China 'pursuing national open science strategy'
3 June 2021
China is working on a master plan for the internationalisation of its domestic journals and plans to pursue an open science strategy at a national level
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OA 2020 - the transition towards open science
30 October 2020
We've recently seen some positive and impactful changes to the way in which the OA landscape can work, writes Steven Inchcoombe
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Towards a community-driven, open access university publisher
2 October 2020
Alenka Prinčič and Frédérique Belliard describe how they influenced the change from traditional academic publisher to innovative and community-driven university press at TU Delft
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17 September 2020
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Academic libraries and coronavirus: a view from Italy
6 April 2020
The pandemic has demonstrated the importance of open access and open science, writes Rossana Morriello
Elsevier Netherlands agreement 'major breakthrough for open science'
20 December 2019
A group of research institutions in the Netherlands have reached an agreement with Elsevier that is being hailed as a 'major breakthrough for open science'
UK research universities already ‘open doors’
6 June 2018
Adam Tickell outlines the open access achievements UK research universities can be proud of and the next steps needed to remain a global leader in research
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