From coalition to commons: Plan S and the future of scholarly communication
Author : Rob Johnson The announcement of Plan S in September 2018 triggered a wide-ranging debate over how best to accelerate the shift to open access. The Plan...
Auteur/autrice : Hans Dillaerts
Common Struggles: Policy-based vs. scholar-led approaches to open access in the humanities
Author : Samuel A. Moore Open access publishing (OA) not only removes price and permission restrictions to academic research, but also represents an opportunity...
The Price of Gold: Curiosity?
Authors : Daniel W. Hook, Mark Hahnel, Christian Herzog Gold open access as characterised by the payment of an article processing charge (APC) has become one of...
arXiv and the Symbiosis of Physics Preprints and Journal Review Articles: A Model
Author : Brian Simboli This paper recommends a publishing model that can help achieve the goal of reforming physics publishing. It distinguishes two complementa...
What does better peer review look like? Underlying principles and recommendations for better practice
Authors : Heidi Allen, Alexandra Cury, Thomas Gaston, Chris Graf, Hannah Wakley, Michael Willis We conducted a literature review of best practice in peer review...
OER: Lessons from the Field
Authors : Roy Kaufman, Andrew Campana As open educational resources (OER) expand in the US and elsewhere, attention should be paid to the challenges of implemen...
Spanish academics and social networking sites: Use, non-use, and the perceived advantages and drawbacks of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, ResearchGate, and Academia.edu
Authors : Francisco Segado-Boj, Jesús Díaz-Campo, Erika Fernández-Gómez, María-Ángeles Chaparro-Domínguez This study examines Spanish academics’ motives for usi...