Academic Research

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Improving Public Access To Research Results

Sally Rockey | Rock Talk | November 16, 2012

Most researchers are familiar with our public access policy which is central to the NIH mission. It ensures NIH-funded research is accessible to everyone so that, collectively, we can advance science and improve human health. [...] Read More »

In Defence Of Open Access Systems

Leslie Chan | The Hindu | December 31, 2012

LESLIE CHAN, champion of the Open Access Initiative, tells G. MAHADEVAN that the traditional journals will lose the battle to Open Access publications. Read More »

In Praise Of Peer Review: A Modest Proposal For Identifying Unscrupulous Open Access Journals

John Willinsky | Slaw | November 4, 2013

I remain indebted to peer review. Sure, I’ve been called a dilettante. Had ideas dismissed as half-baked. Had the floor swept with the derivative nature of my work. Been chastised for treating data as singular. And then the self-inflicted wounds of my own careless error. But having suffered from what appears only at first glance to be the slings and arrows of outrageous peer-review, I stand by this process. Read More »

Industry Voices: In Pursuit of Scientific Hive Mind

David Steinberg | FierceBiotechIT | April 17, 2012

A vocal and active scientific community is clamoring for unrestricted access to scholarly works, a movement known as "open access", while journal publishers largely resist the call...But why is open access important? And even if it becomes a reality, what will we do with all of that information once we get it? Read More »

Internet Activist Death Places Spotlight On More Open Access To Information

Michael Geist | The Star | January 20, 2013

The Internet community has been reeling for the past week as it grapples with the suicide of Aaron Swartz, a prominent digital rights activist who left a remarkable legacy for a 26-year old. [...] Read More »

Introducing T-stór – Teagasc’s New Open Access Repository

Press Release | Teagasc | January 7, 2013

Teagasc has launched its newly developed Open Access repository, which makes Teagasc research papers freely available online.

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Is RCUK's Open-Access Cash A 'Reckless' Road To Ruin?

Paul Jump | The Higher Education (THE) | November 15, 2012

Senior scientists critical of allocation rules and assumptions behind £100m grant for 'gold' fees, writes Paul Jump Read More »

Journal Hijackers Target Science And Open Access

Staff Writer | Research Information | August 11, 2014

Hijacking of journal websites is a worrying side product of scholarly communication’s move online and a topic that Iran-based journalist and researcher Mehrdad Jalalian is particularly concerned about. We asked him about the problem and how researchers and others can address the issue...

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Kickstarting Your Career: Crowdfunding For Scientific Research

Kevin Hascup | RateMyPI.com | October 7, 2012

Popularized by such sites as Kickstarter, crowdfunding has become a main source of financial support for entrepreneurs with ideas ranging from clothing lines to social media.  Unfortunately, Kickstarter prohibits projects for health and medicine, making the site useless for academic researchers.  To fill this gap, Petridish, iAMscientist and MedStartr have come online in the past 6 months...
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Large Medical Research Funders Committed To Open Access Publishing

Staff Writer | The Economic Voice | October 24, 2013

Large medical research funding bodies are fully committed to open access publishing. But although smaller charitable funders back the principle, they worry about the impact open access will have on their budgets and their funded researchers, reveals a qualitative study published in the online journal BMJ Open. Read More »

Large-Scale Open Access For Research And Outreach

Paul Ginsparg | Whitehouse.gov | June 20, 2013

Paul Ginsparg is being honored as a Champion of Change for the vision he has demonstrated and for his commitment to open science. Read More »

Latin American Research Publications Rising Fast

María Elena Hurtado | SciDev.net | January 7, 2013

Latin American scientists are producing more scientific papers and having those papers cited more widely, according to a recent study. Read More »

LERU Launches Statements On Open Access And Open Data

Staff Writer | leru.org | December 13, 2012

The League of European Research Universities (LERU) has launched two statements on the importance of Open Scholarship: ‘Open Access to Research Publications’ and ‘Open Research Data’. Read More »

MacMaster University’s Digital Brain Trust Hangs Out Shingle

Teri Pecoskie | TheSpec.com | November 30, 2012

McMaster is opening the information floodgates. On Friday, the university will officially open the Lewis and Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship. The centre, made possible by a $2.5-million gift from the Shermans’ foundation, has the power to vastly change the way many students, faculty members and researchers at Mac gather and analyze information. Read More »

Mailman School Adopts An Open Access Policy For Its Published Research

Press Release | Mailman School of Public Health (MSPH) | May 1, 2013

The Mailman School of Public Health is joining a growing movement among universities and research institutions to make scholarly research available free to the public online. The Mailman School is the first school at the university and one of the first of U.S. schools of public health to adopt an open access resolution... Read More »