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...
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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.
German Consortium with the Open Access publisher Frontiers
The Forschungszentrum Jülich and Frontiers signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a German Consortium with the Open Access publisher Frontiers.
Study on the qualitative perception of Open Access
A contract study on the qualitative perception of Open Access was completed at the end of last year. The study was carried out as part...
Published: Open Research Data – SNSF monitoring report 2017-2018
Yesterday two related items were published in Zenodo’s Open Access & Open Science Research Community: Open Research Data: SNSF monitoring report 2017-2018 Abstract: The Swiss...
Flip your journals to Open Access
The Open Library of Humanities (OLH) is a non-profit Open Access platform that publishes quality-checked Open Access journals focusing on the social sciences and humanities....
Sci-Hub under suspicion of spying
A recent article in the Washington Post suggested that the shadow library Sci-Hub was using phishing to gain access to scientific publication services and then...
Taylor & Francis acquires F1000Research
As the Open Access publication service F1000Research announced on January 10th it was acquired by one of the largest publishers of scientific content: Taylor &...