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Don't Believe the Hype: Repositories Are Critical for Ensuring Equity, Inclusion and Sustainability in the Transition to Open Access

Don't Believe the Hype: Repositories Are Critical for Ensuring Equity, Inclusion and Sustainability in the Transition to Open Access

The rhetoric of some scholarly publishers lately has shown a troublesome trend with respect to Open Access repositories (often referred to as Green OA).

Journal Checker Tool: Plan S Compliance Validator

Journal Checker Tool: Plan S Compliance Validator

JCT enables researchers to check whether they can comply with their funders Plan S aligned OA policy based on the journal, the funder and the institution affiliated with the research to be published.

Advancing Open Access in the Netherlands After 2020: From Quantity to Quality

Advancing Open Access in the Netherlands After 2020: From Quantity to Quality

The paper explores options to further open access in the Netherlands from 2021. Its premise is that there is a need to look at qualitative aspects of open access, alongside quantitative ones.

OASPA Founds New Organisation with Future-proof Governance and Funding Structure for the OA Switchboard

OASPA Founds New Organisation with Future-proof Governance and Funding Structure for the OA Switchboard

A neutral, independent intermediary enabling shared infrastructure, bringing transparency, efficiency and cost effectiveness to the open access ecosystem.

Springer Nature and Max Planck Reach Landmark Open Access Deal in Germany

Springer Nature and Max Planck Reach Landmark Open Access Deal in Germany

The agreement will allow authors at eligible German institutes to publish papers for fee of about £8500 each

Open Science - Who is Left Behind?

Open Science - Who is Left Behind?

The dominant model of Article Processing Charges, whilst lowering financial barriers for readers, has merely erected a new paywall at the other end of the pipeline, blocking access to publication for less-privileged authors.