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AmeliCA Vs Plan S: Same Target, Two Different Strategies to Achieve Open Access

AmeliCA Vs Plan S: Same Target, Two Different Strategies to Achieve Open Access

AmeliCA is a multi-institutional community-driven initiative supported by UNESCO that arises in response to the international, regional, national and institutional contexts of Open Access, which seeks a collaborative, sustainable, protected and non-commercial solution for Open Knowledge in Latin America and the Global South.

Feeling Exhausted

Feeling Exhausted

There is the accumulated evidence from multiple studies of the disadvantage women in science suffer, with specific reference to the fields of anthropology, ecology and evolution

Progressing Towards Transparency - More Journals Join Wiley's Transparent Peer Review Pilot

Progressing Towards Transparency - More Journals Join Wiley's Transparent Peer Review Pilot

Wiley claim they are committed to moving towards greater openness and reproducibility of research, including increasing transparency in peer review

Additional Points in My Plan S Response

Additional Points in My Plan S Response

Further to my other post earlier this week, I have added the additional points to my response letter to the Plan S implementation guidelines. These centre around monographs (9), REF involvement in Plan S (10), infrastructural support (11), the "time of publication" (12), clarification of the term "quality" (13), compliance of existing software with repository requirements (14), publisher deposition (15), and the ability to pursue defamation suits for wrongful attribution and reputational damage with the waiver of moral rights under CC BY 4.0 (16). If number 16 could be resolved, the open licensing landscape would be much clearer. The full letter is now available.

Wellcome Open Research: Summary of Year 2

Wellcome Open Research: Summary of Year 2

Robert Kiley, Head of Open Research, Wellcome and Michael Markie, Publishing Director, F1000 highlight Wellcome Open Research's achievements after two years of publishing. 

Launching the OLH Advocacy Network

Launching the OLH Advocacy Network

In 2018, the OLH launched the EmpowOA programme, designed to provide scholars and librarians working in the humanities with tools, spaces and cogent arguments about open access. Now, the OLH extend the functionality for the visitors to the website

Report Results from Clinical Trials or Be Called to UK Parliament to Explain Why Not

Report Results from Clinical Trials or Be Called to UK Parliament to Explain Why Not

UK universities could be brought in front of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee if they fail to improve the reporting of clinical trials. 

Open Data Day 2019 Mini-grant Scheme

Open Data Day 2019 Mini-grant Scheme

Open Data Day is the yearly event where we gather to reach out to new people and build new solutions to issues in our communities using open data. To make sure some of those events have everything they needed to be great for their communities, mini-grants for the people organizing Open Data Day events will be provided.

The Data Opportunities for Publishers in 2019 - Silverchair

The Data Opportunities for Publishers in 2019 - Silverchair

How has the open data movement matured over 2018 and what opportunities does it create for publishers in 2019? 

My Draft Plan S Implementation Guidance Feedback

My Draft Plan S Implementation Guidance Feedback

I write to provide feedback in an individual capacity on the Plan S implementation guidelines.

European Parliament Petition on Elsevier and the Open Science Monitor - Green Tea and Velociraptors

European Parliament Petition on Elsevier and the Open Science Monitor - Green Tea and Velociraptors

Elsevier's role in the EU's Open Science Monitor is examined more closely.

Guidelines on How to Successfully Design, and Implement, Mission-oriented Research Programmes

Guidelines on How to Successfully Design, and Implement, Mission-oriented Research Programmes

SSH is crucial for succcess of programmes. These guidelines provide useful tools for those who deal - in one way or another - with research funding programmes.

Harvard Library and MIT Libraries Provide Recommendations for Plan S Implementation

Harvard Library and MIT Libraries Provide Recommendations for Plan S Implementation

Harvard Library and the MIT Libraries are in broad support of Plan S and its goals while also recomending certain adjustments to the implementation details.

Why We Need a Public Infrastructure for Data on Open Access

Why We Need a Public Infrastructure for Data on Open Access

The necessity of developing a public infrastructure for open access, its benefits and the obstacles to reaching this goal.

Pay to Publish Open Access: On the DEAL-Wiley Agreement

Pay to Publish Open Access: On the DEAL-Wiley Agreement

Details of the contract between the German consortium DEAL and Wiley reveal that the transformative nature of this new big deal may come at a high cost. 

International Collaboration Publishes Concept Design for a Post-LHC Future Circular Collider at CERN

International Collaboration Publishes Concept Design for a Post-LHC Future Circular Collider at CERN

Today, the Future Circular Collider (FCC) collaboration submitted its Conceptual Design Report (CDR) for publication.

Patricia Falcone Talks About Women in Science on 'She Roars' Podcast

Patricia Falcone Talks About Women in Science on 'She Roars' Podcast

Leading scientist Patricia Falcone speaks with podcast host Margaret Koval about the importance of college mathematics, early research experience and clear communications.

Lab Severs Ties With James Watson, Citing 'Unsubstantiated and Reckless' Remarks

Lab Severs Ties With James Watson, Citing 'Unsubstantiated and Reckless' Remarks

In a recent documentary, the Nobel Prize-winning geneticist doubled down on comments he made a decade ago, then apologized for, regarding race, genetics and intelligence.

Editors of Informetrics Resign at Elsevier and Start New Journal

Editors of Informetrics Resign at Elsevier and Start New Journal

Today the entire editorial board of Informetrics, a major publication in the field of Scientometrics and Informetrics, has unanimously resigned their position. In the future they will dedicate their time to a new full open access journal: Quantitative Science Studies.

Well-formed.eigenfactor.org : Visualizing Information Flow in Science

Well-formed.eigenfactor.org : Visualizing Information Flow in Science

Information-aesthetic explorations of emerging patterns in scientific citation networks. A cooperation between the Eigenfactor® Project (data analysis) and Moritz Stefaner (visualization).

Large Scale Publisher Survey Reveals Global Trends in Open Access Publishing

Large Scale Publisher Survey Reveals Global Trends in Open Access Publishing

A survey of publishers with journals indexed in Directory of Open Access Journals has revealed surprising trends in the way that content is published.

What It's Like to Be a Woman in the Academy

What It's Like to Be a Woman in the Academy

We asked dozens of women about gender and power on campus. Here’s what they told us.