Open Access Developments
Though Open Access to Publicly Supported Reports is Increasingly Anchored in Policy, It Still Divides Scholars’ Opinions
As the United States’ Congress writes into law Open Access to federally funded research findings, recent survey results indicate that Open Access continues to be misunderstood in the scientific community. A Blog Article by Pablo Markin. In early April 2018, research reports prepared on behalf […]
ResearchGate is at the Epicenter of Legal Controversy, as Large Publishers Sue it over Copyright Infringements
While global publishing companies, e.g., Elsevier, Wiley and Brill, take ResearchGate to court over scientific article sharing, transition to Open Access can unshackle communication between scholars from legal constraints, due to its licensing conditions. A Blog Article by Pablo Markin. As a blog post by […]
As the United Kingdom Embraces Open Science, its Academic Network Signs an Agreement to Boost Open Access Journals
On October 4, 2018, Jisc Collections, a non-profit organization that negotiates the terms of access to electronic resources of British higher education and research institutions, has signed a comprehensive agreement with De Gruyter that is expected to facilitate a transition to Open Access in the […]
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Diego Gomez: Toll access turns scientists into criminals
We are extremely pleased to present a guest post by Diego Gomez, biologist and open access advocate who is facing criminal charges in Colombia. You can read more about Diego and his legal case at Electronic Frontier Foundation and Karisma Fundation websites. If you want […]
Science Publishers Partner with Open Source Code Sharing Solutions to Strengthen Open Access to Empirical Data
Code Ocean, an Open Source data and algorithm sharing platform, assists large journal and book publishers to improve the reproducibility and transparency of scientific research results. A Blog Article by Pablo Markin. Global publishers, such as Taylor & Francis in January 2018, have been partnering […]
Open and Shut: Jonathan Eisen’s Open Science talk at #ISMB #BOSC2012
Today’s Open and Shut roundup kick’s off with a talk by Jonathan Eisen at the BOSC meeting 2012. For those of you familiar with Jonathan Eisen you’re likely to know two things: (1) he’s an evolutionary biologist and (2) he’s editor-in-chief of the [totally awesome] […]
Unsolved problem – green open access to academic book chapters
We, the open access promoters, have been focused primarily on academic papers. As a result, we still have a lot of work in promoting open access to other forms of academic output. As I concluded in my previous posts, according to the results of the […]