EU ready to back immediate open access without author fees...
Science journals will have to disclose the costs of publishing articles in order for them to be paid for by a coalition of research funders...
"In a bid to democratize access to credible health information, the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) is removing its paywall. “Up...
This article was originally behind a paywall. [MEDIA] More than 125 journal publishers and scientific and medical societies have signed a...
The goal of making science more transparent—sharing data, posting results on trial registries, use of preprint servers, and open access...
Interesting read. The idea that scientific research should be freely available for anyone to use is a sharp departure, even a threat, to the...
The war to free science How librarians, pirates, and funders are liberating the world’s academic research from paywalls. By Brian Resnick and...
The editorial board of an influential scientometrics journal — the Journal of Informetrics — has resigned in protest over the open-access policies...
Two of the world’s largest biomedical research funders have backed a plan to make all new papers open access immediately on publication by 2020....
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/13/scientific-publishing-rip-off-taxpayers-fund-research Opinion - Peer review and...
ETA: I have edited the thread title to now make it more appropriate to the posts below. A new initiative to accelerate the transition to full and...
Swedish researchers can now publish their articles in Frontiers’ Open Access journalsthrough a simplified process that covers publishing fees,...
Budding authors face a minefield when it comes to publishing their work. For a large fee, as much as $3,000, they can make their work available to...
Bold efforts to push academic publishing towards an open-access model are gaining steam. Negotiators from libraries and university consortia...
http://openaccess.blogg.kb.se/2018/05/16/sweden-stands-up-for-open-access-cancels-agreement-with-elsevier/ 2018-05-16 AV ANNICA WENTZEL Sweden...
Academic publishing is a uniquely troubling industry. Its profits are worth billions annually and its profit margins compare favourably with those...
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