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COAlition S Develops "Rights Retention Strategy" to Safeguard Researchers' Intellectual Ownership Rights and Suppress Unreasonable Embargo Periods

COAlition S Develops "Rights Retention Strategy" to Safeguard Researchers' Intellectual Ownership Rights and Suppress Unreasonable Embargo Periods

Publishers commonly require authors to sign exclusive publishing agreements which restrict what authors can do with their research findings, including making articles Open Access in line with their funders’ requirements. To address this problem, cOAlition S has developed a Rights Retention Strategy, which will empower their funded researchers to publish in their journal of choice, including subscription journals, and provide Open Access in compliance with Plan S.

Experts Aren't Just for Emergencies: How COVID-19 is Changing Evidence-based Policy Making for the Better

Experts Aren't Just for Emergencies: How COVID-19 is Changing Evidence-based Policy Making for the Better

One of the many unique features of this time is the level of public discussion about research and the role of experts in policy making. 

Women Scientists Were Written Out of History. It's Margaret Rossiter's Lifelong Mission to Fix That

Women Scientists Were Written Out of History. It's Margaret Rossiter's Lifelong Mission to Fix That

The historian has devoted her career to bringing to light the ingenious accomplishments of those who have been forgotten

"Stunned, Very Confused": Two More Journals Push Back Against Impact Factor Suppression

"Stunned, Very Confused": Two More Journals Push Back Against Impact Factor Suppression

At least two more journals are fighting decisions by Clarivate — the company behind the Impact Factor — to suppress them from the 2019 list of journals assigned a metric that many rightly or wrongly consider career-making.

Open Metrics Require Open Infrastructure

Open Metrics Require Open Infrastructure

Today, remove the altmetrics.com badges from their landing pages-and we couldn't be more energized by their commitment to open infrastruct…

Open Knowledge Foundation Seeks Visionary Leader to Steer the World Towards a Free, Fair, and Open Society

Open Knowledge Foundation Seeks Visionary Leader to Steer the World Towards a Free, Fair, and Open Society

The process of recruiting a new CEO will commence over the next few weeks. An open future has never been more important – will you join us to create it?

Digital Tools Against COVID-19

Digital Tools Against COVID-19

The Lancet Digital Health has published a paper from BKC Executive Director Urs Gasser and colleagues from ETH Zurich's Health Ethics & Policy Lab. Combining health policy, ethics, & tech governance knowledge with practical experience, the paper contributes to best-practice building during the global pandemic. 

Women Are Most Affected by Pandemics - Lessons from Past Outbreaks

Women Are Most Affected by Pandemics - Lessons from Past Outbreaks

The social and economic impacts of COVID-19 fall harder on women than on men. Governments need to gather data and target policy to keep all citizens equally safe, sheltered and secure.

"Giving People Room for Creativity"

"Giving People Room for Creativity"

Encouraging interdisciplinary collaboration, streamlining regulations, and giving people the freedom to research: These are some of the goals Michael Schaepman hopes to achieve as new President of the University of Zurich.

Immigrants Help Make America Great

Immigrants Help Make America Great

On 22 June, President Trump issued a proclamation that temporarily restricts many types of legal immigration into the country, including that of scientists and students. This will make America neither greater nor safer-rather, it could make America less so, argues Sudip Parikh.

Open Access in Theory and Practice

Open Access in Theory and Practice

Open Access in Theory and Practice investigates the theory-practice relationship in the domain of open access publication and dissemination of research outputs. 

The Pandemic Is Pushing Scientists To Rethink How They Read Research Papers

The Pandemic Is Pushing Scientists To Rethink How They Read Research Papers

The coronavirus pandemic has posed a special challenge for scientists: Figuring out how to make sense of a flood of scientific papers from labs and scientists unfamiliar to them.

Seven Recommendations for Implementation of FAIR Practice - Draft for Consultation

Seven Recommendations for Implementation of FAIR Practice - Draft for Consultation

How to move from FAIR principles to FAIR practice? During the past year, the FAIR practice task force under the umbrella of the EOSC FAIR Working Group has been gathering its understanding of the current state of FAIR practices across diverse communities, and making recommendations aimed primarily at research funders and policymakers on how to ensure that "FAIR" provides maximum value in the European Open Science Cloud.

Overcoming the Discoverability Crisis

Overcoming the Discoverability Crisis

The current pandemic has exposed a host of issues with the current scholarly communication system, also with regard to the discoverability of scientific knowledge. Many research groups have pivoted to Covid-19 research without prior experience or adequate preparation. They were immediately confronted with two discovery challenges: (1) having to identify relevant knowledge from unfamiliar (sub-)disciplines with their own terminology and publication culture, and (2) having to keep up with the rapid growth of data and publications and being able to filter out the relevant findings. 

Department of Homeland Security Rule Bans International Students from Online-only Instruction Models This Fall

Department of Homeland Security Rule Bans International Students from Online-only Instruction Models This Fall

The new Department of Homeland Security rule prohibits international students from returning to or remaining in the United States if their colleges adopt an online-only instruction model for the fall.