Snapshot 2024: Open Access by Academic Discipline
This overview is based on Open Access data for publications from 2024 only, providing a snapshot rather than a trend analysis. The data include four document types—articles, Books, Book Chapters,…
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Open Access Trends in Scholarly Publishing 2015–2024
Aiming to spot some Open Access trends in scholarly publishing 2015–2024, on May 13, I retrieved publication volume data—specifically article-level outputs, excluding other document types—from OpenAlex, focusing on Open Access…
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Open Divide Lecture Series – Critical Perspectives on Open Access & Scholarly Publishing
Joachim Schöpfel, Niels-Oliver Walkowski and I are excited to announce the Open Divide Lecture Series (2025–2026), a year-long exploration of the challenges, contradictions, and evolving landscape of Open Access and…
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Workshop on Strategies in Scientific Publishing
Unlocking the Secrets of Scientific Publishing Have you or your researchers ever felt overwhelmed by the complexities of academic publishing? Do you find yourself asking questions like: Where should I…
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Effektive Strategien für wissenschaftliche Publikationen
Effektive Strategien für wissenschaftliche Publikationen: Einblicke aus meinem Workshop für die DGI Wie wählen Wissenschaftler*innen die besten Publikationsstrategien? Wie misst man Qualität in der Wissenschaft? Und welche Fallstricke lauern beim…
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Transforming Science: How ROR² and NanoBubbles are Enhancing Transparency, Trust, and Integrity in Research
Two groundbreaking research projects, ROR² and NanoBubbles, are paving the way for a more transparent and trustworthy scientific ecosystem. Both projects are committed to interdisciplinary approaches, aiming to enhance transparency,…
Balancing Open Science and Fair Research Assessment
Balancing Open Science and Fair Research Assessment: The push for Open Science and the reform of research evaluation are colliding, with metrics meant to encourage openness often undermining efforts to…
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Scientific Publishing: Quality Control, Review, and Impact Measurement
On December 17, 2024, I delivered a workshop on “Scientific Publishing: Quality Control, Review, and Impact Measurement” at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. The event gave participants a comprehensive…
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Revolutionising Research Assessment: The Role of CRIS, Open Science, and AI
The evaluation of scientific research is undergoing a seismic shift, driven by the integration of Current Research Information Systems (CRIS), Open Science principles, and Artificial Intelligence (AI). In our recent…
Publishing an Open Access anthology — navigating costs and author expectations
In 2020, Joachim Schöpfel and I planned to publish an anthology on research data, focussing on topics such as fake data (including AI-generated data), their detection, data markets, data reuse…