02.12.2025
Mot-clé : open-access
01.12.2025
Open Access in Asia: Regional perspectives
« (…) OA publishing is now a prominent feature of the academic publishing ecosystem across Asia. An increasing number of scholars,…27.11.2025
How Collective Action Shaped Open Access in Latin America
« In 1997, Abel Packer helped found SciELO, the publishing platform and aggregator of open access journals, books, preprints, and data.26.11.2025
Creative commons licenses and copyright may not stop academic work being used to train AI
« In the world of open-access publishing (OA), there are debates about the types of licenses that…21.11.2025
Open Access et liberté académique sont-ils compatibles ?
« Open Access et liberté académique sont-ils compatibles ? C’est la question que pose Christina Angelopoulos, chercheuse en droit de la propriété…18.11.2025
Légitimations et subversions de l’Open : pour une analyse de l’openwashing dans la publication scientifique
« Ce texte propose un état de l’art inédit sur la notion d’openwashing dans l’espace des publications scientifiques. En s’appuyant sur…07.11.2025
OASPA seeking feedback on open access position paper
« OAPSA – the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association – has published a new ‘position paper’ and is…03.11.2025
Does academia need a wakeup call on Wikibooks?
« Journal articles and monographs have dominated debates around open access. The infrastructure, campaigns, and funding models central to OA advocacy…29.10.2025
CRAFT-OA Conference – “Crafting the Future of Diamond Open Access: Technical, Social & Political Perspectives of Scholarly Publishing” | 6-8 October 2025, University of Göttingen, Germany (videos)
« The CRAFT-OA conference, “Crafting the Future of Diamond Open Access: Technical, Social, and Political Perspectives of Scholarly Publishing,” marked the…29.10.2025
Who should control open access, the markets or the commons?
« Why make publications open access? Who benefits from the current systems of open access academic publishing? How does the marketisation…27.10.2025
Challenges of open access adoption in low-resource settings: Lessons from Tunisia
« This study examines the adoption and impact of open access (OA) publishing in Tunisia. It uses Scopus data to analyse…22.10.2025
Comprendre les coûts de l’Open Access à l’EPFL
« La publication scientifique est en train de s’éloigner progressivement des modèles traditionnels basés sur l’abonnement aux revues pour s’orienter vers…04.09.2025
JISC | How Jisc helped implement UKRI’s open access policy for research articles – and what’s next
« Since the launch of the UKRI open access (OA) policy for research articles in August 2021, we have delivered targeted…03.09.2025
Tracking transformative agreements through open metadata: method and validation using Dutch Research Council NWO funded papers
« Transformative agreements have become an important strategy in the transition to open access, with almost 1,200 such agreements registered by…01.09.2025
Open science indicator compliance by Spanish scientific journals
« This paper focuses on scientific journals’ policies on open access and open science. The subject has gained increasing relevance, driven…28.08.2025
Beyond Open Access, Part II: Make Images Truly Accessible for All
« In Part I of “Beyond Open Access: Make Academic Content Truly Accessible for All,” we stated that…22.08.2025
Beyond Open Access, Part 1: Make Academic Content Truly Accessible for All
« Academic publishing stands at a critical juncture where accessibility has become more than just a compliance requirement. It’s an ethical…14.08.2025
The Trends of Open Access Academic Books and Discipline Dynamics: A Cross-database Comparison Based on OpenAlex and Web of Science
« This study conducts a quantitative analysis of the inclusion of open access (OA) academic books in the OpenAlex and Web…11.08.2025
Unlocking the repository: A strategy for increasing the uptake of green open access
« This article uses a recent retroactive open access project undertaken by an Australian university library to reframe attitudes and approaches…07.08.2025
Open-Access Publishing in a Global Context
« Open-access (OA) publications are peer-reviewed research articles that are accessible online to any reader without requiring a journal subscription or…06.08.2025
Royal Society sets out plan to move journals to full open access in 2026 through Subscribe to Open
« The Royal Society sets out plan to move journals to full open access in 2026 through Subscribe to Open…05.08.2025
Bibliodiversity of Small Academic Publishers: The Role of Open Access for Impact and Visibility
« Large bibliographic databases highlight tangible and symbolic differences regarding the standards of quality attached to them, underlining diverging incentive structures…25.07.2025
Octopus.ac | Can This Open Access Publishing Platform Attract Researchers’ Attention?
« Octopus, which was launched in 2022, is an open access research dissemination platform that allows researchers across…24.07.2025
Preprints in comparative physiology – a guide for the preprint curious
« The deposition of pre-peer-reviewed scientific articles in repositories as preprints has been practised for over 50 years. Recently, the popularity of…24.07.2025
Beyond Access: Untangling Copyright Confusion in Asian Open Access Journals
« (…) Open Access (OA) is often celebrated as a global success story, but behind the promise of openness lies a…17.07.2025
Reflections on the Global South’s Impact on Scholarly Communication: Historical Context, Current Dynamics, and Future Pathways Authors
« The landscape of scholarly communication has evolved dramatically over the last three decades, transitioning from traditional print-based dissemination to digital…16.07.2025
Inequity, precarity, and disparity: Exploring systemic and institutional barriers in open access publishing
« Despite increasing advocacy for open access (OA), its uptake in some disciplines has remained low. Existing studies have linked the…03.07.2025
DIAMAS results will change the face of Diamond OA
« The DIAMAS final conference celebrated the 9 project outputs that have been integrated into…17.06.2025
How I use DOAJ metadata in my work and research
« This guest blog post by Li Bo offers a librarian’s perspective on the core role of the Directory of Open…04.06.2025
Le libre accès diamant et les infrastructures ouvertes ont façonné le paysage des revues savantes canadiennes depuis l’ère numérique
« L’édition savante implique de nombreux acteurs ayant des intérêts divers. Au Canada, l’implication des universités, la présence de sociétés et…04.06.2025
Open infrastructures in conflict zones: a case study of DOAJ and Ukrainian journals
« This case study explores the role of the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) in increasing the visibility and accessibility…23.05.2025
HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-06-ERA-02 | Enable sustained coordination and guidance at the European level on institutional non-profit open access publishing
« Expected Outcome: The successful proposal will deliver on the following impacts: “Sustainable high quality institutional non-profit open access publishing…21.05.2025
LIBER Action Plan on Improving Access and Reuse of Research Results
« Introducing the LIBER Action Plan on Improving Access and Reuse of Research Results by Addressing Copyright and Data Legislative and…20.05.2025
CRAFT-OA Conference – “Crafting the Future of Diamond Open Access: Technical, Social & Political Perspectives of Scholarly Publishing” | 6-8 October 2025, University of Göttingen, Germany
« Open Access (OA) publishing practices provide unrestricted access to research and are vital to scholarly communication today. In the Diamond…14.05.2025
Exploiter l’open access en recherche d’informations
« Rechercher des publications scientifiques en accès libre / open access Gold, green ou black open access… Petit tour des grandes catégories…09.05.2025
Lessons for the Global Transition to Equitable Open Access to Research – Open Future
« OA journals which do not charge fees to read or publish in have become known as diamond journals.07.05.2025
Barriers and benefits of transitioning to an equitable open access model: interviews with LIS journal editors
« Not all library and information science (LIS) journals operate under an equitable open access (OA) model, despite librarianship’s emphasis on…06.05.2025
DOAJ and DFG join forces to boost diamond open access journals in Germany
« We’re pleased to announce that DOAJ has signed a three-year service agreement with the German Research Foundation (DFG). This partnership…05.05.2025
Implementation of Transformative Agreements at the University of Chicago Library: A Case Study
« The University of Chicago Library created a working group, composed of librarians across the library, to engage in dedicated and…05.05.2025
Open Access Australasia (OAA) Report: A snapshot of the open access landscape in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand in 2022
« In 2022 Open Access Australasia investigated 187 research active institutions across four sectors in the ANZ region to see what…24.04.2025
Equitable Access, Open Science, and the Future of Publishing in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry
« The landscape of academic publishing, including in geochemistry and cosmochemistry, is evolving toward greater openness and accessibility. This editorial outlines…23.04.2025
Berlin 17 and the road to next generation open access
« The 17th OA2020 Conference at Harnack House, Berlin, brought together 150 representatives from 40 countries to evaluate global progress toward…15.04.2025
DOAJ and Diamond: our focus for 2025
« Throughout 2025, DOAJ will spotlight Diamond open access journals that we index, highlighting our ongoing efforts to enhance the visibility…10.04.2025
NWO and ZonMw participate in open access PLOS deal
« (…) This new payment model for publications is part of a pilot project to explore how publication costs can be…03.04.2025
Comment sensibiliser et former son équipe à la science ouverte par le jeu ?
« Les jeux éducatifs sont de plus en plus utilisés pour transmettre des connaissances sur des sujets complexes, et la science…02.04.2025
Helping small publishers in Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK with OA
« Thousands of smaller publishers in Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom play a key role in…31.03.2025
To Complete the Open Access Transition, First Ask the Right Questions
« Open access outputs—particularly of journal articles—have grown considerably over the last 25 years, from a few percent of articles being…27.03.2025
INRAE | Pratiques intègres de publication scientifique à l’heure de la science ouverte. Note de recommandations
« Le présent document a pour objectif de fournir aux scientifiques d’INRAE impliqués dans le processus de publication scientifique quelques recommandations…25.03.2025
Measuring Usage in an Open Access World
« This year, we at Portland Press (publishing on behalf of the Biochemical Society) will convert our hybrid journals to…24.03.2025
Open access, open infrastructures, and their funding: Learning from histories to more effectively enhance diamond OA ecologies for books
« The decade since the “Bottlenecks in the Open Access System” special issue of JLSC in 2014 has been an expansive…21.03.2025
Maybe Persistent but Certainly Not Unique: On the Proliferation of DOIs in Open Access Book Publishing
« (…) In open access book publishing, there are a variety of PIDs in use, with different ways in which they…19.03.2025
NWO Open Access Books fund: Let’s talk about open access books
« The goal of this post is twofold: to provide insights into key facts and figures; to raise awareness among authors…11.03.2025
Motivations and barriers to publishing open access book chapters and monographs: An institutional perspective
« Recent years have seen an increase in publishers exploring open access for monographs and book chapters. Programs like the Direct…10.03.2025
CSIR-NIScPR, India and CNRS, France Organised Indo-French Seminar on Open Science
« The CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research, New Delhi (CSIR-NIScPR), in collaboration with the CNRS- Department for Open…07.03.2025
Building a National Community of Practice for Diamond Open Access
« The IOAP (Irish Open Access Publishers), of which I am manager and co-founder, was established in 2021 as a national…06.03.2025
New Study Published on Academic Impact of Open Science in Royal Society Open Science
« A study exploring the academic impact of Open Science has been published in the journal Royal Society…25.02.2025
Gold, Green, Diamond: What You Should Know About Open Access Publishing Models
« The Open Access (OA) movement is quite complex: it involves diverse principles, models, and policy frameworks. The goal of this…24.02.2025
MPDL supports KOALA’s Diamond Open Access journal bundle for Computer Science & Mathematics
« The Max Planck Digital Library is happy to announce its contribution to TIB’s KOALA bundle for computer science and mathematics…24.02.2025
DOAJ Annual Highlights 2024
« This is the DOAJ Annual Highlights from 2024, which outlines some of the key data, projects and work from 2024.19.02.2025
Jisc raises the curtain on OPERAS in the UK
« OPERAS is a European research infrastructure that supports greater visibility and impact across social sciences and humanities (SSH). As…19.02.2025
DeepGreen—A Data Hub for the Distribution of Scholarly Articles From Publishers to Open Access Repositories in Germany
« (…) DeepGreen is an automated delivery service for open access articles. Originally conceived to take advantage of the so-called open…18.02.2025
How to Begin the OA Transition: a guide for smaller and specialist publishers
« How to Begin the OA Transition: a guide for smaller and specialist publishers provides detailed advice and guidance for…18.02.2025
Tracking transformative agreements through open metadata: method and validation using Dutch Research Council NWO funded papers
« Transformative agreements have become an important strategy in the transition to open access, with almost 1,200 such agreements registered by…14.02.2025
A Policy for Open Access Books Begins at the Institution
« A smart funding policy for digital books should lead to more open access in the social sciences and humanities. We…13.02.2025