JOB OPPORTUNITY: @pkp.sfu.ca is looking for a Managing Director! This is a rare opportunity to lead a highly impactful #scholcomm organization. Role works closely with me (Scientific Director) to provide strategic and operational leadership. Help us spread the word! pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/17/h...

Probably the best role in open scholarly publishing. pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/17/h...

Our analysis on possible effects of APC caps, which would limit grant money spending on publication fees, just like the NIH is considering for their updated public access policy, in the @lseimpactblog.bsky.social today 👇🏼#ScholCommLab #openaccess #publishingmarket

This has to be satire

Here it is: www.scholcommlab.ca/2025/09/03/n... Haustein, S., Schares, E., Alperin, J.P., Camargo, F., Matthias, L., Céspedes, L., Poitras, C., & Strecker, D. (2025). APCs of 2,228 journals where NIH-funded authors published in 2025 (Version v1) [dataset]. Harvard Dataverse. doi.org/10.7910/DVN/...

🚀 Exciting news for the #OpenScience community! 🎉 The COSMI Hub, part of the #OPENIT Project, is live! Explore a community-driven platform mapping OS initiatives worldwide. Discover, classify, and compare initiatives promoting openness. 💡 Check it out: amcm.shinyapps.io/openit/previ... #STIENID25

Excellent news! "PLOS Biology will formally consider meta-research articles that are peer-reviewed on the MetaROR platform, collaborating with RoRI and AIMOS to improve the transparency of peer review in the field of meta-research." theplosblog.plos.org/2025/08/plos...

Genocide from starvation apparently doesn't count if there was a preexisting condition according to the New York Times.

“Paradox” 🙄

The dominance of English-language Western publishers is now so entrenched and restrictive it’s actively inhibiting the dissemination of research. Hoist with our own petard, so to speak. #AcademicSky 📚

Today, the #scholcommlab published a Statement of Support for PACBI Principles. With it, I reject my university's (SFU's) complicity in the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and call them out for restricting my ability to direct the work of @pkp.sfu.ca in a principled way. www.scholcommlab.ca/pacbi/

📢 Our new study challenges the prevailing narrative that a few commercial publishers dominate global scholarly publishing! Read the preprint: Beyond the oligopoly: Scholarly journal publishing landscapes in Latin America and Europe. doi.org/10.31235/osf...

I am happy to share my latest article, now published in New Media & Society: “Online toxic speech as positioning acts: Hate as discursive mechanisms for othering and belonging.” journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... With @jhodson.bsky.social, Victoria O'Meara, @gruzd.ca and @philipmai.com

And lo it came to pass, as was foretold many moons ago. IEEE adds charge for depositing AAM with CC-BY. 6.7% of IEEE content ha[d] US federal funding 2017-2021. Of that, 62% was published Closed, for 4% of overall portfolio. Comparison graph about 80% down the page at ostp.lib.iastate.edu

WOW - how do these people lie straight in bed at night? IEEE is charging a 'Repository License Fee' (or should that be 'FEEE'?) "The RLF price is $1,275 for periodical articles and $400 for conference articles and is applicable only to AMs and not to VORs." bibliotheek.ehb.be:2580/repository-l...

GREAT OPPORTUNITY: Please do some individual outreach for this position, and please apply even if you do not meet all the requirements. Postdoc studying #peerreview #preprints #scholcomm. www.scholcommlab.ca/join-us/hiri... Let's get the word out! Send on your mailing lists and social media!

📆 Missed this news the first time around? You still have a week to apply to this fully-funded PhD position at our institute!

So the tired "preprints shouldn't be cited because they're not peer reviewed" meme is back. Reminder these frequently cited items aren't peer reviewed either: Editorials Books Reviews [some not all] News reports Data Code Websites Social media posts Citations are just links...intent varies 1/2

1/5🧵After a long trip through peer review limbo, our paper on inclusion and public participation in Open Science policy is finally out! 📖 doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

📣 Aidez-nous à imaginer le futur d’Érudit ! Votre avis nous aidera à mieux comprendre vos besoins, vos priorités et les enjeux qui vous tiennent à cœur, afin d’orienter nos priorités pour les années à venir. 📝 Date limite: 16 mai 👉 Participez ici : apropos.erudit.org/consultation...

JOIN US! Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity on Preprints and Open Peer Review. Multi-year project. Come with work @nataschachtena.bsky.social, @mariomalicki.bsky.social, me, and the rest of #ScholCommLab. Apply by May 23rd! bit.ly/SCLpostdoc2025 Please share widely!

La Chaire de recherche du Québec sur la découvrabilité des contenus scientifiques en français tiendra son tout premier colloque dans le cadre du congrès de l’@acfas.ca ! 📅 Rendez-vous le 5 mai, dès 8h30. La programmation complète est maintenant en ligne 👇 dcsf.cirst.ca/colloque-acf...

📢 #Postdoc – Étude des revues en transition vers ou depuis des modèles d’OA Objet : Analyse des facteurs influençant les décisions des revues à adopter ou abandonner l’OA Pour plus d’informations, merci de consulter la fiche de poste : lnkd.in/eP_P9mey @gemass-socio.bsky.social @c-bz.bsky.social

Excited to be launching Open Journals Collective today! We're working with librarians, academics & university-based publishers to replace commercial TAs with a community-led alternative. This is designed to save libraries money & tackle the rampant inequalities of global academic publishing. #UKSG25

cOAlition S responds to Canada's Tri-Agency draft #OpenAccess Policy consultation with feedback on licensing options, preprint guidelines, and rights retention policies. Full response at:✍️ www.coalition-s.org/coalition-s-... #Plan_S #OpenScience

The @volkswagenstiftung.de #ROARA project led by Isabella Peters @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de @zbw-leibniz.bsky.social now has a project webpage w/ infos & pretty graphs about the selection of countries and publishers: www.scholcommlab.ca/research/rep... #publishingMarket #academicPublishing #OpenAccess

I just published a blog post arguing that the reform movements for research assessment and scientific publishing need to better align their agendas. This is crucial for the success of both movements. www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/ass... @leidenmadtrics.bsky.social

Two posts this week on the *technical* issues for OA scholarly publishers having their websites absolutely HAMMERED by AI harvesting bots for training: Eric Hellman (@gluejar.com): go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2025/03/ai-b... Ian Mulvany (@ianmulvany.bsky.social): world.hey.com/ian.mulvany/...

The replies are killing me.

We're advertising for a postdoctoral research associate to work on this exciting new project www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMD201/r... Come and join the team exploring open research practices in the humanities and social sciences information-studies.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-...

Are you interested in supporting the transition to open research information and in contributing to a highly exciting open science initiative? Consider applying for the role of community manager for the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information! @cwts.nl

"If you believe having access to pricing data will support your negotiations, then please take a stand on removing confidentiality clauses. Otherwise, vendors, as we have shown, are happy to overcharge." katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

Kudos to #canada's three major research-funding agencies for their draft all-green, zero-embargo, rights-retention #openaccess policy. https://science.gc.ca/site/science/en/interagency-research-funding/policies-and-guidelines/open-access/draft-revised-tri-agency-open-access-policy-publications […]

Les organismes de financement de la recherche au Canada soumettent à l’avis du public une version révisée provisoire de la Politique des trois organismes sur le libre accès aux publications #libresccess #scienceouverte science.gc.ca/site/science...

Canada's federal granting agencies release the draft, revised Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications for public feedback science.gc.ca/site/science... #openaccess #openscience

Faites part de vos réflexions sur la recherche en français! www.canada.ca/fr/patrimoin...

Today I'm pleased to announce that the BOAI, which first defined #OpenAccess, is transitioning into an org to support the development of equitable OA. For more, please see our blog post, which is being translated into Spanish and Portuguese. www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/news/boai-tr...

Découvrabilité des contenus en français : de la culture à la science @acfas.bsky.social www.acfas.ca/publications...

I'm seeking expressions of interest from nonprofit organizations to take over the Open Access Tracking Project (#OATP, @oatp#OATP and the open-source software on which it runs. Details in this Google doc: https://bit.ly/TransferOATP Contact me <[email protected]> if you have any questions or […]

Remind me how OpenAI trained their model again?

Full call for abstracts and submission platform this way 👇 www.4sonline.org/call_for_sub...

Quite the indictment of AI products: they are more appealing to people who don't understand how they work and see them as magical The paper concludes: "businesses may benefit from targeting those with lower AI literacy" and "maintaining an aura of magic around AI" ✨ tinyurl.com/ynefd8zk

Are you into data and ready to make an impact in research? We're hiring two Data Scientists! Work with #scholarlymetadata, identify opportunities, and improve how research is shared globally. Excited? We'd love to hear from you! https://www.crossref.org/jobs/2025-01-16-data-scientist/

🚀 #OPENIT Project Kick-off Meeting – Today! We are thrilled to start this exciting journey of analyzing the scholarly publishing market and exploring the future of #OA! Stay tuned for updates! 👇 www.gemass.fr/contract/ope... @gemass-socio.bsky.social #OA #ScholCom

The study is now published with QSS. 🎉🎉🎉 doi.org/10.1162/qss_... Gathered very useful feedback from the reviewers to improve the paper!

At the launch of the EC-funded ALMASI project in Madrid, hosted by FECYT. Almasi means ‘diamond’ in Swahili.

We are hiring a lab manager at ScholCommLab! If you’re a student interested in scholarly communication and open science who wants to join an amazing team, this opportunity is for you! www.scholcommlab.ca/hiring-schol...

I'm excited to spread the word of the open position for Senior Manger of the Open Research Funders Group. This is a dream job for any #OpenAccess advocate. Great people, great work & a huge opportunity to make an impact. sparcopen.org/who-we-are/c...

A preprint by @rupertgatti.bsky.social, Pierre Mounier, and myself on the meaning of #DiamondOpenAccess beyond 'no fee'. zenodo.org/records/1444...

📢 We are pleased to announce a #postdoctoral position at #LISIS (Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Science, Innovations, and Societies), Paris, to work on the #ROR² project focused on #OpenScience and #Research_Integrity. ℹ️ For more details, please see: ror2.hypotheses.org/247