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cOAlition S urges for a stronger #OpenAccess policy for #REF2029, with: 🔓 No embargoes on journal articles & proceedings 📘 Open licenses & deposits in repositories ✅ Recognizing peer-reviewed preprints ⬇️ 12-month max embargo for long-forms coalition-s.org/coalition-s-ur… REF 2029

👀Reading 👀the NIH initial response to the Request for Comment on the Public Access Policy & the request for additional comments. #OpenAccess federalregister.gov/documents/2024…

Some personal notes on the REF OA mandate for books eve.gd/2024/06/21/a-f…

Today, ESF, our host organisation is celebrating its 50th anniversary! 🎉 ESF has been an invaluable partner for cOAlition S, helping make science more accessible and inclusive. Here's to five decades of catalysing research and many more to come! esf.org

cOAlition S releases pricing framework, developed by Information Power, to foster global #equity in scholarly publishing. Key features: 🟠Open, transparent, World Bank data 🟠Country banding model 🟠Excel-based tool 🟠Local currency analysis ➡coalition-s.org/pricing-framew… #ScholComm

🙋‍ What if we’d turn the peer reviewed publishing venue Open Research Europe into a collective, non-profit #OpenAccess service for the public good? Explore our latest publication to find out more: europa.eu/!9WYp8q

“The Equity Tool helps users consider a range of criteria to move away from inequitable article-based models and facilitate more equitable participation in knowledge sharing”, commented Robert Kiley, cOAlition S during the #OASPA2024 Panel on “Building #Equity in #OpenAccess”

The "How Equitable Is It?" tool results from robust discussions within the "Beyond article-based charges" Working Group. The group's strength lies in diverse stakeholder views: funders, librarians & publishers, as Roheena Anand PLOS notes. Huge 👏to all! coalition-s.org/beyond-article…

This is a great explainer for the Publish-Review-Curate model. There can be different 'flavours' of PRC, which is already happening, but there are some fundamental principles to each of the P-R-C stages which are important to understand: osf.io/preprints/meta…

As we celebrate the #OAWeek, let's hear from PLOS on the "How Equitable Is It?" framework and how it will support their efforts to increase equitable participation in Open Science. More by Roheena Anand here: ✍️coalition-s.org/blog/advancing… #OpenAccess #Equity #HowEquitableIsIt

Economic barriers shouldn't limit scholarly voices! The Equitable Pricing Framework, developed by Information Power for cOAlition S, aims to help maximise participation in #ScholComm. Read more by Alicia Wise & join our Jan 16 webinar✍️ coalition-s.org/blog/maximizin… #OAWeek #OpenAccess

At 02 looking forward to seeing Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Following the news that eLife will not receive an Impact Factor in 2025, we’ve shared an update on how our model is doing since we were first placed “on hold” by Web of Science, and what we’re up to now. Find out more. elifesciences.org/inside-elife/c…

Scary to see this, whether it is unneeded over-reaction or appropriate obeisance to the new US administration. statnews.com/2025/02/03/tru…

In case you're intrested in where The BMJ stands on Presidential Executive Orders banning certain language from reseatch communications bmj.com/content/388/bm… Kamran Abbasi Jocalyn Clark