« The landscape of scholarly communication has evolved dramatically over the last three decades, transitioning from traditional print-based dissemination to digital open access. Contrary to conventional narratives, the Global South has emerged as a leader in this domain, pioneering diamond open-access models, free to read and publish, driven by scholarly-led, community-oriented,…
« Despite increasing advocacy for open access (OA), its uptake in some disciplines has remained low. Existing studies have linked the low uptake of OA in the humanities and social sciences (HSS) to disciplinary norms, limited funding for article processing charges (APCs), and researchers’ preferences. However, there is a growing concern…
« The DIAMAS final conference celebrated the 9 project outputs that have been integrated into the European Diamond Capacity Hub (EDCH) in Brussels on 3 June 2025. It shone a light on how DIAMAS outputs will support the community to implement and…
« This guest blog post by Li Bo offers a librarian’s perspective on the core role of the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) in academic work, including discovering, accessing, and analyzing high-quality open access journals, as well as its practical applications in journal selection, data analysis, and promoting open science.…
« L’édition savante implique de nombreux acteurs ayant des intérêts divers. Au Canada, l’implication des universités, la présence de sociétés et la disponibilité d’un soutien gouvernemental pour les périodiques semblent avoir contribué à un écosystème de revues assez diversifié. Cette étude présente en détail l’état actuel de ces revues, ainsi que…
« This case study explores the role of the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) in increasing the visibility and accessibility of Ukrainian academic journals. Ukrainian journals face numerous challenges due to economic constraints and the ongoing war. The article presents how open infrastructures play an important role in supporting journals…
« Expected Outcome:
The successful proposal will deliver on the following impacts: “Sustainable high quality institutional non-profit open access publishing services indexed in research information systems adhering to national research assessment standards” and “Increased capacity in the EU R&I system to conduct open science and establishing it as the prevailing…
« Introducing the LIBER Action Plan on Improving Access and Reuse of Research Results by Addressing Copyright and Data Legislative and Regulatory Issues.
Research libraries provide researchers with access to content and data, yet despite their efforts, scientists across Europe in all disciplines still report problems. Open Access and Open…
« Open Access (OA) publishing practices provide unrestricted access to research and are vital to scholarly communication today. In the Diamond Open Access (Diamond OA) publishing model, not only do readers have free access, but authors publish without fees, supported instead by universities, libraries, or research institutions that provide the technological…
« Rechercher des publications scientifiques en accès libre / open access
Gold, green ou black open access… Petit tour des grandes catégories et des principaux outils pouvant favoriser la recherche et l’accès à des publications scientifiques en accès libre. (…) »
