After almost 25 years since Stevan Harnad’s “subversive proposal“, now, finally, scholars and the public have a range of avenues at their disposal to access nearly every scholarly article.

I was reminded today about the wonderful history of Nature in it's claim that it would make all papers reporting a new genome sequence freely and openly available.

As research and editorial processes become increasingly open, scientists and editors need to be proactive but also alert to risks.

Why is the one federal agency dedicated to revealing the unknown to humankind so difficult for many journalists to penetrate?

After almost two decades, these developments give hope that scholarly articles will finally be freed from their paywalls.

The perceived and actual barriers experienced by researchers attempting to do reproducible research.

The strengths and weaknesses of arXiv in an effort to identify what possible improvements can be made based on new technologies not previously available.

They’re a part of every career, and being upfront about them can help put things in perspective.

Self-citations and academic assessments: Including the s-index as an additional metric thus provides important context to guide decisions based on academic value.

The Open APC initiative releases datasets on fees paid for Open Access journal articles by universities and research institutions under an Open Database License.

On perversity in academic rewards

Earlier this week, eLife announced a partnership with Coko to build an open source solution for submission, peer review and processing of manuscripts. The limitations of the currently available systems are substantial.