Open Access Transformation in Switzerland & Germany
Christian Gutknecht published an exciting posting on the Swiss EUR 57 million Elsevier deal in which he outlines the transformative Open Access agreement between Elsevier...
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Publication Strategies in the Social Sciences and Cultural Sciences
On 13 and 14 July, I held an online workshop on “Publication Strategies in the Social Sciences and Cultural Sciences” for the Viadrina University of...
Max Planck Society and American Physical Society sign transformative Open Access agreement
As stated in a press release the Max Planck Society and American Physical Society (APS) signed a pilot transformative Open Access agreement. This agreement allows...
Journal Ratings & Rankings in the Social Sciences & Humanities
While preparing a workshop I was looking for journal ratings & rankings in the Social Sciences & Humanities and would like to share my information...
Fellow of the innoSci Future Lab
I am happy to say that I have been a fellow of the innoSci Future Lab of the Stifterverband since the end of May. The...
Open Data Award with a 30,000 € Prize Money
The German Stifterverband is a joint initiative started by companies and foundations – the only one in Germany to be devoted entirely to consulting, networking...
Science Communication Research: an Empirical Field Analysis
Recently the book “Science Communication Research: an Empirical Field Analysis” was published, which I would like to draw attention to. It provides the first in-depth...
Paper Mills korrumpieren das Publikationssystem
Heute erschien mein Interview mit Leonid Schneider über Paper Mills, die gegen Geld scheinwissenschaftliche Publikationen inklusive gefälschter Forschungsdaten erstellen und so das Publikationssystem korrumpieren. Diese...
Open Access Heatmap 2020
Just as 2016, 2015 and 2014 I produced an Open Access Heatmap 2020. It shows how many Open Access journals are published per country using...
Vienna University of Technology signed Open Access contract with Elsevier
The Vienna University of Technology (TU) signed a contract with the publisher Elsevier. This allows researchers to publish Open Access free of charge.