Featuring a summary of the findings from the COMPare study, the success of transparent peer review pilot schemes and alternative methods for measuring academic career progression
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Weekly digest: what’s happening in open science?
Featuring a fresh analysis of predatory publishing criteria, the development of an open access switchboard and a summary of feedback on Plan S
ISMPP U webinar: insights and perspectives on open access in medical publishing
Last week’s ISMPP-U webinar ‘Open Access and Medical Publishing’, developed by the Medical Publishing Insights & Practices (MPIP) initiative and Open Pharma and moderated by LaVerne Mooney (Pfizer) and Chris Winchester (Oxford PharmaGenesis), aimed to define the key elements of open access policies, to provide insight into the changing publishing environment and to understand the perspectives of non-commercial and commercial stakeholders on open access publishing.
Weekly digest: what’s happening in open science?
Featuring proposals from Plan U, a call for stronger open access policies in the UK, the launch of UCL’s ‘megajournal’ and Elsevier’s controversial role in monitoring Europe’s open science movement.
Weekly digest: what’s happening in open science?
Featuring highlights from the European Meeting of ISMPP, discrepancies in disclosure reporting and the time implications of introducing a data availability statement.
Weekly digest: what’s happening in open science?
Featuring updates from the Open Pharma round table, the expansion of transparent peer review workflows and potential problems for scientific societies with Plan S compliance.
Weekly digest: what’s happening in open science?
Featuring the financial lure towards predatory publishing, an editorial mass migration and the rise of open data sets.
Weekly digest: what’s happening in open science?
Featuring the role of the research community in driving open access, global perceptions of Plan S, and the need for clearer guidelines on APC caps.
Weekly digest: what’s happening in open science?
Featuring updates to ICMJE recommendations, concerns surrounding APCs and quality control in open access journals, and the route to efficient data citation.
Weekly digest: what’s happening in open science?
Featuring literature pirating, ownership issues surrounding data sharing, and the benefits of open citations.