Using publicly available data, this paper provides an estimate of researchers’ time and the salary-based contribution to the journal peer review system.
This study has explored Canada’s data-sharing landscape by reviewing how data funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) are shared, while comparing researchers’ data-sharing practices to best practices for research data management...
As a formal complaint over the anti-competitive impact of Elsevier, a globally dominant scientific publisher, on the journal publishing market has been placed with the European Commission, such as due to the lacking transparency of its pricing practices, the Plan S is likely provide incentives to scholarly journals to change their models in the direction of making publication costs visible upfront in the Open Access sector.
As the Open Access Week unfolded around the globe in the last week of October, 2018, university libraries have considered the obstacles to Open Access adoption, while concentrating on its advantages, possible misinterpretations and local applications.
This blog covers latest academic studies, research reports, blog articles and media commentary in the domain of Open Access in sciences, education and technology.
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