Open Access - Information Matters

Tune in to this episode of InfoFire, where Dr. Jean-Claude Guédon delves into the history and future possibilities of Open Access, offering his unique perspective on where the movement has been and where it could be heading. Our discussion covered a broad spectrum of topics, including the mission of Open Access, the economics of funding and various business models, the controversial issue of Article Processing Charges (APCs), as well as debates surrounding scientific metrics, copyright issues, and more.

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March 30, 2023 Dr. Shalini R. Lihitkar

The Open Access Movement: Opportunities and Hurdles

The Open Access movement is the movement to make available or publish scholarly literature on the internet to readers free of charge and free of unnecessary licensing restrictions.

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December 1, 2022 Zhentao Liang

Higher Novelty, Longer Handling Process? Evidence from 700,000 Publications

In the field of Scientometrics (or Science of Science), whether novel ideas experience more difficulties in dissemination and adoption is of particular interest. Evidence has been found that highly novel papers and grant proposals often suffer from stricter scrutiny and are more likely to be negatively evaluated.

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June 15, 2022 Shalini Urs

Is R the Right Toolset for eScience/Open Science? Fireside Chat with Maëlle Salmon

R language is bringing open source to science. R is crossing over from just calculating statistics to scientific experimentation and bringing hacker culture. Thanks to R, the “open science” advocates are succeeding at getting science to go open source.

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May 20, 2022 Simon Mahony

The Open Agenda: Why Openness and Transparency Are Needed

What happens to all that data when the project is finished? How might it be shared for reuse in ways in which the original researchers had not thought of? How might it be made available for checking the results of that research or for possible new topics?

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September 29, 2021 Jack James

Pirate Open Access: Defeating Monetized Academic Publishing

Despite the immense value of scientific knowledge, academic publishing has long pursued an ethos of sharing rather than trade for profit.