Joint statement dated 24 January 2022 CESAER, COAR and LIBER welcome the strong focus of the European Commission towards a Europe fit for the digital age as part of its priorities from 2019 to 2024. We are convinced that …
Image from Infographics by ASAPbio Fellows: Ana Dorrego-Rivas (@adorrego_r), Carrie Iwema and Mafalda Pimentel (@Maf_Pimentel) As open scholarship practices grow, dedicated preprint servers are springing up in many disciplines. However, researchers are also depositing preprints in other platforms, including …
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 can …
