Will COVID-19 Mark the End of Scientific Publishing As We Know It?
Under the pressure of a global health crisis, the argument for open access has sunk in. Is this the catalyst that breaks up the bonds of an old publishing model once and for all?
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Two Steps Forward, One Step Back - The Pandemic's Impact on Open Access Progress
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back - The Pandemic's Impact on Open Access Progress
The COVID pandemic may leave us stuck between a growing consensus that open science is the superior way to drive progress and an inability to invest what may be needed to make it happen.
The Truth Is Paywalled But The Lies Are Free
Why is it that while the most vital, and most rigorously tested, information is often locked up behind a paywall, yet falsehoods are readily available?
European Research Council's Rejection of Open Access Scheme 'a Slap in the Face'
European Research Council's Rejection of Open Access Scheme 'a Slap in the Face'
The decision by the governing body of the European Research Council (ERC) to pull support for the radical open access initiative Plan S, is a "slap in the face" to all those who support the scheme, said its creator.
Help Us Get to Know the Open Access Journals and Platforms That Are Free of Charge for Readers and Authors
Help Us Get to Know the Open Access Journals and Platforms That Are Free of Charge for Readers and Authors
We are pleased to invite you to fill in a survey dedicated to gaining in-depth understanding of open access journals that don’t charge author-fees, often known as the “diamond model”; journals that are free to both readers and authors. In addition, we are launching a crowdsourcing effort to list diamond journals not yet covered in major databases like DOAJ.
COAlition S Response to the ERC Scientific Council's Statement on Open Access and Plan S
COAlition S Response to the ERC Scientific Council's Statement on Open Access and Plan S
cOAlition S has taken note that the ERC Scientific Council wishes to pursue their joint efforts towards Open Access in a more independent way. The European Commission, who directs the Horizon Europe Framework Programme, continues to support cOAlition S and Plan S.
COAlition S's Rights Confiscation Strategy Continues - The Scholarly Kitchen
COAlition S's Rights Confiscation Strategy Continues - The Scholarly Kitchen
By calling its new policy a "Rights Retention Strategy," cOAlition S is engaging in doublespeak. This strategy actually does exactly the opposite of what it claims.
ERC Scientific Council Withdraws Support for Plan S - Research Professional News
ERC Scientific Council Withdraws Support for Plan S - Research Professional News
The reversal is intended to 'preserve equity among research communities' and protect young researchers.
Scholarly Publishing Has Bigger Fish to Fry Than Access
The main issues any modernisation of the scholarly infrastructure today needs to address are reliability, affordability and functionality.
Open-access Plan S to Allow Publishing in Any Journal
Funders will override policies of subscription journals that don't let scientists share accepted manuscripts under open licence.
The Open Scholarship Ecosystem Faces Collapse; It's Also Our Best Hope for a More Resilient Future
The Open Scholarship Ecosystem Faces Collapse; It's Also Our Best Hope for a More Resilient Future
The COVID-19 pandemic is significantly impacting universities and higher education institutions, reducing budgets and presenting new design challenges.
Why Openly Available Abstracts Are Important
The value of open and interoperable metadata of scientific articles is increasingly being recognized, as demonstrated by the work of several organizations, funding agencies, and initiatives.
Open Access Uptake by Universities Worldwide
This study presents indicators of open access at the institutional level for universities worldwide. By combining data from Web of Science, Unpaywall and the Leiden Ranking disambiguation of institutions, it tracks OA coverage of universities' output for 963 institutions.
What Do Libraries Keep When They Cancel the Big Deal?
How do libraries decide which titles to keep when they cancel the Big Deal? What do the results look like?
Announcing Creative Commons' New CEO, Catherine Stihler
Creative Commons has selected Catherine Stihler to be its next CEO.
This Tool is Saving Universities Millions of Dollars in Journal Subscriptions
This Tool is Saving Universities Millions of Dollars in Journal Subscriptions
As universities look for savings, new software helps reimagine deals with publishers.
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.
Swissuniversities and Springer Nature Sign a New Open Access Agreement
swissuniversities has adopted a new transformative Open Access agreement with Springer Nature. This agreement provides Swiss researchers with access to SpringerLink with over 2’000 Hybrid journals and enables authors affiliated with the Swiss academic and research institutions to publish their accepted research papers Open Access, making this primary research immediately and freely accessible from the point of publication.
Covid-19 Shows That Scientific Journals Need to Open Up
Publishers have had a good 355 years, but change is coming.
Guidance for Research Organisations on How to Implement Responsible and Fair Approaches for Research Assessment
Guidance for Research Organisations on How to Implement Responsible and Fair Approaches for Research Assessment
Information for Wellcome-funded organisations on how to implement responsible and fair approaches for research assessment that meet the expectations set out in Wellcome's open access policy 2021.
Universities Step Up the Fight for Open-Access Research
Today's deal between the University of California and publisher Springer Nature is a big milestone on the path to dismantling paywalls around academic journals.
University of California Reaches Groundbreaking Open Access Deal with Leading Global Publisher
University of California Reaches Groundbreaking Open Access Deal with Leading Global Publisher
The University of California today (June 16) announced a transformative open access publishing agreement that will make more of the University's research freely and immediately available to individuals and researchers across the globe.
MIT, Guided by Open Access Principles, Ends Elsevier Negotiations
Institute ends negotiations for a new journals contract in the absence of a proposal aligning with the MIT Framework for Publisher Contracts.
Exploring Collaborative Non-commercial Publishing Models for Open Access: Tender Results
Exploring Collaborative Non-commercial Publishing Models for Open Access: Tender Results
cOAlition S announces that the tender was awarded to a consortium coordinated by OPERAS.
The Case for Open Access
Providing open access to digitised collections has spurred creativity and research worldwide - so why are the UK's flagship museums so slow on the uptake?
Swissuniversities and Elsevier Adopt a Pilot Agreement Combining Reading and Publishing
Swissuniversities and Elsevier Adopt a Pilot Agreement Combining Reading and Publishing
Swissuniversities has adopted a new transformative pilot agreement with Elsevier for research access and Open Access publishing in Switzerland.
Dutch Research Institutions and Elsevier Initiate World's First National Open Science Partnership
Dutch Research Institutions and Elsevier Initiate World's First National Open Science Partnership
VSNU, NFU, NWO and Elsevier have agreed publishing, reading and open science services to support Dutch research and innovation ambitions.
Open-access Science Funders Announce Price Transparency Rules for Publishers
Open-access Science Funders Announce Price Transparency Rules for Publishers
Science journals will have to disclose the costs of publishing articles by July 2022 in order for them to be paid for by a coalition of research funders pushing for open access.
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