Initiative Pushes to Make Journal Abstracts Free to Read in One Place
Publishers agree to make journal summaries open and searchable in single repository.
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Indonesia Publishes the Most Open-access Journals in the World: What It Means for Local Research
Indonesia Publishes the Most Open-access Journals in the World: What It Means for Local Research
Indonesia has seen progress in open research ecosystem development. More needs to be done.
The Future of Scholarly Communications
As the rush intensifies to find ways to treat and manage COVID-19, one thing is clear: researchers, along with their counterparts in industry and the health services, need unrestricted access to the research literature.
Open-Access Fees Creating 'A Crisis' for African Research
High publishing charges keep continent's scholars out of top journals, academics argue.
Powerful US Research Funder Unveils Strict Open-Access Policy
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute is the second major US funder to mandate that the research it pays for must be free to read on publication.
India Pushes Bold 'one Nation, One Subscription' Journal-access Plan
Researchers will also recommend an open-access policy that promotes research being shared in online repositories.
International Day for Universal Access to Information
28 September marks the first celebration of the International Day for Universal Access to Information since its proclamation by the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, is of crucial importance.
Helping to Archive and Preserve Open Access Journals
Helping to Archive and Preserve Open Access Journals
A recent study looked at the number of journals that had "vanished" from the internet. The study is a timely reminder of how vulnerable publishing outputs are. There is an urgent need for a group of organisations to come together to find a solution and minimise this risk.
Initiative for Open Abstracts - COKI
COKI Project Co-lead Professor Cameron Neylon outlines why he is supporting a campaign calling for all abstracts to be made open access.
OASPA Onlince Conference 21 - 24 September 2020
Online Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing: Final program available.
Open Access Tage 2020
The Open Access Days are the central annual conference on Open Access and Open Science in the German-speaking world and will take place from 15 to 17 September 2020 as an online conference.
How the Internet Archive is Ensuring Permanent Access to Open Access Journal Articles - Internet Archive Blogs
How the Internet Archive is Ensuring Permanent Access to Open Access Journal Articles - Internet Archive Blogs
Internet Archive has archived and identified 9 million open access journal articles- the next 5 million is getting harder.
Evaluating the Impact of Open Access Policies on Research Institutions
The proportion of research outputs published in open access journals or made available on other freely-accessible platforms has increased over the past two decades, driven largely by funder mandates, institutional policies, grass-roots advocacy, and changing attitudes in the research community.
Diversifying Readership Through Open Access: A Usage Analysis for Open Access Books
Diversifying Readership Through Open Access: A Usage Analysis for Open Access Books
New Springer Nature white paper analyses geographical diversity and usage of OA books.
More Readers in More Places: The Benefits of Open Access for Scholarly Books
More Readers in More Places: The Benefits of Open Access for Scholarly Books
New report published by Springer Nature analyses usage patterns across open access and closed books.The results show higher geographic diversity of usage, higher numbers of downloads and more citations for open access books.
Open Access in the Plague Year
Coronavirus shows why open publishing is vital, but could make it unaffordable, says Martin Eve.
Dozens of Scientific Journals Have Vanished from the Internet, and No One Preserved Them
Dozens of Scientific Journals Have Vanished from the Internet, and No One Preserved Them
Most open access journals lack the technical means and plans to preserve their articles, despite a mandate from some funders that they do so. Specialists worry about a potential loss to scholarship.
Unsub Gives Libraries Powerful Evidence to Walk Away from Big Deals
Unsub Gives Libraries Powerful Evidence to Walk Away from Big Deals
“The point of Unsub is to take away much of the uncertainty of doubt around cutting journals,” says Jason Priem, one of the co-founder of the non-profit oranization Our Research.
Systematize Information on Journal Policies and Practices - A Call to Action
Systematize Information on Journal Policies and Practices - A Call to Action
Recently the creators of Transpose and the Platform for Responsible Editorial Policies convened an online workshop on infrastructures that provide information on scholarly journals. In this blog post they look back at the workshop and discuss next steps.
Swiss € 57million Elsevier Deal
The publishing contract reads like a classic big deal for journal subscriptions. But then, only a short addendum of 1.5 pages deals with the new Open Access workflow.
A New Nordic Journal With a "No-Bullshit" Open Access Model
A New Nordic Journal With a "No-Bullshit" Open Access Model
A new star has been born on the academic Nordic journal scene: the Journal of Digital Social Research, launched last year. We talked to the editor-in-chief Simon Lindgren from Umeå University.
Open Letter on Plan S in Horizon Europe
In an open letter to the European Commission and the European Research Council, the President of CESAER emphasises the full support for open access to scientific publications and the implementation of Plan S in Horizon Europe
Drivers of Article Processing Charges in Open Access
This study sheds light on the various determinants of Articel Processing Charges in Open Access. The results strongly support the hypothesis that academia runs the risk not to take advantage of the cost-reducing opportunities inherent to digitization via a hybrid oa-strategy.
Open Access Transformation in Switzerland & Germany: A Synopsis of Agreements with Wiley, Springer Nature & Elsevier
Open Access Transformation in Switzerland & Germany: A Synopsis of Agreements with Wiley, Springer Nature & Elsevier
Since Germany has been trying for years to reach such a contract with Elsevier, it is worth comparing it with the two transformative contracts with Wiley and Springer Nature in Germany, which were reached and coordinated by Project DEAL.
Universities Will Cancel Deals with Publishers if They Don't Respond to Current Financial Pressures
Universities Will Cancel Deals with Publishers if They Don't Respond to Current Financial Pressures
A price freeze on journal subscriptions will not be enough to avoid UK researchers losing access to key academic content, warn three major sector bodies representing academic library directors and higher education managers.
Library Support for OA Books Workshop: the German Perspective
COPIM, OPERAS-P and open-access.network aim at gaining a better understanding of the national-specific issues surrounding collective funding for OA books from a library perspective.
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?
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.
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