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Blogs selected for Week October 26 to November 1, 2020

1. In search of equity and justice: Reimagining scholarly communication Author: Alison Mudditt While open access is a critical piece of the equity puzzle in scholarly communication, there is a much deeper agenda at play here. PLOS has from the outset been focused on designing broad-scale systemic change. Recently, PLOS has been clear about the […]

Blogs selected for Week October 19 to October 25, 2020

1. Open with purpose Author: Liz Bal The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that open access is essential in providing fast, unrestricted access to research. At the same time, it has exposed and exacerbated many inequalities in academia and society. Rebuilding research ecosystem to be open by default presents an opportunity to build more equitable foundations. […]

Blogs selected for Week October 12 to October 18, 2020

1. New PLOS pricing test could signal end of scientists paying to publish free papers Author: Jeffrey Brainard PLOS, the nonprofit publisher that in 2003 pioneered the open-access business model of charging authors to publish scientific articles so they are immediately free to all, recently rolled out an alternative model that could herald the end […]

Blogs selected for Week October 5 to October 11, 2020

1. Guest post — Research support is an enterprise activity Author: Rebecca Bryant Understanding the growing necessity of enterprise-wide social interoperability in research support is of interest to publishers and platform providers. The best practices and advice synthesised from a number of interview informants in key research support areas on how to optimise social interoperability […]

Blogs selected for Week September 28 to October 4, 2020

1. Guest post — On clarifying the goals of a peer review taxonomy Author: Micah Altman, Philip N. Cohen Under pressure from both researchers and consumers of research, the practice of peer review is changing and new models are proliferating. Recently, the International Association of Scientific Technical and Medical Publishers (STM), a major academic publishing […]