In this post we reflect on the current threats to trust in scholarly journal publishing, and the implications for organizations like Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) that seek to uphold that trust.
National PID strategies are on the rise. In this post, Phill Jones reports the findings of cost-benefit analysis of investment in PIDs and research infrastructure in Ireland.
Robert Harington discusses the value of preprints, the importance of peer review, research integrity and openness.
The 2025 policy continues 2021 compliance requirements while also imposing additional mandates and eliminating financial support for open access publishing.
While the BMGF may be all-in, from an industry perspective the Gates Policy Refresh represents a small but potentially valuable experiment.
The federal government is mandating that the knowledge and data produced from federal grants be widely available for our collective good. Libraries remain under-resourced to make this happen. Let’s add some new metrics and language to this narrative to help articulate the value of libraries.
Transitional agreements are proving to be neither transitional nor transformative. How should libraries and publishers reassess and chart a different course?
A new report “Developing a US PID National Strategy,” outlines the desirable characteristics of Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) and sets the foundation for a cohesive US national strategy.
Research integrity extends beyond the trustworthiness of basic research results and outputs. How can we ensure that the translation and transformation of those research results into societal outputs and governance policies are equally trustworthy?
How can we measure the impact of research papers on influencing public policy? An interview with Euan Adie of Overton.
Legislation often lags technological advances. The EU’s Digital Single Market Copyright Directive leaves many open questions regarding AI text- and data-mining.
Three global society publishers respond to cOAlition S’s recent “Towards responsible publishing, a proposal from cOAlition S”.
Escalating attacks on the humanities often cite the problem of employment for humanities majors; a new report shows otherwise.
Noted journalist and scholarly communication observer Richard Poynder explains why he has given up on the open access movement.
The intended beneficiary of public access is “the American public,” and we need so much more than access to the biomedical literature.