💡 Did you know that the Indonesian scholarly publishing community accounts for the largest Open Journal Systems (OJS) user base in the world? How about the fact that Indonesia ranks high in @ORCID_Org records and affiliations?
We have listened and in response to growing concerns from the community around special issues, we have added new criteria to our Basic criteria. After today, all new applications must comply with them.
In celebration of #OpenAccessWeek, we're excited to present our latest blog: 'How Committed is China to Open Access and Open Science?' authored by our SVP of Product Management, Tony Alves.
Tony delves into the #ALPSP2023 session featuring Nicko Goncharoff & Lei Shi, experts with contrasting views on Open Access (OA) in China.
Public comment period open for the proposed NISO CREC (Communication of Retractions, Removals, and Expressions of Concern) Recommendations. Closing early December.
This work is to be welcomed, and kudos to those involved. A cursory glance suggests it is also comprehensive; but these things are always worth a closer peek, I think.
“Diamond open access embodies the true spirit of the open access movement: to make the scholarly publishing industry more accessible, affordable and fair for everyone.”
Open Access Specialist Giulia Trentacosti and Margreet Nieborg, Publishing Consultant for University of Groningen Press, highlight why diamond publishing is important for academia and what support is available.
▶️ The #DOAJat20 September 28th DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals "Global" recording is here!
The webinar was moderated by Ivonne Lujano and consisted of eight lightning talks with speakers Saurabh Khanna from PKP along with Josie Caplehorne, Gimena del Rio Riande, Ikhwan Arief, Susan Murray, Abel L. Packer, Gu Liping and Vrushali Dandawate.
I have made it a personal policy not to do unpaid work for commercial, for-profit publishers any more. So, #SpringerNature, #Elsevier et al., if you'd like me to review your papers, you'll have to pay me. Otherwise, no deal.
New data shows that #DOAJ provides vital visibility to ~10,000 journals not indexed in Web of Science or Scopus, and plays an important role in enabling discovery of #African research.
Blog post from DOAJ's Head of Outreach, Tom Olijhoek
📣 It's official! The Public Knowledge Project's community-driven, researched-based, free and open-source software version 3.4 for scholarly publishing is here!
Check out the features allowing for greater quality, reach, and independence!
#Scientists - when you receive a manuscript that you’ve previously reviewed, now for the 2nd round, do you 1) only check the response to reviewers or 2) also thoroughly re-read the manuscript? Be honest 😉 #Reviewing#Science#Reviewer