Open Access, Plan S and ‘Radically Liberatory’ Forms of Academic Freedom
Author : Samuel A. Moore This opinion piece interrogates the position that open access policies infringe academic freedom. Through an analysis of the objections...
Étiquette : open access policies
Evaluating the impact of open access policies on research institutions
Authors : Chun-kai (karl) Huang, Cameron Neylon, Richard Hosking, Lucy Montgomery, Katie S Wilson, Alkim Ozaygen, Chloe Brookes-Kenworthy The proportion of rese...
Open Access uptake by universities worldwide
Authors : Nicolas Robinson-Garcia, Rodrigo Costas, Thed N. van Leeuwen The implementation of policies promoting the adoption of an open science (OS) culture mu...
Open Sesame? Open access priorities, incentives, and policies among higher education institutions in the United Arab Emirates
Authors : Mohamed Boufarss, Mikael Laakso Higher education institutions (HEIs) have an instrumental role in the move towards Open Access (OA) by shaping the nat...
Compliance with the first funder open access policy in Australia
Authors : Noreen Kirkman, Gaby Haddow Introduction In 2012, the National Health and Medical Research Council introduced Australia’s first national open ac...
Thought Experiment on the Impact of Plan S on non-Plan S countries and Japan
Author : Miho Funamori In September 2018, a consortium of eleven European research funding agencies known as cOAlition S announced “Plan S,” which requires full...
NGOs’ experiences of navigating the open access landscape
Author : Nilam McGrath Grant-led consortia working in the global development sector rely on the input of local and national non-government organisations in low-...