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Blogs selected for Week September 21 to September 27, 2020

1. Achieving an equitable transition to open access Author: Christopher Kenneally Over the past two decades, the Research For Life (https://www.research4life.org/) initiative has sought to close the world’s knowledge gap. A global coalition of UN entities, NGOs, publishers, and universities, Research For Life now provides free or very low-cost access to thousands of research publications, […]

Blogs selected for Week September 14 to September 20, 2020

1. Guest post — What is wrong with preprint citations? Author: Sylvia Izzo Hunter, Igor Kleshchevich, Bruce Rosenblum The COVID-19 pandemic has produced an explosion of postings on preprint servers to meet the critical need for rapid dissemination of new biomedical and clinical research findings. Citations to the preprints, both in other preprints and in […]

Blogs selected for Week September 7 to September 13, 2020

1. Improving Peer Review through Better Data Author: Jennifer Goodrich The critical importance of peer review in scholarly and scientific publishing has only been heightened during the ‘rush to publish’ times brought about by COVID-19. Publishers who embrace strategic data management throughout the entire publishing lifecycle are easing the inherent stresses of publication workflows while […]

Blogs selected for Week August 31 to September 6, 2020

1. Articles Are the Fundamental Unit of Data Sharing Author: Tim Vines The FAIR principles are the community consensus answer to the ‘How’ question of data sharing, in that they describe best practice for how to share a particular dataset. Community consensus about anything is very welcome, but by themselves, the FAIR principles do not […]

Blogs selected for Week August 24 to August 30, 2020

1. Sustainable open access – What is next? Author: Ann Michael No business model is without limitations. While charging an APC is currently the most prevalent model used to sustain open Access (OA), its limitations are apparent. Depending on funding source, APCs can be a barrier to participation in OA for some authors and research […]