Open Access Developments
Open Access in Education Goes Beyond Textbooks, to Encompass Online Courses, International Partnerships and Journal Publishing
While the potential of online learning and open educational resources continues to unfold in developed and developing countries, in the field of education Open Access experiences dynamic development, as universities mandate Open Access to research results, integrate free online textbooks and launch online courses and […]
Open Access Publishers Team Up to Promote Cost Transparency, in a Bid to Speed Up the Transition to Open Science
As the regulatory pressure for a blanket implementation of Open Access standards from the European Commission grows, the Fair Open Access Alliance has united leading Open Access journal and book publishers into a consortium dedicated to the transition to Open Access and the transparency of […]
Open Access Can Help Scientific Societies Build Their Asset Portfolios, While Preserving Content Accessibility
While the social role of scientific societies continues being discussed, arrangements with publishers that outsource journal management may need Open Access to ensure continued service to scholarly communities, if journal titles change ownership. A Blog Article by Pablo Markin. As a recent blog article by […]
Topical Spotlights
Open Science Resources
De Gruyter’s Publication in Historical Philosophy Wins Sheikh Zayed Book Translation Award
As De Gruyter felicitates Ziad Bou Akl who, as one of its authors, won the Sheikh Zayed Book Award for Translation, this also highlights academic publication funding initiatives in the UAE. A Blog Article by Pablo Markin. On March 31, 2017, De Gruyter has formally […]
Giants vs crowds: how does citizen science change the research landscape?
In the open access week, Milena Dobreva* looks at some participatory approaches facilitating research. How does the renewed interest in citizen science change the traditional academic landscape? Once upon a time, research was about continuity and the expansion of ideas of the previous generations of […]
Open Access increases citation? A brief overview of two reports
Last week I have published a post about visibility and citations in Open Access. The post was referring to the results of two separate reports related to the subject. As the question of visibility and citations in OA journals and books remains valid, being a […]
Media Question the Practices of Large Journal Publishers and their Effect on Science
Large publishers are assumed to stay the course on their business strategies despite adverse effects of closed access models on the scientific community. A Blog Article by Pablo Markin. On June 27, 2017, The Guardian has published a long-read piece by Stephen Buranyi on the […]