« This study examines the indexing of open access journals in the engineering disciplines. The sample used in this study was generated from a title listing pulled from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) in late 2013. Indexing data from four prominent commercial databases in the discipline, Compendex, Web of…
« Following on from last week’s popular webinar entitled How should scholarly societies transition to open access?, we asked our speakers to summarise their talks by offering a few key takeaways, which you can find below. This may be useful for those who missed it or wish to share with colleagues.…
« This article seeks to understand how far the United Kingdom higher education (UK HE) sector has progressed towards open access (OA) availability of the scholarly literature it requires to support courses of study. It uses Google Scholar, Unpaywall and Open Access Button to identify OA copies of a random sample…
« Much has been said about Plan S, both encouraging and critical. The relative preponderance of criticism – notably by academics, who ought to be key beneficiaries – has been frustrating to the plan’s backers, who see it as a long-overdue concerted effort to support a global…
« Data and case studies covering access to scientific publications. Bibliometric data as well as well as data on the policies of journals and funders are available. (…) »
« Foundational planning is currently underway for the formation of an Open Access Book Network. Development of this network was the topic of a recent ELPUB 2019 Conference panel session led by Eelco Ferwerda from OAPEN, with the University of Cambridge’s Rupert Gatti, Pierre Mounier of OPERAS, Andrea Bertino of SUB…
« In December 2012, DOAJ’s (The Directory of Open Access Journals) parent company, IS4OA, announced they would introduce new criteria for inclusion in DOAJ and that DOAJ would collect vastly more information from journals as part of the accreditation process—journals already included would need to reapply in order to be kept…
« Plan S, a funder led initiative to drive open access to research, will have significant impacts on the ways in which academics publish and communicate their research. However, beyond simply changing the way academics disseminate their research, it will also influence how learned societies, the organisations tasked with representing academics…
« La maison d’édition Springer Nature vient de réaliser une étude auprès de plus de 2 500 auteurs de livres scientifiques sur la perception de l’accès ouvert.
La majorité des auteurs de livres soutiennent l’idée que tous les futurs ouvrages scientifiques devraient être en accès ouvert. C’est l’une des principales conclusions…
« Vous trouverez les enregistrements vidéo des deux webinaires qui ont eu lieu :
– Introduction à l’Open Access (webinaire du16/05/2019)
– Enjeux de l’identité numérique du chercheur (webinaire du 13/06/2019)
Les supports de l’intervention sont aussi accessibles sur le site OALR
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