Here are some in depth answers from two people working on open access: Peter Suber, Director of the Harvard Office for Scholarly Communication and the Harvard Open Access Project, and Elizabeth Silva, associate editor at the Public Library of Science (PLOS).
Open Science Collaboration Blog.
This guest post comes from Angelica Tavella, a senior at UC Berkeley.PLOS The Student's Blog.
This idea was a browser-based tool which tracks how often readers are denied access to academic research, where in the world they were or their profession and why they were looking for that research. The tool would aggregate this information into one place and would create a real time, worldwide, interactive picture of the problem.
PLOS Blogs.
On 31st of May 2013 (1 PM Brussels time / CET), as part of the “Future Fridays” series of webinars on Futurium, Cameron Neylon, Advocacy Director atPLOS presents his vision of the Future of Open Science.
Participation to all webinars is free and open to all who are interested in the subject. The webinar will take place entirely online in a virtual room.
The Accelerating Science Award Program (ASAP) recognizes individuals who have used, applied, or remixed scientific research — published through Open Access — to make a difference in science, medicine, business, technology or society as a whole.See also here and here.*See the program rules for details on the awards and program requirements.
- A trip to Washington, D.C., to be honored at Open Access Week in October, 2013
- Inclusion in a portfolio book distributed online and in print around the world
Online social media tools can be some of the most rewarding and informative resources for scientists—IF you know how to use them.PLOS.
See also Bora Zivkovic’s Blogpost How to break into science writing using your blog and social media.
The new functionality on PLOS allows the files to be discovered through a portal on figshare that will go live in the coming weeks. This, combined with figshare’s API functionality, should allow easier linking of research outputs and the potential to build on previous research.Read also this entry on PLoS Blogs.
PLOS and PeerJ, two very different beasts.
A description on ways of open access publishing prossibilities and science 2.0.
BioMed Central the open access publisher today announced the launch of a valuable new medical resource, Cases Database. Cases Database is a freely accessible and continuously updated tool, developed by BioMed Central, which allows clinicians, researchers, teachers and patients to explore thousands of peer-reviewed medical case reports from multiple journal publishers, including BioMed Central, Springer and BMJ Group.
Public Library of Science (PLOS) CEO Peter Jerram discusses the role that PLOS and Creative Commons play in the open access movement (published due to the Creative Common’s 10th birthday).
Scientific data can be quite abstract, but for those who aren’t so good at abstract thinking and who learn by doing or touching, sculpture offers a way to make weather data tactile.
PLOS Blogs.
Altmetrics is the study and use of non-traditional scholarly impact measures that are based on activity in web-based environments. As scholarship increasingly moves online, these metrics track associated interactions and activity to generate fine-grained data, allowing researchers and policy makers to create a higher resolution picture of the reach and impact of academic research.
Check out the PLOS Altmetrics Collection.
PLOS.
Peter Binfield leaves PLoS ONE to start PeerJ.
After four years of dedicated service and steady leadership, Peter Binfield, Publisher of PLoS ONE, will be leaving us on May 18th. Under his stewardship, PLoS ONE has grown into the largest peer reviewed journal in the world. In the process, PLoS ONE has pioneered new editorial models that are being widely adopted by many publishers. We part on the best of terms – Pete is leaving to start his own company, and so we wish him well in this new Open Access Initiative.
Here is an interview with PLoS Founder Michael Eisen.
On whether pre-publication peer review should be abandoned?
“This I think we can and should more or less completely do away with — leaving only a very thin process for screening submitted articles to make sure they’re appropriate and real works of science.”