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
Preprints: Their Evolving Role in Science Communication
Authors : Iratxe Puebla, Jessica Polka, Oya Rieger The use of preprints for the dissemination of research in some life sciences branches has increased substanti...
Open is not forever: A study of vanished open access journals
Authors : Mikael Laakso, Lisa Matthias, Najko Jahn The preservation of the scholarly record has been a point of concern since the beginning of knowledge product...
Open Access Initiatives in Western Asia
Authors : Vrushali Sainath Dandawate, M. Dhanmjaya This paper highlights open access activities and resources from Western Asia. The development of open access ...
Decolonizing Scholarly Communications through Bibliodiversity
Authors : Shearer Kathleen, Becerril-García Arianna Diversity is an important characteristic of any healthy ecosystem. In the field of scholarly communications,...
Journal Open Access and Plan S: Solving Problems or Shifting Burdens?
Authors : Shina Caroline Lynn Kamerlin, David J. Allen, Bas de Bruin, Etienne Derat, Henrik Urdal This academic thought piece provides an overview of the histor...
Where Do Early Career Researchers Stand on Open Science Practices? A Survey Within the Max Planck Society
Authors : Daniel Toribio-Flórez, Lukas Anneser, Felipe Nathan deOliveira-Lopes, Martijn Pallandt, Isabell Tunn, Hendrik Windel Open science (OS) is of paramount...