Science and scholarship are critical to improving our lives and solving the world’s most intractable problems. The communication of research, a vital step in the research process, should be efficient, effective and fulfill the core values of scholarship. There …
Open access is about the democratization of knowledge. However, as open access becomes widely adopted, there is a risk that we will accentuate the inequalities and unsustainability of scholarly publishing, through widespread implementation of pay to publish business models. …
This document was developed as part of The Long Tail of Research Data Interest Group of the Research Data Alliance. It was WRITTEN BY Wolfram Horstmann, Amy Nurnberger, Kathleen Shearer, Malcolm Wolski Recognize and understand the diversity of data …
COAR has just published a new report, Asia Open Access Regional Survey The report presents the results of a survey of open access activities in Asia undertaken in early 2017. "The continent of Asia is rapidly increasing in prominence …
