« In preparation for a major study of Generation–Z early career researchers’ (ECRs) scholarly communications attitudes and practices we report on how different Gen-Z researchers included in our earlier studies of ECRs were. It is a qualitative, pilot study that covered a convenience sample of around 30 Gen-Z ECRs from 8…
New global analysis of over 12 million documents reveals how academic research shapes sustainable development policy
« The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have become a powerful lens through which we understand and address society’s most urgent challenges and they now make up 24% of all published research. The…
« Our community-driven data has long supported research into open access publishing trends. By providing open, downloadable historical datasets under CC BY licenses, we aim to promote transparency, good data practices, and meaningful contributions to scholarly communication. (…) »
« Lyrasis, in collaboration with the Big Ten Academic Alliance’s Center for Library Programs and the California Digital Library (CDL), has been awarded a $206,886 grant from the Gates Foundation to advance community-governed, open access scholarly publishing in the United States. (…) »
« This report presents the results of the survey “Consultation on a Global Diamond Open Access Framework,” conducted online between September 2024 and January 2025 by UNESCO. This survey received nearly 2,900 responses from across 90 Countries. It aimed to understand current practices, structural challenges, and future aspirations regarding community-led, non-commercial…
« Multilingualism is increasingly recognised as a cornerstone of inclusive, pluralistic, and sustainable societies, as well as of open and equitable scholarly communication. International frameworks such as UNESCO’s 2003 Recommendation on Multilingualism and the 2021 Recommendation on Open Science, alongside initiatives like the 2019 Helsinki Initiative, have underscored its role in…
« 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 work defines « alternative publishing platforms » as innovative channels for scholarly communication that operate outside traditional book and journal publishing frameworks. These platforms may distinguish themselves in various ways: some embrace a broader disciplinary scope or accommodate more diverse publication types than conventional outlets, while others might publish submitted versions…
« The DIAMAS project proudly invited poster submissions from the scholarly community for the inspiring conference “The Future of Diamond OA Publishing in Europe and Beyond,” held in Brussels on June 3rd. (…) »
« The transition to Open Science necessitates robust and reliable metadata. While national initiatives, such as the French Open Science Monitor, aim to track this evolution using open data, reliance on proprietary databases persists in many places. Open platforms like OpenAlex still require significant human intervention for data accuracy. This paper…
