearer for Libraries.

New Tool and Dataset Make Permissions Checking Easier, Faster, and Clearer for Libraries.

Together with librarians, we’re building a new way to perform permissions checking that is backed by a modern approach and informed by a decade of experience and open, community-editable, machine-readable data.

The Politics of Open Access in Action

The Politics of Open Access in Action

Open access is a movement constituted by conflict and disagreement rather than consensus and harmony. Given just how much disagreement there is about strategies, definitions, goals, etc., it is incredible that open access has successfully transformed the publishing landscape.

Globalisation, Localisation and Glocalisation of University-Business Research Cooperation: General Patterns and Trends in the UK University System

Globalisation, Localisation and Glocalisation of University-Business Research Cooperation: General Patterns and Trends in the UK University System

Exploratory study presenting a new systematic way of looking at ‘university-business interactions’ in the UK university system.

Metadata2020 Survey

Metadata2020 Survey

The purpose of this study is to understand the familiarity and usage of metadata by those who use metadata in the process of preparing, publishing, cataloging, or sharing research papers, media and other associated objects in scholarly communications.

Three Randomized Controlled Trials Evaluating the Impact of "spin" in Health News Stories Reporting Studies of Pharmacologic Treatments on Patients'/Caregivers' Interpretation of Treatment Benefit

Three Randomized Controlled Trials Evaluating the Impact of "spin" in Health News Stories Reporting Studies of Pharmacologic Treatments on Patients'/Caregivers' Interpretation of Treatment Benefit

Spin in health news stories reporting studies of pharmacologic treatments affects patients’/caregivers’ interpretation.

How Gold Open Access May Make Things Worse

How Gold Open Access May Make Things Worse

The article processing charge (APC)-based version of ‘gold’ OA could be a looming threat that may deteriorate the situation even beyond the abysmal state scholarly publishing is already in right now.

Gender 'Holds Women Academics Back'

Gender 'Holds Women Academics Back'

Men reach more senior levels than women, even after parenthood is accounted for, research suggests.

Book Release: Science Policy Under Thatcher

Book Release: Science Policy Under Thatcher

Science Policy under Thatcher is the first book to examine systematically the interplay of science and government under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's leadership.

Pfizer Had Clues Its Blockbuster Drug Could Prevent Alzheimer’s. Why Didn’t It Tell the World?

Pfizer Had Clues Its Blockbuster Drug Could Prevent Alzheimer’s. Why Didn’t It Tell the World?

A team of researchers inside Pfizer made a startling find in 2015: The company’s blockbuster rheumatoid arthritis therapy Enbrel, a powerful anti-inflammatory drug, appeared to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease by 64 percent.

PRESS RELEASE: Researchers Respond to Revised Guidance for Plan S

PRESS RELEASE: Researchers Respond to Revised Guidance for Plan S

The European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers (Eurodoc), the Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA), and the Young Academy of Europe (YAE) jointly welcome the revised implementation guidance for Plan S.

A Messier Parliament, and an Uncertain Future for Horizon Europe

A Messier Parliament, and an Uncertain Future for Horizon Europe

In the aftermath of the European elections, the calculators are starting to come out in labs and universities around Europe that depend on the EU for research funding: Will it mean more or less money for science and technology? The answer so far: fuzzy maths.

Chief Scientist Calls for Formal Action to Bake in Better Research Practices

Chief Scientist Calls for Formal Action to Bake in Better Research Practices

"Our focus has to shift from quantity to quality…we must abandon the assumption that a passive apprenticeship system works" Dr Finkel calls for formal action in Nature journal to improve better research practices. Nature published an article by Dr Finkel on 19 February 2019 on how to move research from quantity to

2019 Big Deals Survey Report

2019 Big Deals Survey Report

The Second EUA Big Deals Survey Report is an updated mapping of major scholarly publishing contracts in Europe. Conducted in 2017-2018, the report gathers data from 31 consortia covering an unprecedented 167 contracts with five major publishers: Elsevier, Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis, Wiley and American Chemical Society.

The Open Research Library: Centralisation without Openness

The Open Research Library: Centralisation without Openness

Resolving the question of how to provide an infrastructure for open access books and monographs has remained a persistent problem for researchers, librarians and funders.  The Open Research Library aims at bringing together all available open book content onto one platform, but has been met with mixed responses.

The Significant Difference in Impact

The Significant Difference in Impact

This paper analyses usage statistics, citation data and altmetrics from a university press publishing open access monographs. The data suggests, despite the small sample, that authors can to a greater extent influence how their book is discovered by the readership.

Fighting the Gender Stereotypes That Warp Biomedical Research

Fighting the Gender Stereotypes That Warp Biomedical Research

Female animals were once deemed too hormonal and messy for science. Some scientists warn it's not enough to just use more female lab rats.

Wellcome Updates Open Access Policy to Align with COAlition S

Wellcome Updates Open Access Policy to Align with COAlition S

Following a large consultation,  have updated our open access (OA) policy so it now aligns with Plan S. The changes will apply from 1 January 2021.

A Wave of Graduate Programs Drops the GRE Application Requirement

A Wave of Graduate Programs Drops the GRE Application Requirement

The standardized test normally required for graduate school entrance in the US is being dropped by an increasing number of science PhD programs, amid concerns about diversity and the test's predictive value.