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Its goal was to identify {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">23.10.2024</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item " data-category=""> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/critique-of-open-excess-remove-open-access-burden-from-ref/"> <h3>Critique of “Open excess: remove open access burden from REF”</h3> <p> Patrick Grant, Tanita Casci & Stephen Conway, University of Oxford. “Open excess: remove open access burden from REF.” 11 June {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">01.07.2024</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-policies " data-category="fltr-policies "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/transformative-journals-analysis-from-the-2023-reports/"> <h3>Transformative Journals: analysis from the 2023 reports</h3> <p> Introduction  The Transformative Journal (TJ) model was one of the strategies cOAlition S developed to help subscription publishers {...}</p> <p class="category">Policies</p> <p class="date">28.06.2024</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/a-critique-of-the-emerald-statement-relating-to-uk-rights-retention-strategies/"> <h3>A critique of the Emerald Statement relating to UK rights retention strategies</h3> <p> Emerald should be applauded for adopting a policy since 2014 that states authors may make their accepted manuscript (AAM) freely available at the {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">14.02.2024</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/are-open-bibliometric-data-sources-better-than-proprietary-ones/"> <h3>Are open bibliometric data sources better than proprietary ones?</h3> <p> With the advancement of open science, the reliability of open bibliometric data providers compared with proprietary providers is becoming a topic of {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">25.01.2024</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-tools " data-category="fltr-tools "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/journal-comparison-service-analysis-of-the-2022-data/"> <h3>Journal Comparison Service: analysis of the 2022 data</h3> <p> The Journal Comparison Service has been developed by cOAlition S to shed light on publishing fees and services. It enables those who procure {...}</p> <p class="category">Tools</p> <p class="date">17.01.2024</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/towards-a-federated-global-community-of-diamond-open-access/"> <h3>Towards a federated global community of Diamond Open Access</h3> <p> The following paper by Pierre Mounier (OpenEdition, OPERAS) & Johan Rooryck (cOAlition S), was originally published in Hypotheses, a platform by {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">11.01.2024</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/introducing-the-towards-responsible-publishing-proposal-from-coalition-s/"> <h3>Introducing the “Towards Responsible Publishing” proposal from cOAlition S</h3> <p> In this blog post, Bodo Stern, Chief of Strategic Initiatives at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Johan Rooryck, Executive Director of {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">31.10.2023</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/american-chemical-society-acs-and-authors-rights-retention/"> <h3>American Chemical Society (ACS) and authors’ rights retention</h3> <p> In this post I shall describe how the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) new zero embargo policy perpetuates an increasingly out-of-touch and {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">17.10.2023</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-opinions "> <a 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{...}</p> <p class="category">Tools</p> <p class="date">22.09.2023</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/5-years-plan-s-stay-the-course/"> <h3>5 years Plan S: Stay the course!</h3> <p> In the following opinion piece, Robert-Jan Smits, Europe’s former Open Access Envoy and one of the main architects of Plan S, reflects on the five {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">05.09.2023</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions fltr-policies " data-category="fltr-opinions fltr-policies "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/five-years-of-plan-s-a-journey-towards-full-and-immediate-open-access/"> <h3>Five years of Plan S: a journey towards full and immediate Open Access</h3> <p> From inception to global impact In September 2018, a group of national research funding organizations, with the support of the European {...}</p> <p class="category">Policies</p> <p class="date">04.09.2023</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-tools " data-category="fltr-tools "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/introducing-the-hybrid-open-access-dashboard-hoad/"> <h3>Introducing the Hybrid Open Access Dashboard (HOAD)</h3> <p> We, at the Göttingen State and University Library, are pleased to introduce the Hybrid Open Access Dashboard (HOAD), an openly available data {...}</p> <p class="category">Tools</p> <p class="date">17.08.2023</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/commercial-publishers-and-the-sustainable-development-goals-sdgs-driving-change-or-hindering-progress/"> <h3>Commercial publishers and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): driving change or hindering progress?</h3> <p> Leading up to the 2023 SDG summit in September, Nature has launched a series of editorials covering the SDGs. The first editorial raises the alarm {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">19.07.2023</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/diamond-is-for-everyone/"> <h3>Diamond is for everyone</h3> <p> The following article by Johan Rooryck, Margo Bargheer and Pierre Mounier was originally published on ResearchProfessional News on 22 June 2023. A {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">04.07.2023</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-policies " data-category="fltr-policies "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/transformative-journals-analysis-from-the-2022-reports/"> <h3>Transformative Journals: analysis from the 2022 reports </h3> <p> Introduction  The Transformative Journal (TJ) model was one of the strategies cOAlition S developed to help subscription publishers {...}</p> <p class="category">Policies</p> <p class="date">20.06.2023</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/principles-of-diamond-open-access-publishing-a-draft-proposal/"> <h3>Principles of Diamond Open Access Publishing: a draft proposal</h3> <p> The following article by Johan Rooryck (Editor in Chief, Glossa: a journal of general linguistics) was originally published on Hypotheses. {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">15.05.2023</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/springer-nature-doublespeak/"> <h3>Springer Nature doublespeak</h3> <p> One thing that crops up in politics is situations where politicians attempt to explain a new law they know people won't like or agree with, and do {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">04.05.2023</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-policies fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-policies fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/rights-retention-built-into-cambridge-self-archiving-policy/"> <h3>Rights retention built into Cambridge Self-Archiving Policy</h3> <p> The following article by Niamh Tumelty was originally published on the "Unlocking Research" blog, which is maintained by the Office of Scholarly {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">03.04.2023</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/tf-copyright-advice-author-beware/"> <h3>T&F copyright advice. Author, beware.</h3> <p> The publisher Taylor and Francis (T&F) provides a webpage, ‘Understanding copyright for journal authors’, aimed at researchers authoring {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">09.02.2023</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-interviews fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-interviews fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/n8-research-partnership-rights-retention-means-researchers-have-a-strong-hand-in-terms-of-control-over-their-own-work/"> <h3>N8 Research Partnership: Rights Retention means researchers have a strong hand in terms of control over their own work</h3> <p> In 2008 Harvard’s Faculty of Arts & Sciences voted unanimously to adopt a ground-breaking open access policy. Since then, over 70 {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">20.01.2023</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-interviews fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-interviews fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/the-university-of-st-andrews-enables-researchers-to-use-the-rights-retained-in-their-scholarly-works/"> <h3>The University of St Andrews enables researchers to use the rights retained in their scholarly works</h3> <p> In 2008 Harvard’s Faculty of Arts & Sciences voted unanimously to adopt a ground-breaking open access policy. Since then, over 70 other {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">17.01.2023</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/open-access-is-dead-long-live-open-access/"> <h3>Open Access is dead: Long live Open Access</h3> <p> On 15th February 1971, the UK moved to a new decimal system of currency. The unit of currency, the penny, was retained, so the new penny had to be {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">05.12.2022</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/reviewing-the-rights-retention-strategy-a-pathway-to-wider-open-access/"> <h3>Reviewing the Rights Retention Strategy – A pathway to wider Open Access?</h3> <p> The following article was originally published on the LSE Impact Blog on October 26, 2022 Launched in 2021 by cOAlition S (an {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">31.10.2022</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions fltr-interviews " data-category="fltr-opinions fltr-interviews "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/how-the-norwegian-university-of-science-and-technology-takes-legal-responsibility-for-its-authors-copyrights-by-implementing-rights-retention/"> <h3>How the Norwegian University of Science and Technology takes legal responsibility for its authors’ copyrights by implementing rights retention</h3> <p>In 2008 Harvard’s Faculty of Arts & Sciences voted unanimously to adopt a ground-breaking open access policy. Since then, over 70 other {...}</p> <p class="category">Interviews</p> <p class="date">18.10.2022</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/collective-action-a-vital-ingredient-for-simpler-and-wider-open-access/"> <h3>Collective action – a vital ingredient for simpler and wider Open Access</h3> <p>Pursuing a common aim Those involved in the creation of research outputs agree that Open Access (OA) benefits researchers, research, and society in {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">26.09.2022</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/open-access-research-repositories-provide-diversity-and-innovation-publishers-cant-match/"> <h3>Open access research repositories provide diversity and innovation publishers can’t match. They have a critical role in archiving, preserving and sharing the diverse content produced by universities.</h3> <p> Dr Ginny Barbour, Director of Open Access Australasia, illustrates in the following article the power and potential of research {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">18.08.2022</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/monkeypox-and-open-access-time-to-change-the-narrative/"> <h3>Monkeypox and open access: time to change the narrative</h3> <p>For the fourth time in less than seven years, the community of science and technology leaders have issued a statement calling on publishers to make {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">16.08.2022</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/exclusive-licence-to-publish-now-heres-a-thing/"> <h3>Exclusive licence to publish – now here’s a thing</h3> <p>Imagine this scenario. You’ve written an article and want to make it Open Access (OA). To do this, you submit it to a journal that enables gold OA, {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">25.07.2022</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions fltr-interviews " data-category="fltr-opinions fltr-interviews "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/rights-retention-is-actually-straightforward-sheffield-hallam-university-aims-to-keep-it-simple/"> <h3>“Rights retention is actually straightforward”. Sheffield Hallam University aims to keep it simple.</h3> <p>In 2008 Harvard’s Faculty of Arts & Sciences voted unanimously to adopt a ground-breaking open access policy. Since then, over 70 other {...}</p> <p class="category">Interviews</p> <p class="date">07.07.2022</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-policies " data-category="fltr-policies "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/transformative-journals-analysis-of-year-1-2021/"> <h3>Transformative Journals: analysis of Year 1 (2021)</h3> <p>The Transformative Journal (TJ) model is one of the strategies cOAlition S endorses to help subscription publishers transition to full and immediate {...}</p> <p class="category">Policies</p> <p class="date">21.06.2022</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-interviews " data-category="fltr-interviews "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/glossa-how-a-journal-took-matters-into-their-own-hands-to-make-research-available/"> <h3>Glossa: how a journal took matters into their own hands to make research available</h3> <p> The following interview was originally published on the Utrecht University website. Johan Rooryck, Editor-in-Chief of the academic {...}</p> <p class="category">Interviews</p> <p class="date">15.06.2022</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions fltr-interviews " data-category="fltr-opinions fltr-interviews "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/now-is-the-time-for-universal-benefits-of-the-blessings-of-knowledge/"> <h3>Now is the time for universal benefits of the blessings of knowledge</h3> <p>In 2008 Harvard’s Faculty of Arts & Sciences voted unanimously to adopt a ground-breaking open access policy. Since then, over 70 other {...}</p> <p class="category">Interviews</p> <p class="date">18.05.2022</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions fltr-interviews " data-category="fltr-opinions fltr-interviews "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/how-to-make-it-right-a-rights-retention-pilot-by-the-university-of-cambridge-ahead-of-shaping-a-full-institutional-policy/"> <h3>How to make it right: a Rights Retention Pilot by the University of Cambridge ahead of shaping a full institutional policy</h3> <p>In 2008 Harvard’s Faculty of Arts & Sciences voted unanimously to adopt a ground-breaking open access policy. Since then, over 70 other {...}</p> <p class="category">Interviews</p> <p class="date">14.04.2022</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions fltr-interviews " data-category="fltr-opinions fltr-interviews "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/university-of-edinburgh-research-publications-copyright-policy/"> <h3>“Our policy is an affirmation that the University of Edinburgh fully supports authors in their open access practices”</h3> <p>In 2008 Harvard’s Faculty of Arts & Sciences voted unanimously to adopt a ground-breaking open access policy. Since then, over 70 other {...}</p> <p class="category">Interviews</p> <p class="date">07.04.2022</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions fltr-interviews " data-category="fltr-opinions fltr-interviews "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/how-uit-the-arctic-university-of-norway-protects-researchers-freedom-to-choose-whatever-publication-venue-they-want/"> <h3>How UiT The Arctic University of Norway protects researchers’ freedom to choose whatever publication venue they want</h3> <p>In 2008 Harvard’s Faculty of Arts & Sciences voted unanimously to adopt a ground-breaking open access policy. Since then, over 70 other {...}</p> <p class="category">Interviews</p> <p class="date">31.03.2022</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/peer-community-in-pci-two-routes-to-support-plan-s/"> <h3>Peer Community in (PCI): two routes to support Plan S</h3> <p>Peer Community in (PCI) is a public initiative managed by researchers and organized as a set of disciplinary communities providing preprint peer {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">22.02.2022</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/whos-afraid-of-green-market-forces-and-the-rights-retention-strategy/"> <h3>Who’s afraid of Green? Market forces and the Rights Retention Strategy</h3> <p>How to achieve universal open access (OA) to research outputs is the topic of sometimes heated discussion. Major publishers pronounce the superiority {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">13.01.2022</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/creating-a-market-to-replace-publisher-monopolies/"> <h3>Creating a market to replace publisher monopolies</h3> <p>Journals Replacing traditional journals with a more modern solution is not a new idea, but the lack of progress since the first calls more than 20 {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">11.01.2022</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/licence-to-publish/"> <h3>Licence to publish – the boot is on the wrong foot</h3> <p>In law – at least UK law – copyright is automatically assigned to works created by authors. Authors do not need to apply for it or register {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">01.12.2021</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/warning-the-creeping-takeover-of-open-science/"> <h3>Warning: the creeping takeover of Open Science</h3> <p>“The shift in the pattern of land ownership caught us largely unawares in the last century”. Roly Smith (from notes by Henry Folkard of BMC and {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">10.11.2021</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/why-im-optimistic-about-the-open-access-movement/"> <h3>Why I’m optimistic about the Open Access movement</h3> <p> – The following post was originally published on LinkedIn on October 25, 2021 – It’s International Open Access Week and I’m {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">29.10.2021</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/observing-the-success-so-far-of-the-rights-retention-strategy/"> <h3>Observing the success so far of the Rights Retention Strategy</h3> <p>As someone who is independent of cOAlition S, I have been monitoring with great interest the application of the Rights Retention Strategy {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">05.10.2021</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/elsevier-share-links-the-schrodingers-cat-of-open-access/"> <h3>Elsevier Share Links: The Schrödinger’s cat of Open Access</h3> <p>Many publishers rightly appear keen to proclaim publicly the many benefits of open access (OA), to state how eager they are to support openness, and {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">21.09.2021</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/we-encourage-you-to-share-your-article-widely-but-not-too-much/"> <h3>We encourage you to share your article widely – but not too much</h3> <p>Has anyone else noticed the conflict of advice that exists in the Springer Nature (SN) SharedIt initiative? On the face of it, it appears a good {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">15.09.2021</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions fltr-policies " data-category="fltr-opinions fltr-policies "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/accelerating-open-access-to-academic-books/"> <h3>Accelerating open access to academic books</h3> <p>cOAlition S has just issued its statement on Open Access (OA) for academic books. With this statement, cOAlitition S sets a clear direction for {...}</p> <p class="category">Policies</p> <p class="date">07.09.2021</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-policies " data-category="fltr-policies "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/transformative-journals-an-initial-assessment/"> <h3>Transformative Journals: an initial assessment</h3> <p>cOAlition S endorses several strategies to encourage subscription publishers to transition to full and immediate Open Access (OA). These approaches {...}</p> <p class="category">Policies</p> <p class="date">16.08.2021</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/navigating-the-barbed-wire-of-publisher-access-barriers/"> <h3>Navigating the barbed wire of publisher access barriers</h3> <p>In March 2021, Chris Banks, Library Director at Imperial College London, wrote about the importance of a rapid shift toward full and immediate open {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">14.07.2021</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/protecting-high-quality-scholarship-through-fair-open-access/"> <h3>Protecting High-Quality Scholarship through Fair Open Access: Reflections on the OA Diamond Journals Study</h3> <p>The OA Diamond Journals Study Report is a fantastic resource for anybody interested in open Access, and particularly for researchers and scholarly {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">13.05.2021</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/opportunities-in-waiting/"> <h3>Opportunities-in-waiting</h3> <p>The recently-published OA Diamond Journals Study is something I have been looking forward to reading for a long time. Looking at the results, it's {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">06.04.2021</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/diamond-mining/"> <h3>Diamond Mining</h3> <p>Diamond. The term is made to do a lot of work. Used in open-access publishing circles to refer to modes in which neither the author nor the reader {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">31.03.2021</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/reflections-on-the-oa-diamonds-journal-study/"> <h3>Reflections on the OA Diamond Journals Study</h3> <p>Earlier this month, cOAlition S and Science Europe published an in-depth study of diamond open access journals, so called because they charge neither {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">30.03.2021</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/the-rights-retention-strategy-restores-long-standing-academic-freedoms/"> <h3>cOAlition S response to the STM statement: the Rights Retention Strategy restores long-standing academic freedoms</h3> <p>The statement published earlier today (3rd February) by the STM Association and signed by a number of its members (and a number of non-members), {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">03.02.2021</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/dont-believe-the-hype-repositories-are-critical-for-open-access/"> <h3>Don’t believe the hype: repositories are critical for ensuring equity, inclusion and sustainability in the transition to open access</h3> <p>The rhetoric of some scholarly publishers lately has shown a troublesome trend with respect to Open Access repositories (often referred to as Green {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">29.01.2021</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/coalition-s-and-repositories-part-iii/"> <h3>Repositories as key links in the cOAlition S Rights Retention Strategy • cOAlition S and repositories (part III)</h3> <p>In the previous blogs, I covered Plan S and the requirements for repositories, and the benefits of deposit & dissemination of research findings {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">21.01.2021</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/coalition-s-and-repositories-part-ii/"> <h3>The many benefits of repositories • cOAlition S and repositories (part II)</h3> <p>In the previous blog, I examined the cOAlition S mandate for depositing copies of articles in repositories. One of the main drivers for this {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">12.01.2021</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-opinions " data-category="fltr-opinions "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/coalition-s-and-repositories-part1/"> <h3>cOAlition S funders’ repository requirements: unity in diversity • cOAlition S and repositories (part I)</h3> <p>When Plan S was launched in 2018, it gained a reputation as a Gold Open Access (OA) initiative focused on paying for Article Processing Charges {...}</p> <p class="category">Opinions</p> <p class="date">07.01.2021</p> <div class="clear"></div> <span class="read-more">Read more</span> </a></li> <li class="grid-item fltr-policies " data-category="fltr-policies "> <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/open-access-and-plan-s-5-key-facts-about-wellcomes-oa-policy/"> <h3>Open Access and Plan S: 5 key facts about Wellcome’s OA policy</h3> <p>As the chimes of Big Ben welcomed in 2021, Wellcome’s Plan S-aligned Open Access (OA) policy came into effect. 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