South Korean Universities and Elsevier Reach a Common Ground
Elsevier has been in news for a long time. Initially it was due to the dispute with the German universities regarding access to journals. Recently the dispute between the South…
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Need for Open Science: Study on Effects of Sucrose Hidden for 50 years
Avoiding sugar in the diet is presently a standard practice. In fact, its lifelong intake has been restricted due to its role in causing several diseases. However, there are some…
Does Open Access Publishing Have a Bright Future? Detailed Study Reveals the Truth
The fight for open access is almost 15 years old now. Has it made real gains? Open access (OA) remains controversial and obviously threatens commercial journal publishers that…
Will Open Access & Open Science Disrupt the Future of Academic Publishing?
There has been an explosion of scientific progress in the last few decades. Thanks to the development of new technologies, we are now closer than ever in overcoming hurdles such as…
Is the Center for Open Science a Viable Alternative to Elsevier?
Data management has become an increasingly discussed topic among the academic community. Managing data is an element of open science, which has proven to increase dissemination of…
Trends in Open Access Book Publishing
Many initiatives have been undertaken to make journal articles and other content available through open access. For many disciplines, books are equally important as a source of…
Everything You Need to Know about Open Access
With the advent of the internet and emergence of digital archiving, access to information has significantly increased. A major milestone in making information publicly and freely…
Who Benefits From Open Access?
A recent article in F1000 Research reviewed the impact of open access publishing. Open access makes it possible for anyone to read academic research. Traditional journal…
Can Open Access Become Sustainable?
The number of open access publications has increased considerably during the last few years resulting from improved internet usage and the wish to make science more transparent and…
Preprints: Does Publishing Research Early Have a Downside?
In biology, a debate has erupted over using preprints to share your research article early online, before undergoing a formal peer review at a journal. The preprint is posted on a…
Can Toll-Free Links Improve Access to Academic Research?
Major publishers, like Elsevier, benefit from robust online manuscript access. Meanwhile, the research community prefers sharing their research. When articles are posted to…
The Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC) Continues to Receive Increased Support From Publishers
Open citation refers to the practice of making papers in a reference list accessible. Open citations use a common, machine-readable format. The listed papers can be accessed…