This week, we read a vision for a non-profit, collective OA publishing service and learn about ScienceOpen’s new SDG Publishers Compact Fellows collection. We hear thoughts from Elsevier’s leadership about OA policies, and we signpost two upcoming webinars on FAIR data implementation and the nuances and vocabulary of OA. Finally, we watch a recent AfricArXiv webinar on PREreview.
To read:
A vision for collective OA publishing via the Publications Office of the European Union | 22-minute read
Open Research Europe (ORE) is a free and optional open access (OA) publishing service that is offered by the European Commission to grantees of its Framework Programmes. This scoping report describes a vision for ORE as a collective non-profit OA publishing service. The authors include the “rationale, EU policy and political context, value proposition, and principles of its operations” for their vision, which aims to address shortcomings of the current research publishing system.
ScienceOpen supports SDG Publishers Compact Fellows via ScienceOpen.com | 3-minute read
ScienceOpen – a search and discovery platform that aims to put research in context – has launched an SDG Publishers Compact Fellows collection designed to support a range of stakeholders implement and promote sustainable research. The collection offers 12 Top Action Tips for integrating sustainability into research and publishing.
Elsevier’s approach to OA via Elsevier | 6-minute read
In this article, Laura Hassink (Managing Director, STM Journals at Elsevier) and Stuart Whayman (Managing Director, Researchers and Librarians at Elsevier) discuss Elsevier’s efforts towards advancing OA and what researchers, librarians and publishers can expect in from Elsevier journals in the future.
To engage with:
FAIR data frameworks via Pistoia Alliance
Implementing FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable) data principles could enhance the reuse of scholarly data and prevent research wastage. But how do we evaluate the FAIRness of data, and what strategies could we use to support organizations as they mature their use of FAIR data? Join Susanna-Assunta Sansone (Director, Oxford e-Research Centre at the University of Oxford) and Mark Wilkinson (Co-founder of FAIR Data Systems) and the authors of the FAIR Maturity Matrix on 4 September in this webinar hosted by the Pistoia Alliance.
Turning OA vocabulary to action via Karger
Karger promises a thought-provoking session with panellists Jeff Lewandowski (Director of Publishing at the American Physical Society) and Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe (Professor & Coordinator for Research Professional Development at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) discussing the nuances and vocabulary of OA with host Chris Box (Head of Academic and Research Markets at Karger). Register here for this webinar on 24 October.
To watch:
PREreview preprint and collaborative reviews via AfricArXiv | 1-hour watch
In this recording from the AfricArXiv Open Science Webinar Series, Vanessa Fairhurst (Head of Community at PREreview), Chad Sansing (Head of Product at PREreview), Ebuka Ezeike (Project Manager at Access 2 Perspectives and AfricArXiv), Lamis Yahia Mohamed Elkheir (Co-director of the African Reproducibility Network) and Roseline Dzekem Dine (Founder of the Rwanda Preprint Club) explore how preprints and open peer review can help researchers collaborate. More information about this webinar and future events in the series can be found on the AfricArXiv website.
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