Open Access

Why Open Access Will Boost Publisher Profits
Open Access
July 24, 2019

Why Open Access Will Boost Publisher Profits

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UC Librarian Foresees Seismic Shift from Elsevier Showdown
Communication
July 15, 2019

UC Librarian Foresees Seismic Shift from Elsevier Showdown

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How Learned Societies and Open Access Will Learn to Co-Exist
Communication
July 12, 2019

How Learned Societies and Open Access Will Learn to Co-Exist

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Examining Open Access and Commercial Success
Open Access
June 20, 2019

Examining Open Access and Commercial Success

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Sci-Hub: The Librarian’s Response

Sci-Hub: The Librarian’s Response

In this post by Ruth Harrison, Yvonne Nobis & Charles Oppenheim they tell about the challenges that Sci-Hub presents to librarians who are advocating for open access to scholarly content. We published this post in recognition of lasts weeks Open Access Week around the country. The article highlights issues associated with open access and scholarly communications and the views reflect that of the authors.

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Criticisms of the Citation System, and Google Scholar in Particular

Criticisms of the Citation System, and Google Scholar in Particular

In his second article about the citation system and Google Scholar, Louis Coiffait looks at some of the current criticisms.

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Trump Administration Requests 12 Percent Cut to NSF Budget

Trump Administration Requests 12 Percent Cut to NSF Budget

The two federal agencies that spend the most on making grants to social and behavioral science research in the United States, both have their budgets shaved by an eighth in the Fiscal Year 2020 budget proposal released by the Trump administration earlier this month. But the move is more symbolic than substantive.

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Looking at Plan S From Down Under

Looking at Plan S From Down Under

Plan S focuses on making all publicly funded research immediately fully and freely available by open access publication. If Australia does not adopt Plan S, the authors argue, it could potentially restrict collaboration, publishing, and funding opportunities with research bodies who subscribe to this ambitious movement.

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Read Compelling Studies from Award-Winning ‘AERA Open’

Read Compelling Studies from Award-Winning ‘AERA Open’

In honor of AERA Open being named “Best New Journal in Social Sciences” in the 2019 Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence, or PROSE, Awards, we’re highlighting three of the compelling studies — including an assessment of Common Core — that appeared in the journal last year.

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In Age of Open Science, Should Your Presentation Appear Online?

In Age of Open Science, Should Your Presentation Appear Online?

Elie Diner presents arguments for and against sharing research presentations online, arguing that sharing research presentations should be seen as part of the mainstream of open scholarship and is a natural way for academics to present their preliminary findings.

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Plan S[how me the money]: Academic-led Initiatives vs. Less Costly Publishing Future

Plan S[how me the money]: Academic-led Initiatives vs. Less Costly Publishing Future

Plan S represents an exciting example of the scholarly community mobilizing to create funding requirements that could lead to an open access future. However, the plan has also raised a number of legitimate concerns, not least the absence of any incentive for publishers to lower journal costs. Brian Cody suggests how simple adjustments to the proposed article processing charge cap could encourage publishers to reduce costs and so free up funds for other open access projects.

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Why Developing Countries are Vulnerable to Predatory Journals

Why Developing Countries are Vulnerable to Predatory Journals

Predatory publications are different from mainstream journals because they charge exorbitant fees to publish the articles they solicit, and they don’t follow any of the quality assurance processes expected in academic publication. Academics in the developing world have become a favorite target for these journals, and many seem to be falling into the trap. We need to ask why.

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