COAR and ASAPbio release ‘Ten Recommended Practices for Managing Preprints in Generalist and Institutional Repositories’ report - December 12, 2022
COAR and ASAPbio have announced the publication of ’Ten Recommended Practices for Managing Preprints in Generalist and Institutional Repositories’. As preprint sharing becomes more common, there is a need for a cohesive and sustainable ecosystem to support researchers around the world. Currently,… Read More
EDP Sciences publishes Astronomy & Astrophysics Subscribe to Open 2022 Transparency Report - December 9, 2022
EDP Sciences has published the Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A) Subscribe to Open (S2O) 2022 Transparency Report. This is the first transparency report and provides a range of information related to the A&A Subscribe to Open program including: background information on open… Read More
BioOne and SPIE publish case study on non-profit partnership - December 8, 2022
A new case study published in Learned Publishing explores the early years of the non-profit partnership between BioOne and SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics. The open-access article points to a great potential for organizations to form collaborative partnerships,… Read More
Simba publishes report on open access publishing market growth – 2022-2026 - December 7, 2022
According to the most recent report from Simba Information, the Biden administration's decision to drop embargos on publicly funded research will fuel strong open-access publishing growth over the next four years. The report, Open Access Journal Publishing 2022-2026, found that the rate of… Read More
Wolters Kluwer publishes report on open medicine - December 7, 2022
Wolters Kluwer, Health has published a new report titled, ’The Path to Open Medicine: Driving Global Health Equity through Medical Research.’ The report is intended to sit within the ongoing global conversation around increased openness in scientific research, including the recent policy guidance issued… Read More
IFLA, EIFL report brings together key resources that explain the difference that public access in libraries can make - November 17, 2022
The latest report from the Dynamic Coalition on Public Access in Libraries, led by IFLA and EIFL, brings together key resources that explain the difference that public access in libraries can make, as well as offering hints and insights that can help drive evaluation… Read More
ARL releases report on US academic research libraries’ to understand OA expenses - November 14, 2022
Open access (OA) and the broad sharing of research outputs have been empirically shown to accelerate scientific progress and benefit society and individuals at scale through improved health outcomes, socioeconomic mobility, and environmental well-being, to name a few. Academic research libraries, for their part, have made significant investments in opening… Read More
AAAS Survey reveals how open access publishing trends and costs are affecting the scientific enterprise - November 8, 2022
To better drive scientific innovation and apply lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, federal policymakers are exploring methods to increase access to published scientific research and data that is federally funded. Yet the policies meant to ensure public access for readers are increasingly affecting publishing opportunities for researchers, creating hidden… Read More
Emerald announces 2022 Time for Change survey - November 8, 2022
Emerald Publishing’s 2022 Time for Change survey, now in its fourth year, reveals an increased emphasis on open research, with 46% of academics considering open access and sharing of open data sets, compared to 29% four years ago. Despite the interest in open research, funding remains a… Read More
SPARC Europe releases ‘Open Education in European Libraries of Higher Education’ report - November 2, 2022
SPARC Europe has announced the publication of the report, Open Education in European Libraries of Higher Education: Implementing the UNESCO Recommendation on OER. The report presents the findings of the third edition of the annual survey of European academic libraries on the topic of… Read More
