« Ce texte propose un état de l’art inédit sur la notion d’openwashing dans l’espace des publications scientifiques. En s’appuyant sur les phénomènes de washing, il aborde une variété de formes de détournement des principes de l’ouverture scientifique. À partir d’une analyse critique d’une littérature interdisciplinaire, le concept sténographique élaboré est…
« OAPSA – the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association – has published a new ‘position paper’ and is inviting feedback from the industry on its stated aims. The paper, “Embracing the Complexity of ‘100% OA’: From Percentage to Participation”, produced in association with Research Consulting,…
« Journal articles and monographs have dominated debates around open access. The infrastructure, campaigns, and funding models central to OA advocacy tend to revolve around these traditional formats. But in doing so, are we overlooking a platform that has been quietly producing free, editable, collaboratively written textbooks for over two decades?…
« The CRAFT-OA conference, “Crafting the Future of Diamond Open Access: Technical, Social, and Political Perspectives of Scholarly Publishing,” marked the project’s final phase. It brought together project partners and the broader Diamond OA community to exchange ideas, reflect on achievements, and explore how to shape the future of federated Diamond…
« Why make publications open access? Who benefits from the current systems of open access academic publishing? How does the marketisation of open access affect scholarship? How can open access be reoriented according to the research needs and academic freedom of scholars, rather than large corporate publishers? (…) »
« This study examines the adoption and impact of open access (OA) publishing in Tunisia. It uses Scopus data to analyse trends, citation metrics, alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and funding sources. Over 60% of Tunisian publications remain behind paywalls, limiting their visibility and impact. (…) »
« La publication scientifique est en train de s’éloigner progressivement des modèles traditionnels basés sur l’abonnement aux revues pour s’orienter vers l’Open Access, ce qui exerce une pression financière croissante sur les bibliothèques académiques et les chercheur·es. Afin de mieux comprendre comment les coûts de publication en Open Access ont évolué…
« Since the launch of the UKRI open access (OA) policy for research articles in August 2021, we have delivered targeted interventions to help libraries and researchers meet the policy’s requirements. With our implementation phase now complete, we are looking ahead and considering what ongoing support our members…
« Transformative agreements have become an important strategy in the transition to open access, with almost 1,200 such agreements registered by 2025. Despite their prevalence, these agreements suffer from important transparency limitations, most notably article-level metadata that indicates which articles are covered by these agreements. Typically, this data is available to…
« This paper focuses on scientific journals’ policies on open access and open science. The subject has gained increasing relevance, driven by the need for more-democratic access to knowledge and improved research visibility, which require eliminating the financial, legal, and technical barriers that restrict access to scientific output. (…) »
