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The International Open Access Week is a great time for the community to reflect upon the ways open access is reshaping scholarly publishing and communication. We reached…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- October 25, 2020
- 686 views
More and more scholarly societies, funders, publishers, and researchers are joining the efforts to make research behind pay walls accessible. Learn about some of the…
- Audrey Fernandes
- October 23, 2020
- 796 views
Indonesia is a world leader in the number of free-to-read published research journals. Know what this means for the research ecosystem in Indonesia.
- The Conversation
- October 18, 2020
- 648 views
With a definitive shift towards open access in the academic publishing landscape, journals and publishers are providing more avenues for open access publishing. Mirror…
- Kakoli Majumder
- February 7, 2020
- 2.9k views
Have you heard of Plan S? It has been one of the hottest topics of discussion among academics over the past few months. Most of you might be aware of what it is. If you…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- May 9, 2019
- 6.7k views
French theoretical physicist and founder of the Dolos list, Professor Alexander Georges, shares his views on the emergence of predatory publishing and discusses how this…
- Professor Alexandre Georges
- March 14, 2019
- 2.5k views
Iryna Kuchma is the Open Access Programme Manager for EIFL, a not-for-profit organization that helps libraries enable access to knowledge in developing and transition…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- October 23, 2018
- 2.9k views
Predatory behavior is growing rapidly in the publishing industry: it is no longer just the predatory journals and publishers; even predatory conferences are on the rise…
- Kakoli Majumder
- August 2, 2018
- 10.9k views
Why are researchers choosing open access? A growing realization of the benefits of switching from the traditional subscription model to the open access model has…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- October 26, 2017
- 18.3k views
In addition to predatory journals and publishers, researchers now need to be wary of predatory conferences as well. But how does one know if a conference is legitimate…
- Mohamad Mostafa
- October 25, 2017
- 35.3k views