« In the world of open-access publishing (OA), there are debates about the types of licenses that people apply to their work. While the Creative Commons Attribution License has become the de facto standard for openly accessible scholarly and research material in many…
« In Part I of “Beyond Open Access: Make Academic Content Truly Accessible for All,” we stated that open access alone is not enough to ensure genuine accessibility. Scholarly communication must go beyond simply removing paywalls. It must also be designed so that everyone, including those with disabilities…
« Academic publishing stands at a critical juncture where accessibility has become more than just a compliance requirement. It’s an ethical imperative — and an opportunity for innovation.
While open access has revolutionized how research reaches readers, true accessibility encompasses a broader spectrum of considerations that institutions, publishers, and service…
« The Alliance of Science Organisations advocates Open Access to scientific information as the basis for transparent, efficient and high-quality research processes and as a driver for the transfer of research results from science to society, business and politics. The Alliance’s commitment to Open Access, which dates back to 2003, has…
« The landscape of academic publishing, including in geochemistry and cosmochemistry, is evolving toward greater openness and accessibility. This editorial outlines the vision for Advances in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry, a diamond open access journal that eliminates article processing charges and prioritizes equitable access to scientific knowledge. The journal’s commitment to Open…
« (…) Aiming to further inform educational work on open and impactful academic publishing in the digital era, we posed selected questions to Stevan Harnad 30 years after his « subversive proposal » to maximize research impact by self-archiving scholarly articles in university-hosted or disciplinary online repositories to make published articles openly available.…
« After recent reporting that three UK universities had ended their transitional open access agreements with the publisher Elsevier, Peter Barr explains why academic libraries are making these decisions and what it says about the wider academic publishing sector in the UK. (…) »
« Watch the webinar to learn how the Equitable Pricing Framework, developed by Information Power for cOAlition S, aims to make scholarly communication more accessible and equitable for researchers worldwide (…) »
« cOAlition S is pleased to announce the release of a new pricing framework designed to foster global equity in scholarly publishing. Developed by Information Power following consultation with the funder, library/consortium, and publisher communities, the framework is introduced to enable discussion,…
« Open research publishing platforms could be an important mechanism for reform.
New research from the University of Bristol has found academic researchers are demoralised by a culture that disincentivises sharing and collaboration, encourages questionable research practices (QRPs), and increases the risk of bias.
The researchers carried out a…
