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View article: Peer to Peer Learning Series: An Introduction to Open Access Agreements, Kenya
Peer to Peer Learning Series: An Introduction to Open Access Agreements, Kenya Open
Open Access transformative agreements provide a practical and immediately viable framework to disinvest from the subscription paywall system while respecting the scholarly communication needs of researchers.
View article: Peer to Peer Learning Series: An Introduction to Open Access Agreements, Kenya
Peer to Peer Learning Series: An Introduction to Open Access Agreements, Kenya Open
Open Access transformative agreements provide a practical and immediately viable framework to disinvest from the subscription paywall system while respecting the scholarly communication needs of researchers.
View article: Transformative Agreements: Overview, Case Studies, and Legal Analysis
Transformative Agreements: Overview, Case Studies, and Legal Analysis Open
The aim of the report „Transformative Agreements: Overview, Case Studies, and Legal Analysis” is to present the current situation regarding ‘transformative agreements’ understood as a means of transitioning from a subscription-based model …
View article: Open Access in der Rechtswissenschaft
Open Access in der Rechtswissenschaft Open
The present special edition investigates which opportunities open access to scientific publications offers to legal studies and which challenges it poses. Scientific publishers play an important role with regard to this issue; their perspe…
View article: OA2020 - Initiative for the large-scale transformation to open access
OA2020 - Initiative for the large-scale transformation to open access Open
Presentation presented by Dr Ralf Schimmer to University of Pretoria staff members in the Merensky 2 auditorium on 10 May 2018.
View article: Global Flip & Other Studies Workgroup Report
Global Flip & Other Studies Workgroup Report Open
In their report, delegates of the Who Decides? workgroup of the OSI2016 conference put forth three proposals in which key stakeholders might convene to enact an economically viable and sustainable transformation of the current scholarly co…
View article: Drivers And Barriers For Open Access Publishing - Wos 2016 Dataset
Drivers And Barriers For Open Access Publishing - Wos 2016 Dataset Open
Answers to a survey on gold Open Access run from July to October 2016. The dataset contains 15,235 unique responses from Web of Science published authors. This survey is part of a PhD thesis from the University of Granada in Spain. More de…
View article: The transformation of scientific journal publishing: Open access after the Berlin 12 Conference
The transformation of scientific journal publishing: Open access after the Berlin 12 Conference Open
In the last 10–15 years, Open Access has become a shared vision of many if not most of the world’s national and international research councils. Open Access as a principle is very well established in the international discourse on research…
View article: Who Decides?
Who Decides? Open
Tied to [the] question of who should decide the future of open access, who should have the power to make changes to scholarly publishing practices? Do these powers flow from publishers, institutions, tenure committees, funding agencies, au…
View article: Report from the "Who Decides?" Workgroup
Report from the "Who Decides?" Workgroup Open
Who decides the future of open access, or, rather, who has the power to make decisions that can affect the future of open access? We believe that large scale, transformative, and inclusive progress on these questions can transpire when sev…
View article: Report from the "Who Decides?" Workgroup
Report from the "Who Decides?" Workgroup Open
Who decides the future of open access, or, rather, who has the power to make decisions that can affect the future of open access? We believe that large scale, transformative, and inclusive progress on these questions can transpire when sev…
View article: Disrupting the subscription journals’ business model for the necessary large-scale transformation to open access
Disrupting the subscription journals’ business model for the necessary large-scale transformation to open access Open
This paper makes the strong, fact-based case for a large-scale transformation of the current corpus of scientific subscription journals to an open access business model. The existing journals, with their well-tested functionalities, should…
View article: Disrupting the subscription journals’ business model for the necessary large-scale transformation to open access
Disrupting the subscription journals’ business model for the necessary large-scale transformation to open access Open
This paper makes the strong, fact-based case for a large-scale transformation of the current corpus of scientific subscription journals to an open access business model. The existing journals, with their well-tested functionalities, should…