Discipline-specific Open Access Publishing Practices and Barriers to Change
What are the underlying mechanisms that cause disciplines to vary in their OA publishing practices.
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In UC's Battle with the World's Largest Scientific Publisher, the Future of Information is at Stake
In UC's Battle with the World's Largest Scientific Publisher, the Future of Information is at Stake
The University of California faces a Dec. 31 deadline to reach a renewal deal on subscriptions to 1,500 scientific journals. Here's why it might not regret letting its subscriptions lapse.
Aligning Strategies to Enable Open Access
The 14th Berlin Open Access Conference, hosted by the Max Planck Society and organized by the Max Planck Digital Library on behalf of the Open Access 2020 Initiative (oa2020.org), has just come to an end after two intense days with 170 participants from 37 countries around the world discussing where the research organizations and their library consortia stand in their negotiations with scholarly publishers in transitioning scholarly publishing to open access. The participants represented research performing and research funding organizations, libraries and government, associations of researchers and other umbrella organizations, many of them holding high-level positions at their organizations. In his welcoming address, Max Planck Society President Martin Stratmann captured the spirit of the meeting when he stated: "Open Access is the responsibility of all of us."
China Backs Bold Plan to Tear Down Journal Paywalls
Officials pledge support for European-led 'Plan S' to tear down journal paywalls - but it's unclear whether China will adopt its policies.
Researchers Sign Petition Backing Plans to End Paywalls
More than 1,400 researchers sign an online letter arguing that Plan S will not impinge on academic freedom, as some critics claim.
Sci-Hub "Pirate Bay of Science" Blocked in Russia Over Medical Studies
Many of Sci-Hub's domains have been blocked in Russia following a complaint from academic publisher Springer Nature that three studies covering heart and brain health were offered without obtaining an appropriate license.
On the Value of Preprints: an Early Career Researcher Perspective
A perspective from an interdisciplinary group of early career researchers on the value of preprints, advocating the wide adoption of preprints to advance knowledge and facilitate career development.
Are Funder Open Access Platforms a Good Idea?
As open access (OA) to publications continues to gather momentum, we should continuously question whether it is moving in the right direction.
Open Letter in Support of Funder Open Publishing Mandates
The undersigned researchers believe that the world's scholarly literature is a public resource that only achieves its full value when it is freely available to all.
Feedback | Plan S
cOALition S asks for feedback on the Plan S implementation plan.
Time to Break Academic Publishing's Stranglehold on Research
Science journals are laughing all the way to the bank, locking the results of publicly funded research behind exorbitant paywalls. A campaign to make content free must succeed
Do You Have Concerns About Plan S? Then You Must Be an Irresponsible, Privileged, Conspiratorial Hypocrite
Do You Have Concerns About Plan S? Then You Must Be an Irresponsible, Privileged, Conspiratorial Hypocrite
Over 1,200 researchers signed an open letter expressing concern about Plan S. Then Twitter came for them -- and, more particularly, for the woman who organized the letter.
The Game of Open Access
The "Game of Open Access" is a board game developed by staff from Computing & Library Services at the University of Huddersfield. The aim is to to engage researchers with the key concepts and tools required to meet Open Access mandates. Through the use of playful learning, it aims to develop an understanding of the role of Open Access through the initial idea for an article to its acceptance for publication.
ELife, Coko, Hindawi Limited and Digirati Commit to Libero for Open-source Publishing
ELife, Coko, Hindawi Limited and Digirati Commit to Libero for Open-source Publishing
The development of a brand-new version of Libero will be governed under a model that puts the community at the heart of the project.
Open is Not Enough
The solutions adopted by the high-energy physics community to foster reproducible research are examples of best practices that could be embraced more widely. This first experience suggests that reproducibility requires going beyond openness.
Open Letter on Plan S to the European Commission and Research Funders
The Young Academy of Sweden agrees that results from publicly funded science should be open and accessible, but needs a predictable system for dissemination of scientific findings, a system which remains robust over time and which has acceptance within the science community.
Science Should Not Pay for Overpaid CEOs of Academic Publishers
Gerard Meijer closed the first open access (offsetting) deals with the major scientific publishers. As his fellow scientists now oppose the new 'Plan S' he looks on with surprise and disappointments.
Elsevier Are Placing the Future of Scholarly Research at Risk | Unite for Quality Education
Elsevier Are Placing the Future of Scholarly Research at Risk | Unite for Quality Education
Arguments over European Open-access Plan Heat Up
Biochemist Lynn Kamerlin tells Nature why she has coordinated an open letter - signed by more than 950 scientists - objecting to Plan S.
EUA Asks European Commission to Investigate Lack of Competition
The EUA Council adopted a statement expressing its concern about the lack of transparency and competition in the scholarly publishing business sector in Europe.
Researchers Report Elsevier to EU Anti-Competition Authority
Academic publisher Elsevier has repeatedly made the news for its battle with Sci-Hub, the "Pirate Bay" of science. However, while Elsevier is using copyrights to protect its business, academic-insiders accuse the publisher of "anti-competitive" actions.
Leading Open Access Supporters Ask EU To Investigate Elsevier's Alleged 'Anti-Competitive Practices'
Leading Open Access Supporters Ask EU To Investigate Elsevier's Alleged 'Anti-Competitive Practices'
Back in the summer, we wrote about the paleontologist Jon Tennant, who had submitted a formal complaint to the European Commission regarding the relationship between the publishing giant Elsevier and the EU's Open Science Monitor. Now Tennant has...
ACS V. ResearchGate - 3,143 Articles and a Few Lessons About Their Authors - Scholarly Communications @ Duke
ACS V. ResearchGate - 3,143 Articles and a Few Lessons About Their Authors - Scholarly Communications @ Duke
In October, Elsevier and ACS filed a new US copyright infringement lawsuit against ResearchGate [complaint]. Like the German ResearchGate lawsuit I wrote about last year, the basic premise of the suit is the same. This is how Elsevier and ACS describe ResearchGate's activities in the American lawsuit: In egregious violation of copyright law, ResearchGate provides … Continue reading ACS v. ResearchGate - 3,143 articles and a few lessons about their authors →
Reaction of Researchers to Plan S
An Open Letter in response to Plan S, signed by >600 researchers from all ranks, ranging from masters students & ECRs to full professors, department heads, institute directors, and Nobel laureates, from both cOAlition S countries and beyond.
Two Major Funders to Bar Grantees from Publishing in Hybrid Journals
The Wellcome Trust and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation join Plan S initiative.
Wellcome and Gates Join Bold European Open-access Plan
The Wellcome Trust has also announced how it will implement the plan, which could provide a blueprint for others.
ISP Punishes Elsevier for Forcing It to Block Sci-Hub by Also Blocking Elsevier
The Swedish ISP Bahnhof has a strong historic commitment to free speech, so when the notoriously corrupt science publishing giant Elsevier sought to force the ISP to censor connections to the open access site Sci-Hub, the ISP went to court to resist the order.
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