Testing a New Approach to Open Access Fees
New OA payment models are needed make open access implementation practical, journal editor says.
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Column: COVID-19 Could Kill the For-profit Science Publishing Model. That Would Be a Good Thing
Column: COVID-19 Could Kill the For-profit Science Publishing Model. That Would Be a Good Thing
The coronavirus crisis shows how the free sharing of data is crucial in science.
Of Mythical Beasts and Zero-Embargo Mandates | Advancing Discovery | Springer Nature
Of Mythical Beasts and Zero-Embargo Mandates | Advancing Discovery | Springer Nature
Last year, everyone in U.S. academic publishing had strong opinions about a mythical beast that all had heard about but none had actually seen: a rumored Executive Order from the White House Office of Science and Technology that would mandate immediate public availability of research results by federally-funded authors.
Smithsonian Releases 2.8 Million Images Into Public Domain
Smithsonian Releases 2.8 Million Images Into Public Domain
For the first time in its 174-year history, the Smithonian Institution has launched a new open access platform high-resolution images from across its collections for patrons to peruse and download free of charge.
White House Formally Invites Public Comment on Open-access Policies
Some publishers feared order making federally funded studies free
Project to Explore Open Access Agreements Between Society Publishers and Library Consortia in Developing and Transition Economy Countries
Project to Explore Open Access Agreements Between Society Publishers and Library Consortia in Developing and Transition Economy Countries
The new project will run during the first half of 2020. It is supported by Wellcome Trust, led by Information …
Read-and-Publish Open Access Deals Are Heightening Global Inequalities in Access to Publication
Read-and-Publish Open Access Deals Are Heightening Global Inequalities in Access to Publication
Opinion piece argues that Plan S deals have streamlined open access provision in the global North while exacerbating existing inequalities in scholarly publishing, by establishing and entrenching a two-tier system of scholarly publishing based on access to funds.
PLOS and the University of California Announce Open Access Publishing Agreement
PLOS and the University of California Announce Open Access Publishing Agreement
The Public Library of Science (PLOS) and the University of California (UC) announced a two-year agreement that will make it easier and more affordable for UC researchers to publish in the nonprofit open access publisher’s suite of journals.
Open Access and Plan S: 5 Key Activities
In this short piece Robert Kiley, Head of Open Research at Wellcome and interim cOAlition S Coordinator provides an update on five key activities cOAlition S is currently supporting.
Plan S Does the Wrong Things to the Wrong People
UKRI and other funders must prevent good intentions on open access from undermining good science, says Lee Cronin.
Infographic: How to Use Open Access Repositories
Self-archiving is a key aspect of Open Access. Read the infographic to learn more about OA repositories
Humanities Scholars Warn over UKRI's Plan for Open-access Books
Proposals to mandate open access monographs from 2024 will make it harder to publish and will limit career chances, says professor
Key Points from The UKRI Open Access Review Consultation Document
These are Martin Paul Eve's notes on The UKRI Open Access Review Consultation Document.
Evaluation of Cancellation of Journal Agreement with Elsevier 2018
For 17 months, the Bibsam Consortium did not have an agreement with the world's largest scholarly publisher, Elsevier. There is now a summary of the consequences for the consortium, the concerned organizations and their researchers.
Curtin Develops Cyber Knowledge Bank for Open Access Books
Curtin University researchers will help create a new international data trust to improve the measurement and analysis of open-access (OA) books.
Revisiting - Transformative Agreements: A Primer
Do you know what is meant by the term 'transformative agreement' or how 'Read and Publish' deals are structured? Today we explain the concepts behind these increasingly important approaches.
'It's a Moral Imperative:' Archivists Made a Directory of 5,000 Coronavirus Studies to Bypass Paywalls
'It's a Moral Imperative:' Archivists Made a Directory of 5,000 Coronavirus Studies to Bypass Paywalls
The potentially illegal archive is a 'moral imperative,' said one organizer.
OA Switchboard Initiative: Progress Report January 2020
The OA Switchboard aims to facilitate the fulfilment of open access strategies across business models, policies and agreements, and reduce complexity for all relevant stakeholders.
Sharing Research Data and Findings Relevant to the Novel Coronavirus (nCoV) Outbreak
Sharing Research Data and Findings Relevant to the Novel Coronavirus (nCoV) Outbreak
A call on researchers, journals and funders to ensure that research findings and data relevant to this outbreak are shared rapidly and openly to inform the public health response and help save lives.
Elsevier Mirror Journals 'X': Fully Open Access Without Impact Factor
Elsevier Mirror Journals 'X': Fully Open Access Without Impact Factor
Elsevier introduced about 40 mirror journals, also known as X-journals, which enable researchers to publish Open Access and as such meet the requirements of Plan S and other funders.
Conflict Between Open Access and Open Science: APCs Are a Key Part of the Problem, Preprints Are a Key Part of the Solution
Conflict Between Open Access and Open Science: APCs Are a Key Part of the Problem, Preprints Are a Key Part of the Solution
Will preprinting accelerate the death of predatory journals and facilitate better models for scholarly communication?
ACM Signs New Open Access Agreements with Four Leading Universities
New ACM Open Publishing Model Promises to Accelerate ACM's Transition to Full Open Access New York, NY, January 23, 2020-ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, entered into transformative open access agreements with several of its largest institutional customers, including the University of California (UC), Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Iowa State University (ISU). The agreements, which run for three-year terms beginning January 1, 2020, cover both access to and open access publication in ACM's journals, proceedings and magazines for these universities, and represent the first transformative open access agreements for ACM. "This joint agreement shows …
Offline: Scientific publishing - trust and tribulations
Scientific publishers as we know them today remain a threatened species. They will have to do more to prove their added value to science and society. Unless they do so, they may not deserve to survive.
Berghahn will flip thirteen anthropology journals to open access in 2020
Berghahn Books will take the step of publishing thirteen core anthropology journals as open access starting with their 2020 volumes under the subscribe-to-open model (S2O).
'People Can't Learn About Treatments They Need': Why Open Access to Medical Research Matters
'People Can't Learn About Treatments They Need': Why Open Access to Medical Research Matters
Campaigners have argued for open access to scientific research since the dawn of the internet - so why is it taking so long?
Global Science, China's Rise, and European Anxiety
Global Science, China's Rise, and European Anxiety
While some talk about global science, China's skyrocketing investment in its scientific sector is causing real anxiety for Europe.
Scholarly Publishers Are Happy To Give Stuff Away If Someone Pays Them
Scholarly Publishers Are Happy To Give Stuff Away If Someone Pays Them
The open-access era seems to be arriving for academic research, but it looks as if big publishers will still profit.
Recommendations for Transparent Communication of Open Access Prices and Services
Recommendations for Transparent Communication of Open Access Prices and Services
An independent report published by Information Power aims to improve the transparency of Open Access (OA) prices and services.
Eight Publishers to Volunteer Pricing Info in Pilot Study
Funders driving open-access plan may use template to push for pricing transparency.
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