1/ cOAlition S is pleased to announce the appointment of @curtrice.bsky.social as its new Director. With this appointment and the adoption of the 2026–2030 Strategy, we move together to advance various models of open scholarship www.coalition-s.org/coalition-s-... #OpenAccess #OpenScience

Important news from @coalitions-oa.bsky.social! A new strategy for the years 2026-2030 (accepted November 2025) A new hosting secretariat with @operaseu.bsky.social And a new director! Welcome @curtrice.bsky.social! With this the coalition is well equipped to take the next steps!

cOAlition S@coalitions-oa.bsky.social · 3mo ago

1/ cOAlition S is pleased to announce the appointment of @curtrice.bsky.social as its new Director. With this appointment and the adoption of the 2026–2030 Strategy, we move together to advance various models of open scholarship www.coalition-s.org/coalition-s-... #OpenAccess #OpenScience

🗣️"Book Processing Charges (BPCs) levied by larger publishers tend to range between £10,000 – £20,000 per title, far exceeding the budgets of all but the best-resourced institutions" #OABooks #OAMonographs

A successful open access book mandate requires infrastructure not compliance - LSE Impact

An open access book mandate is one REF cycle away. If implemented, research funders should focus on enabling infrastructure rather than compliance.

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PhD programs train researchers to do research and write articles. They rarely teach how publishing actually works. Publishing systems—journals, funders, institutions—shape research careers. I call this publishing literacy. publishingunlocked.com

Akademisk frihet kan fremstå som et særkrav fra akademia. Men hva om den heller er en del av samfunnets beredskap? Når forskningspolitikk styres av overskriftslogikk, gjør vi oss selv mindre enn vår egen fremtid, skriver jeg i Universitetsavisa.

Akademisk frihet er beredskap

- Akademisk frihet kan fremstå som et særkrav fra akademia. Men hva om den heller er en del av samfunnets beredskap? Når forskningspolitikk styres av overskriftslogikk, gjør vi oss selv mindre enn vår...

universitetsavisa.no

I made my debut at The Scholarly Kitchen yesterday, about #openaccess at scale.

Peeref@peeref.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Diamond Open Access won’t scale on volunteer heroics alone. It needs real institutional infrastructure, recognition, and long-term ownership. Read full article by @curtrice.bsky.social via @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social: scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/02/18/g...

Diamond Open Access won’t scale on volunteer heroics alone. It needs real institutional infrastructure, recognition, and long-term ownership. Read full article by @curtrice.bsky.social via @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social: scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/02/18/g...

Guest Post — Diamond Open Access Needs Institutions, Not Heroes - The Scholarly Kitchen

Today's guest blogger asks: What would it mean to support community-led publishing as infrastructure, rather than as a collection of heroic individual efforts?

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👀ICYMI: "retractions are not simply moral verdicts. They are administrative outcomes embedded in a system shaped by hierarchy, prestige and power." ✍️ @curtrice.bsky.social #Retractions #GenderBias

Why is research led by women retracted less frequently? - LSE Impact

A recent study found research by women had fewer retractions. Are women betters researchers, or does the finding reflect wider structural issues?

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Thanks to @LSEImpactBlog for publishing this.

LSE Impact@lseimpactblog.bsky.social · 7mo ago

💥New: Why is research led by women retracted less frequently? ✍️ @curtrice.bsky.social #ResearchIntegrity #Retractions #AcademicSky

Impact Factor for academic journals is actually negotiable.

Alan McElligott@amcell.bsky.social · 2y ago

2014. Quality control in research: the mysterious case of the bouncing [Current Biology] impact factor curt-rice.com/2014/12/03/q... via @curtrice.bsky.social

The landscape for academic publishing is rugged. How does #PeerReview really work? What is #OpenAccess, #DORA or #PlanS? How do they affect my research and my career? I’ve developed a workshop intended to support early-career researchers as they find their own answers and their own way. Have a look!

I’m deeply concerned about the state of academic publishing. Incentives clearly work and the wrong incentives have been put in place – by universities, research councils, politicians. We have to help early-career researchers figure out how to navigate this crazy landscape.

THIS ACCOUNT IS MOVING@xtaldave.xtaldave.net.ap.brid.gy · 2y ago

Absolute shots fired. From: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360319924043957 #Science #Academia #PeerReview #Research

Gratefully celebrating a year with dual nationality.

Curt Rice@curtrice.bsky.social · 3y ago

As of today - November 21, 2023 - I have a #Norwegian passport for the first time in my life. I’ve lived in #Norway over half my life and I’ve waited patiently for the process to run its course. Now that I’ve reached this point, I have to say that it feels pretty good. Tusen Takk!

Gitt mangel på folk i Norge, lurer jeg på om vi kunne prøve å brainstorme oss frem til en god strategi for å tiltrekke oss ivrige studenter fra andre land🙃. Kanskje kunne vi til og med gjøre norsk arbeidsliv så lekker at de ønsker å bli værende her?! www.khrono.no/sandra-borch...

Sandra Borch om mangel på folk: — Dette er alvorlig

I 2024 forventer regjeringen at universitetene tilpasser tilbudet sitt bedre samfunnets behov, sa Sandra Borch i sin tale til lederne i sektoren.

khrono.no

I feel like there’s something I’m doing wrong here at Bluesky. Are you getting traction?

PhD candidates need a guidebook to understand the academic journal system. They need good ways to think through dilemmas and challenges about #OA, #DORA, #plan-s, CC-BY and much much more. I’m writing that book. It will be done by Easter. Should I do it publicly? How? LinkedIn? Substack others?

I’m starting to think it’s getting closer to the time when #Obama needs to do an intervention with #Biden. Run, Michelle, run!

As of today - November 21, 2023 - I have a #Norwegian passport for the first time in my life. I’ve lived in #Norway over half my life and I’ve waited patiently for the process to run its course. Now that I’ve reached this point, I have to say that it feels pretty good. Tusen Takk!