Mapping Government-Academic Engagement Initiatives Internationally
We are exploring forms of engagement between academic research and governments: what has been tried, by whom, to what effect, and using which mechanisms.
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2021 Call for application (Doc, Postdoc in France)
Find out more about the current edition of the French national program.
Plan S Impact Survey
cOAlition S values the opinion of all researchers. We want to understand if and how Plan S affects your publishing practices and your views on Open Access.
First Vaccine to Fully Immunize Against Malaria Builds on Pandemic-driven RNA Tech
Making a vaccine for malaria is challenging because its associated parasite blocks the generation of the memory T-cells that make traditional vaccines effective. But scientists recently tried a new approach using an RNA-based platform.
Open Access Surpasses Subscription Publication Globally for the First Time
While we have seen the percentage of OA increasing rapidly in recent years, especially in countries like China, Germany and the UK, it was not until 2020 that more outputs were published through Open Access channels than traditional subscription channels globally.
The OA Switchboard
The OA Switchboard has started to develop from an initial seed of an idea into an active community initiative with a broad spectrum of stakeholders committed to making it a success.
The Future of Scholarly Communication - Workshop 24–26 February 2021
The Future of Scholarly Communication - Workshop 24–26 February 2021
OPERAS-P, an H2020 project coordinated by CNRS, is organising a workshop Future of scholarly communication, which will be dedicated to discussing the outcomes of the research undertaken in the project's Work Package 6 (Innovation).
Science Journalism Master Class Now Available
The first of "The Open Notebooks" Science Journalism Master Classes, "How to Find an Angle for Any Science Story," launches. The free, hands-on classes are designed to help science writers at all levels of experience sharpen their skills.
Science Needs a Radical Overhaul
Illusions of discovery are holding science back. But even if we wanted to do the right thing and evaluate scientific papers based on their quality, regardless of how flashy and exciting the claims of discovery may be, it’s not clear how we’d do that.
AfricArXiv - the African Preprint Repository - AfricArXiv on OSF (2020)
Contribute to covering the fees for AfricArXiv preprint hosting on the Open Science Framework (OSF).
UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science
At the 40th session of UNESCO’s General Conference, 193 Members States tasked the Organization with the development of an international standard-setting instrument on Open Science in the form of a UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science to be adopted by Member States in 2021.
It's Good to Be a Reject
Citations, downloads, indexing - a scientific report gets all this, even if it's rejected.
Utrecht University Presents New Vision on Recognition and Rewards
Utrecht University Presents New Vision on Recognition and Rewards
Open science means action. And the way we offer recognition and reward to academics and staff is key in bringing about the transition that we aim for.
Open Access Books and [in]discoverability: a Library Perspective
Open Access Books and [in]discoverability: a Library Perspective
Digitisation in Libraries: To What Extent Has Corona Given a Boost?
Digitisation in Libraries: To What Extent Has Corona Given a Boost?
MIT Libraries Develop Innovative Open Access Agreements with PLOS
The MIT Libraries has negotiated two new open-access publishing agreements with the nonprofit publisher Public Library of Science (PLOS) that allow all MIT authors to publish in all PLOS titles with no publishing fees.
Quotas to Promote Gender Equality in Research
Gender equality is a prime concern of the Swiss National Science Foundation. To offer additional visibilty to women in academia, it is introducing gender quotas in its evaluation bodies with immediate effect.
New Bot Flags Scientific Studies That Cite Retracted Papers
Most researchers don't intend to cite retracted papers, but it can have serious consequences for science.
Open Science Podcasts: 7 +3 Tips for Your Ears
Podcasts were among the media winners of last year. Scientific podcasts in particular enjoyed great popularity. In fact, there are also some that deal specifically with Open Science. This article has 7 + 3 tips.
How Is Science Clicked on Twitter? Click Metrics for Bitly Short Links to Scientific Publications
How Is Science Clicked on Twitter? Click Metrics for Bitly Short Links to Scientific Publications
Study analyses the click metrics of over 1.1 million links referring to Web of Science publications.
Don't Believe the Hype: Repositories Are Critical for Ensuring Equity, Inclusion and Sustainability in the Transition to Open Access
Don't Believe the Hype: Repositories Are Critical for Ensuring Equity, Inclusion and Sustainability in the Transition to Open Access
The rhetoric of some scholarly publishers lately has shown a troublesome trend with respect to Open Access repositories (often referred to as Green OA).
Science Barometer 2020: Starting Points for Open Science?
What image does the public in Germany have of science and research? The Science Barometer is dedicated to answering this question. We have taken a look at the results of the most recent survey from an Open Science perspective.
January SciComm Challenge - Let's Talk About Creativity in Science!
What better way to start 2021 than with a new science communication challenge! This month's challenge should help get your creative juices flowing… writing (or visualizing!) a time when creativity, imagination or subconscious thought was important to your scientific or artistic work!
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