Opening the door to open science: progress and challenges
As some aspects of the open science movement gain ground, recent data from UNESCO show a mixed outlook regarding its global impact.
Open access publishing: broadening the impact of research
Find out how open access publications are cited by more diverse audiences than those behind paywalls.
What can institutions do to stop predatory journals?
Learn how institutions can counter the rise of predatory publishers by educating researchers, fostering collaboration, and re-evaluating researcher assessment criteria.
Do ‘pirate’ sites hinder progress on open access?
‘Pirate’ sites claim to increase access to scientific knowledge, but do they have the opposite effect?
Unlocking public access: are secondary publishing rights the answer?
Learn about planned changes to open access in Canada and their potential impact on academic research.
A new proposal from cOAlition S places researchers in control of academic publishing
Find out more about plans to implement a scholar-led approach to open, rapid research dissemination.
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 tide turning on traditional academic publishing?
How could reforms to the existing scholarly publishing model be implemented?
Accelerating open access: cOAlition S takes bold action to propel change
Discover why cOAlition S will drop 1,589 journals from its transformative journal programme, and how this might affect the scientific community.
Monitoring open science: what key practices should we measure?
Discover the results of a consensus study in the biomedical research community.
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?
FAIR principles for research software: a step forwards in discoverability
Familiarise yourself with the FAIR for Research Software principles, which aim to improve research transparency and reproducibility.
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.
Meeting report: summary of Day 2 of the 2023 ISMPP European Meeting
Missed the meeting? Read our report to get up to speed!
Science Europe Open Science Conference 2022
Missed the event? View the presentations from Science Europe’s open science conference.