Who Needs National Journals? Dissemination Strategies in Canadian Scholarly Communication | The Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/cjils/article/view/24726

1/ NEW Preprint on an important question for the #DiamondOA community: Who Owns, Publishes, and Governs Diamond Open Access? based on a survey of journals using OJS. osf.io/preprints/me... cc. @nataschachtena.bsky.social @mikaellaakso.bsky.social

1/ In 2024, I filed a false claims act lawsuit against Elsevier, Springer, Wiley & Informa alleging they systematically overcharged US federal grants for article processing. The gov declined to intervene and now it's public. Some thoughts on what this is, and what it isn't:

New paper! Values such as openness, transparency, collaboration, clarity about conflict of interests have been promoted by women for *decades*, and now we have reframed this around the branding of 'open science' that we start to take them seriously. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Women as the First Open Scientists: Five Stories of the Neglected Contributions of Women in (Social) Science Reform History - Madeleine Pownall, 2026

Recent years have seen growing emphasis on “Open Science,” a movement to enhance research transparency, robustness, and accountability. Prompted by concerns ove...

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Very exciting to get the first paper copies of my new book with Tim Monteath called “Doing Open Social Science - A Guide for Researchers” published free in OA digital form by LSE Press on 14 May here press.lse.ac.uk/books/e/10.3... Paperbacks will be £30 or $42 but it is 400 pages…

My new OA book with Tim Monteath "Doing Open Social Science: A Guide for Researchers" is out from @LSEPress on *14 May* See press.lse.ac.uk/books/e/10.3... It covers how 'open science' approaches can now be fully implemented by both qualitative & quantitative researchers in practical ways

This report on open access to longform publications was also published today, providing a holistic and deep analysis of how green open access/self-archiving is currently positioned and working to support open access to such works in the United Kingdom.

The British Academy@britishacademy.bsky.social · 6mo ago

It shows a nuanced and inconsistent picture of support in principle, but poor discoverability and engagement and a lack of resourcing. Read it now: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications...

I am really happy to have been able to contribute to this new report, which collects together a broad international perspective on the challenges lay ahead of making more longform publications (i.e. books and other works) openly available.

Knowledge Equity Network@knowledgeen.bsky.social · 7mo ago

📣 Our new global study on longform Open Access is out now! 💡 Read the full report: 🔗 eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/23... More details on the KEN website: 🔗 lnkd.in/eYZum9Rs #OpenAccess #KnowledgeEquity #LongformPublications

New article published today 🥳 What exactly do universities and funders reccomend or require when it comes to making academic books open access? That is what we zoomed in on in this study that has its origins in data collected during the EU-funded PALOMERA project. doi.org/10.1093/scip...

💥New | University journal publishers – global, messy and underestimated ✍️ Maryna Nazarovets @mikaellaakso.bsky.social & @zehrataskin.bsky.social #AcademicPublishing #UniversityPresses #AcademicSky

University journal publishers – global, messy and underestimated - LSE Impact

Despite being systematically underestimated university presses are a widespread and structurally significant part of the journal publishing landscape.

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Tampereen yliopiston Tiedon valoa -tapahtuma on 23.-24.1. keskustakampuksen Päätalossa. Tapahtuma on laajennettu kaksipäiväiseksi ja siihen on vapaa pääsy. Ohjelmaa on kaikille tieteestä, tutkimuksesta ja kulttuurista kiinnostuneille! www.tuni.fi/fi/ajankohta...

Tervetuloa Tiedon valoa -tapahtumaan 23.–24.1. – pääpuhujana kulttuuri-ikoni Seela Sella | Tampereen korkeakouluyhteisö

Tiedon valoa -tapahtuma järjestetään tänä vuonna ensimmäistä kertaa keskustakampuksen Päätalossa, ja samalla tapahtuma laajenee kaksipäiväiseksi. Tapahtumaan on vapaa pääsy, ja ohjelmaa on kaikille...

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Today I have to honor to act as opponent the doctoral disstertation of Michele Gibney at Linnaeus University in Växjö, Sweden. If you want to follow the action there is an open Zoom-link here, with a start in 5 minutes: lnu.se/en/meet-linn.... Link to dissertation: doi.org/10.15626/LUD...

A comprehensive investigation of university published journals, - mapping and profiling journals globally (including data from Scopus, Web of Science, OpenAlex and #DOAJ) New article from Maryna Nazarovets @mikaellaakso.bsky.social and @zehrataskin.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

University journals in the global academic publishing landscape: Mapping over 19,000 diverse titles based on Ulrichsweb data - Scientometrics

Universities have been an instrumental part of the scholarly publishing landscape dating back several centuries, but comprehensive mapping of the presence of universities' involvement in publishing of...

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Thank you for sharing the paper! In relation to the immense collective footprint of university journals we know relatively little about them, so more research is needed so that they could best be understood, acknowledged, and supported.

Tracy Creagh@creaght.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🌏A comprehensive investigation of university published journals, providing a mapping and profiling of 19,414 journals around the world (including data from Scopus, Web of Science, @OpenAlex and @doaj.bsky.social) @mikaellaakso.bsky.social #DiamondOA link.springer.com/article/10.1...

"From mess to method: A case study about designing a workshop on research data discovery", doi.org/10.7557/11.8.... Read about how a network of library research support staff in Denmark are helping researchers learn how to search for published #researchdata. #FAIR #datadiscovery #retrieval

My Element on science denial is free to download until December 1st! Get it for free while you can! doi.org/10.1017/9781...

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Cambridge Core - Philosophy: General Interest - Science Denial

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Reminder about next week's online panel. www.psu.edu/news/univers...

Three global experts discuss ‘Practical Open Access for Everyone’ Oct. 23 online | Penn State University

Penn State University Libraries will host three of the world’s foremost experts on the subject of open access during a public online panel discussion, “We Are Enough: Practical Open Access for Everyon...

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So glad to see this out! This was a big undertaking and I'm very happy with the end result. Thanks in particular to @judithfathallah.bsky.social for the work on this

Open Book Collective@openbookcollective.bsky.social · 12mo ago

🧵 The Open Book Collective is pleased to announce publication of our new report: Collective funding models for open access books: Librarians’ experiences and barriers to participation across six European contexts openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/report-o...

In three months and some change the full peer-reviewed paper based on this preprint is now out in Journal of Documentation doi.org/10.1108/JD-0... 🎉. Results and analysis did not change in the revision process but the theoretical framing and interpretation is strengthened based on reviewer feedback.

Why engage with transformative agreements in scholarly publishing? Analysis of customer and publisher press release statements

Purpose. How open access (OA) should be supported has been a frequent point of debate during the last 3 decades as different pathways have been created and evolved. One particular point of contention ...

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Mikael Laakso@mikaellaakso.bsky.social · last yr.

📣 New preprint out today! Together with the brilliant Philips Ayeni, we´ve been persistently working on a paper titled "Why engage with transformative agreements in scholarly publishing? Analysis of customer and publisher press release statements". #openaccess doi.org/10.31235/osf...

Two post-doc positions in CNRS on international projects in Paris, for 17 & 24 months on #STS. The first one on #openscience monitoring, the second one on #opendata in research evaluation. emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U... emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

1. Kevin Gross and I just posted a new science-of-science preprint. This one explores the looming peer review crisis. As many of you know, it's becoming significantly more difficult for journal editors to find scholars willing to serve as peer reviewers for submitted manuscripts.

Will anyone review this paper? Screening, sorting, and the feedback cycles that imperil peer review

Scholarly publishing relies on peer review to identify the best science. Yet finding willing and qualified reviewers to evaluate manuscripts has become an increasingly challenging task, possibly even ...

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74.4% of the 21,886 WoS-indexed journals involve commercial professional publishers, 29% societies, and 27.8% research organisations as sole/co-publishers. Our paper co-authored with @zehrataskin.bsky.social, Emanuel Kulczycki & @mikaellaakso.bsky.social - now on QSS website: doi.org/10.1162/qss....

Mapping the publisher types and collaborations behind Web of Science indexed journals

Abstract. Although the organisational aspects of scholarly journals—such as the types of organisations responsible for publishing individual journals, whether independently or in collaboration—have si...

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New article in Katina Magazine: 'How Should Diamond Open Access Work for Books?' Intended as an intervention into the ongoing discussions & activity around #DiamondOA to bring books into focus, the authors want to foster further conversations on this topic & invite feedback. Comment yours below 👇

How Should Diamond Open Access Work for Books?

As infrastructures, policymaking activities, and funding for open access book publishing evolve, the question of how diamond OA might best be implemented for books becomes more pressing. A review of d...

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A real treat! Mikael Laakso is doing a talk on digital preservation and #OA publications!! @mikaellaakso.bsky.social 🎤 “Long-Term Preservation of Open Access Publications: Facts, Current Practices, and Future Outlook” by Mikael Laakso 👉 Register here: unilu.webex.com/weblink/regi...

📢 New in UKSG Insights: A model to help publishers implement globally fair and transparent pricing | Discover practical ideas to make pricing more equitable across regions. 👉 Read more: insights.uksg.org/articles/10.... #OpenAccess #ScholarlyPublishing @lorraineestelle.bsky.social

Happy to announce the soft launch of DoLS - the Directory of Learned Societies, an open, growing database of learned societies and their journals worldwide, facilitating visibility, networking, and community-building! Explore #DoLS website: www.tsv.fi/en/services/...

Hosting a #DiamondOA event? Share it on the #EDCHForum! It’s easy: 🗨️ Create a topic ➕ Click “Create event” 🔗 Add details (Zoom, registration, etc.) It appears in the shared calendar! Stay connected 👉 buff.ly/twPYd9q #OpenAccess #OpenScience #AcademicEvents

Institutional Books: Massive Historical Text Corpus - 983K books, 242B tokens, 386M pages - 19th-20th century texts in 254 languages - Refined OCR with quality scores & metadata - Noncommercial early-access release huggingface.co/datasets/ins...

institutional/institutional-books-1.0 · Datasets at Hugging Face

We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.

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It is that time of the year again 🎉Walt Crafword's most recent comprehensive review of the composition of journals and articles by journals included in the DOAJ is out. APC-based article volumes keep consistently growing while no-fee/Diamond journals are largely stagnant in terms of growth.

Open Access Tracking Project@oatp.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · last yr.

Gold Open Access 2025 Articles in Journals 2020-2024 (GOA10) Walt Crawford https://waltcrawford.name/goa25.pdf

Our latest book - "The Open Science Cookbook," edited by Emily Bongiovanni, Melanie Gainey, Chasz Griego, and Lencia McKee - is a collection of lesson plans and activities for supporting openly accessible, reproducible research. bit.ly/3ZnmRKA #openscience

The Open Science Cookbook

ACRL announces the publication of The Open Science Cookbook, edited by Emily Bongiovanni, Melanie Gainey, Chasz Griego, and Lencia McKee, a collection of lesson plans and activities for supporting ope...

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