An Open Letter to the AAUP: Faculty Authors and "Full Freedom in Publication"
In 1940, the AAUP published a Statement on Academic Freedom. In 2018, it's time for it to be updated--and some items clarified.
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Wellcome Is Going to Review Its Open Access Policy
Given significant changes in publishing research article over the past dozen or so years, the Wellcome Trust thinks the time is right to look again at its OA policy.
Who May Swim in the Ocean of Knowledge?
Decolonising knowledge and democratising information is the great promise of our times. With universal access to knowledge, we can begin to achieve the potential of the Internet and provide a better world for future generations.
EU Research Chief's next Act: Changing the Future of Academic Publishing
EU Research Chief's next Act: Changing the Future of Academic Publishing
On his last day in one of the most powerful research seats in Europe, Robert-Jan Smits talks about his legacy and the future.
Read What You Are Looking For! ScienceOpen Integrates More Open Access Data
Read What You Are Looking For! ScienceOpen Integrates More Open Access Data
One of the biggest challenges for researchers is time. So when you find an abstract of interest and have just a moment to actually read, you need the full text right now. With our newest release, the ScienceOpen discovery environment incorporates open access data from Impactstory to provide researchers with more ways to read the …
How Scihub Is at the Forefront of the Quest to Frame Scientific Knowledge as Public Good
How Scihub Is at the Forefront of the Quest to Frame Scientific Knowledge as Public Good
There has been no precedent for this kind of access in the history of scientific enterprise.
Open-Access Charges 'Create New Inequalities' in Publishing
Researchers at well-resourced, highly ranked universities are more likely to publish in open-access journals.
When Will Everything Be Open Access?
OA continues to grow. But when will it be...done? When will everything be published as Open Access?
Open Access Technology Options
Organizations launching OA journals have many choices to make. What are their technology options?
Authorial and Institutional Stratification in Open Access Publishing: the Case of Global Health Research
Authorial and Institutional Stratification in Open Access Publishing: the Case of Global Health Research
New axes of stratification are emerging in academic publishing, adding to the already complex tapestry of inequality in science. Authors working at lower-ranked universities are more likely to publish in closed/paywalled outlets, and less likely to choose outlets that involve some sort of Article Processing Charge (APCs; gold or hybrid OA).
Open Access, Data Capitalism and Academic Publishing
There is a significant discrepancy between the reality of academic publishing and the optimism of politicians and science functionaries who praise Open Access as a panacea for all the ills afflicting science culture.
Delhi Declaration on Open Access
This declaration was drafted by a group comprising of researchers and professionals working for opening up access to research outputs for public good in India.
The State of OA: A Large-Scale Analysis of the Prevalence and Impact of Open Access Articles
The State of OA: A Large-Scale Analysis of the Prevalence and Impact of Open Access Articles
At least 28% of the scholarly literature is OA and that this proportion is growing, driven particularly by growth in Gold and Hybrid. Also, OA articles receive 18% more citations than average, an effect driven primarily by Green and Hybrid OA.
Sci-Hub Provides Access to Nearly all Scholarly Literature
For the first time, nearly all scholarly literature is available gratis to anyone with an Internet connection, suggesting the toll access business model may become unsustainable.
Intellectual Property Law 101 for Academics
Society clearly benefits from innovation and creativity, and therefore has a vested interest in ensuring that such behaviors are rewarded while not stifling future innovation.
FinELib and Elsevier Reach Agreement for Subscription Access
The FinELib consortium and Elsevier today signed an agreement making Elsevier’s globally published research articles available to Finnish academic institutions, while providing Finnish researches with incentives to publish open access if they so choose.
CoS Launches New Preprint Services Arabixiv and Frenxiv
The Center for Open Science (COS) has launched two new preprint services to provide free, open access, open source archives for the Arab and French research communities.
UCL to Launch Open-Access Megajournal
London institution thought to be the first in UK to launch open-access publishing platform, as academics move away from traditional scholarly journals.
UCL Launches Open Access Megajournal
UCL Press is launching a new open access megajournal that will provide academics and students with ground-breaking research free of charge in a move that challenges traditional commercial publishing models.
Open Access Knowledge: Digital Style Guide - Writing for Research
Style guide presents central principles, issues, and innovations regarding open access citations.
Open Access Levels: A Quantitative Exploration Using Web of Science and oaDOI Data
Open Access Levels: A Quantitative Exploration Using Web of Science and oaDOI Data
Using newly available open access status data, year-on-year open access levels are explored across research fields, languages, countries, institutions, funders and topics, and the resulting patterns are related to disciplinary, national and institutional contexts.
Open Research in 2018, Real or Fake News?
Neil Jacobs, head of scholarly communications support at Jisc, explains the significance of the recent Horizon 2020 open publication announcement.
Funders Should Mandate Open Citations
"Truly open scholarship also requires that bibliographic references be freely available for analysis and reuse", says David Shotton, co-director of OpenCitations.
Scholars Seek Open Access in Academic Journal Deal
German universities demand open access and fair pricing from academic publishing house Elsevier.
TagTeam :: Open Access Tracking Project (OATP)
News and comment from the worldwide movement for open access to research.
Germany vs Elsevier: Universities Win Temporary Journal Access After Refusing to Pay Fees
Germany vs Elsevier: Universities Win Temporary Journal Access After Refusing to Pay Fees
Elsevier is allowing researchers in Germany to access its paywalled journals without a contract until a national agreement is hammered out.
Open Science Database
Based on Crossref Data (2014-2017) - 42,339 Journals - 12 Million Articles - 36 Million Citations.
Commission to Scientists: Stop Ruining Our Copyright Plans With Your Facts and Your Research!
Commission to Scientists: Stop Ruining Our Copyright Plans With Your Facts and Your Research!
A 30 page paper panning the Commission’s copyright plans on press publishers written by JRC never saw the light of the day.
Challenges and opportunities for Open Science
Incentives for “Open”, perception as additional work and lack of training, and diversity and inclusivity.
The publishing process and Open Access
Slides explaining the publishing process and how Open Access fits in the traditional journal-subscription based model.
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