The Double-Cost of Green-via-Gold
Open access is public access. With the Nelson OSTP memo as a catalyst for Green-via-Gold, will we still need agency repositories?
Guest Post — Article Processing Charges are a Heavy Burden for Middle-Income Countries
The cost to publish OA is quickly becoming a new paywall in science, substituting the difficulty to read papers with the inability to showcase results in journals seen as reputable, due to the financial barrier of APCs.
Thoughts and Observations on the OSTP Responses to Our Interview Questions
Karin Wulf and Rick Anderson reflect on the OSTP’s response to their interview questions, and on some implications of those responses and of the memo itself.
Expanding Scholarly Kitchen Translations Collections
Today we announce another round of article translations, this time into Korean, Chinese, and Japanese.
Guest Post – Quantifying the Impact of the OSTP Policy
The new US policy on access to research publications suggests an acceleration in the shift toward open access. Christos Petrou examines what that would look like in different fields and for different journals.
Guest Post — The Outlook for Data Sharing in Light of the Nelson Memo
What are the likely impacts of the OSTP’s Nelson Memo on data sharing for researchers and repositories?
Slow Down with Hummingbirds
As our community bursts into motion, we offer a moment to slow down.
A New OSTP Memo: Some Initial Observations and Questions
Some initial thoughts on the new OSTP memo on public access to results of federally funded research — and questions about its intent and implications.
Revisiting: Will the Future of Scholarly Communication Be Pluralistic and Democratic, or Monocultural and Authoritarian?
Rick Anderson revisits a 2020 post: One way or another, the #scholcomm community is going to choose either a diversity of publishing models or a monoculture, because it can’t have both. How will this choice be made, and by whom?
Weaponizing the Research Community
The research community is increasingly caught up in geopolitical events and strategies.
Guest Post — Open Access in Japan: Tapping the Stone Bridge
Matthew Salter takes a look at the new open access policy from the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).
Guest Post – Plan S and Scholarly Publishing: Some Lessons Learned
Sally Ekanayaka reviews a webinar featuring several key players in implementing Plan S and asks what lessons have been learned?
The Future State of Our Scholarly Publishing Vendors
When more and more societies move to commercial publisher partnerships, what happens to the vendor landscape? Angela Cochran looks at the current status and future implications.
Market Consolidation and the Demise of the Independently Publishing Research Society
The last few years have been a period of rapid market consolidation in scholarly publishing. Here, a look at the ongoing demise of the independent research society publisher, as more and more continue to sign on with larger publishing partners.
Guest Post — Pandemic Disruptor: Canadian Perspectives on how COVID-19 is Changing Open Access (Part 1)
A look at open access policies and developments in Canada, especially in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. Part 1 of a 2 part post.