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The open access contracts between the Dutch universities and publishers Elsevier and Springer have to be publicly disclosed. That is the verdict of the committee charged with considering the appeal of the publishers against a freedom of information request.
In this article Robert Harington assesses the Diamond open access model for society journal publishing.
Thousands of open access papers have mistakenly asked readers to pay access fees, but publishers are correcting the errors.
In recent years, observers have noticed that articles for which an APC has been paid are not always made freely available. How pervasive is this problem?
Report urges academy to ‘embrace’ opportunities for wider research dissemination
10 stories from users of the Open Access Button on why they need research to be freely available.
The Research Council of Norway is giving universities and university colleges a six-month deadline to upload articles stemming from Council-funded projects to open repositories.
Supporting the development of new models for open research data in the digital age.
The universities in the Netherlands and Cambridge University Press (CUP) have recently concluded a three-year agreement guaranteeing 100% open access to academic journals.
Charlie Rapple highlights the case of Diego Gómez, a Columbian researcher facing prison for sharing someone else's thesis via Scribd.
The case of Colombian scientist Diego Gomez — on trial for copyright violation for sharing a research paper — is likely to reach a head later this month.
Analysis of scholarly publishing’s ‘Napster’ shows that academics are not prepared to wait to access research. 35 per cent of articles downloaded from Sci-Hub were less than two years old when they were accessed.
Rise in copyright breaches prompts industry to discuss ways to allow ‘fair sharing’ of articles.
In recent years, librarians have become very concerned about so-called predatory practices associated with some open access publishers. These practices, while concerning, are no where near as harmful to the academic mission as are the practices at Elsevier. We are like that metaphorical frog being slowly boiled.
Negotiators fail to reach a deal with Oxford University Press (OUP) over transition to open access
Louisiana State University (LSU) takes Elsevier to court in an attempt to settle a disagreement with the publisher about its $1.64 million contract.
Louisiana State University (LSU) filed a lawsuit on February 27, 2017, against international science publisher Elsevier B.V. for breach of contract resulting from the publisher’s exclusion of the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine from accessing content licensed by the LSU Libraries.
Contributing to science is no easy endeavor.
For years, there was no overview of what the total amount being paid for journal subscriptions was per institute or on a national level.
Evaluating the impact of the Moore Foundation Open Access new policy.
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation recently announced a new Open Access Policy that will help to maximize the impact of research.
A webinar on how to access and engage with content and the importance of open access to scholarly research communication.
Learn about the open access publishing model in Latin America which helps disseminate scientific knowledge without restrictions.
An international initiative that aims to induce the swift, smooth and scholarly-oriented transformation of today’s scholarly journals from subscription to open access publishing.
Making the case for a European Open Access Platform.
Sci-Hub is used by different populations and for a number of different reasons and that there is still a lack of access to the published scientific record.
Optional license allows students, researchers, and staff to make scholarly articles freely available.
The science publishing world is a complex one, but the pendulum is currently swinging away from the paywalled mega-journals of the last decade to a more open model.
Column by Maria Leptin, Director of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
