On November 23, 2021, the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science was formally adopted, representing a significant achievement in our collective progress towards open science. The endorsement of the Recommendation by member states demonstrates strong support for the notion that …
Recently, Springer Nature published a white paper entitled, “Going for Gold”. The paper presents an analysis of a subset of their articles comparing the usage across closed access, open access (OA) via the Springer Nature platform, and open access …
Preliminary results from a COAR and ASAPbio survey of preprints in institutional and generalist repositories All new knowledge is built on the shoulders of previous knowledge. As such, the pace of discovery is determined according to how quickly research …
Calling all repositories! Jisc and COAR - along with regional networks LA Referencia (Latin America), LIBSENSE (Africa) and OpenAIRE (Europe) - are calling on all repositories to update their records in OpenDOAR during this Open Access Week. Repositories are …
COAR 2021 Annual Meeting and General Assembly took place virtually from September 29 – October 1. It was attended by over 160 people and offered a great opportunity to consult and discuss current COAR initiatives and priorities with members …
