Despite its progressing adoption, the underlying support models of Open Access remain liable to disruption via budget cuts and steering by corporation-defined initiatives. A Blog Article by Pablo Markin. Despite the associations of Open Access with a public good, in mass media the democratization of […]
As Clarivate Analytics announces its strategic partnership with Impactstory, it also indicates the growing market power of Open Access data and publications. A Blog Article by Pablo Markin. On June 23, 2017, Clarivate Analytics , a recently independent spin-off of Thompson Reuters, has launched a […]
In response to dramatic calls for Open Access (OA) promotion by European Union (EU) officials, EU-level and international collaborations feature OA options in research funding and partnership agreements. A Blog Article by Pablo Markin. Over a year has passed since a call for the promotion […]
As Open Access becomes a mainstream rather than a marginal phenomenon, a book-length argument in its favor Peter Suber (2012) proposes is validated by more recent findings. A Book Review by Pablo Markin. Few formats fit better Marshall MacLuhan’s dictum that “the medium is the […]
The latest MIT Press initiative to digitize its back-list titles for public access at the Internet Archive demonstrates the demand for and limitations of Open Access solutions. A Blog Article by Pablo Markin. In May, 2017, in an extensive press release, the Massachusetts Institute of […]
An increasing number of traditional and open access journal publishers are adding open peer review options, despite debates on their viability. A Blog Article by Pablo Markin. In 2006, Nature, an international weekly journal of science, has piloted open peer review, while admitting that open […]
As China seeks to further its innovation orientation, open access in the fields of science and technology has been gaining its attention as a development factor. A Blog Article by Pablo Markin. Steadily growing research and development budgets in both public and private sectors that […]
As Open Access journals gain in recognition across scholarly communities, Canadian universities voice increasingly vocal support for Open Access journals. A Blog Article by Pablo Markin. While the Budapest Open Access Initiative was launched in 2002, had Canadian co-signatories, such as representatives of the Universities […]
Given that digitization reduces journal production and distribution costs, resultant efficiency gains can enable a wider adoption of Open Access by scholarly journals. A Blog Article by Pablo Markin. In recent years, open access gains momentum as a general approach not only to publishing, but […]