Immediate open access to research data: a federal mandate and much debate
As US policy mandates immediate open access to all federally funded research by the end of 2025, how will this impact the publishing landscape?
Is the rising popularity of article processing charges putting pressure on more journals to adopt them?
Article processing charges undermine open access efforts. Are institutional open access models a better solution?
Which is the best path to equitable open access?
With White House policy mandating immediate open access to publicly funded research by 2025, Science journals make changes to their green open access offering.
Evidence-based policy generation: how can we improve on open access?
Read about a proposed 5-part framework for strengthening the relationship between research and public policy.
Catch up with the OASPA 2021 Conference: recordings available
Find out more about what was covered at this year’s online conference of the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA).
Plan S drives Science journals to adopt compliant open access policy
Publisher of Science journals update their Green open access policy for authors of research funded by cOAlition S organisations to allow Plan S compliance.
Find routes to Plan S compliance with the cOAlition S Journal Checker Tool
Learn more about this useful tool for checking compliance when publishing cOAlition S funded research articles.
Nature journals introduce multiple open access options
Find out more about Springer Nature’s latest open access publishing options – and the concerns that some have raised.
Open access across the globe: our summary of the second Biomedical Transparency Summit series webinar
Find out more about what was covered during the second 2021 webinar from the Center for Biomedical Research Transparency.
Improving access to scientific research: Open Pharma resource available
Find out more about the case for open access presented by Open Pharma.
Open access publishing of pharma-sponsored research: insights from a Scientific Publications Lead
Slávka Baróniková shares her opinions on open access publishing and suggests how this can be successfully achieved within pharma.
cOAlition S bypass a block on the road to open access
cOAlition S Rights Retention Strategy aims to safeguard researchers’ intellectual ownership, enabling embargo-free sharing of research in online repositories.
Journal open access cost breakdowns will be needed for cOAlition S support
From 2022, journals will need to follow cOAlition S price transparency requirements to get paid. Find out more about the frameworks and potential benefits here.
cOAlition S publishes updated criteria for hybrid journals transitioning to open access
Following a public consultation, updated cOAlition S guidance relaxes the criteria for transformative journals, prompting commitments from further journals.
Are attitudes becoming more supportive of open science?
The latest State of Open Data survey results show changing trends in researchers’ attitudes towards the use of open data.
Draft guidance from cOAlition S supports transformative journals’ transition to full open access
Find out more about the requirements cOAlition S plans to set for ‘transformative journals’.