Sci-Hub: What It Is and Why It Matters
The controversies surrounding Sci-Hub touch on many hot-button topics in librarianship. This primer lays out multiple perspectives on the issues.
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SAGE Open five years on
Lessons learned and future thoughts on open access in humanities and social sciences.
‘Immediate’ open access to all scientific papers by 2020
Observers are skeptical goal can be achieved
All European scientific articles to be freely accessible by 2020
All scientific articles in Europe must be freely accessible as of 2020. EU member states want to achieve optimal reuse of research data. They are also looking into a European visa for foreign start-up founders.
ACS and Dutch universities aim for 100% open access
From 2017 onward, any new articles accepted for publication within ACS peer-reviewed journals that are submitted by a Corresponding Author affiliated with a Dutch university or other participating research institution will be published open access, without extra fees to the author.
Elsevier is tricking authors into surrendering their rights
To put it simply, Elsevier have distorted the widely recognized concept of open access...
Elsevier denies it will force SSRN users on to other services
Purchase of research repository has horrified open access advocates who fear acquisition marks attempt to maintain control over publishing
Around 40% of Swiss research is open access
According to the SNSF, 40% of scientific publications produced with the support of public funding are openly accessible, which makes Switzerland “progressive” compared with other countries.
5 billion reasons for open access
The world currently spends about €7.6 billion per year on subscriptions to academic journals according to one report. If all journal articles in the world were published in journals like PLOS One, we would spend €2.6 billion on publishing. Compared with today’s expenditures, humanity would save €5 billion every year.
Social-sciences preprint server snapped up by publishing giant Elsevier
The Social Science Research Network says that it will continue to offer free submissions and downloads under its new owner.
Quality Assessment of Studies Published in Open Access
A comparison of the methodological quality and the quality of reporting of primary epidemiological studies and systematic reviews and meta-analyses published in OA and non-OA journals.
Nature Outlook on Innovation
In the fiercely competitive world of drug discovery and development, secrecy is no longer as important as it once was.
DOAJ to remove approximately 3300 journals
Today the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) will remove approximately 3300 journals for failure to submit a valid reapplication before the communicated deadline.
Putting Open Science into Practice at the Barcamp Science 2.0
Notes on Open Science from the Barcamp Science 2.0 and the Science 2.0 Conference.
In survey, most give thumbs-up to pirated papers
Survey responses reveal that beyond lack of journal access, convenience and antipathy toward publishers are key motivations for turning to paper repository
Comparing Published Scientific Journal Articles to Their Pre-print Versions
Comparing Published Scientific Journal Articles to Their Pre-print Versions
An analysis reveals that the text contents of the scientific papers generally change very little from their pre-print to final published versions.
Who's downloading pirated papers? Everyone
An exclusive look at data from the controversial web site Sci-Hub reveals that the whole world, both poor and rich, is reading pirated research papers.
OpenCon 2016
Empowering the Next Generation to Advance Open Access, Open Education and Open Data.
Economic thoughts about “gold” open access
There is increasing support in the scholarly communications community for “flipping” the standard journal publishing model from subscription-based to “gold” open access...
This microbiologist loves bugs and hates hype
An outspoken biologist uses social media as a megaphone as he calls out his colleagues for hyping their research findings and ignoring women scientists.
Vice President Biden Calls for Open Access, Open Data and New Incentives
Vice President Joe Biden has met with thousands of stakeholders across all sectors, seeking suggestions for how to remove the barriers that are currently blocking progress in science, research, and development.
You Pay to Read Research You Fund
Saying that Sci-Hub is about copyright infringement is like saying the Boston Tea Party was about late-night vandalism.
It's time to stand up to greedy academic publishers
The UK’s higher education institutions spend more than £180m on journal subscriptions every year. We need to come together and create a better system
E.U. urged to free all scientific papers by 2020
Dutch push for a quantum leap in open access
Moedas: journal papers based on EU-funded science should be free to access
Moedas: journal papers based on EU-funded science should be free to access
The days of open science have arrived and it is time to move from pay-to-read to free-to-read, says EU's R&D Commissioner. But publishers want to keep their subscriptions.
Crossref initiatives will support reporting to funders
Now that most major research funders require researchers to make their outputs available in open access (OA), new developments in the field are coming faster than ever.
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