Open Research Community

Publishers increasingly dedicate scholarly publications, book collections, special issues and academic journals in #OpenAccess to sustainable development goals (#SDGs), while seeking to offset author-facing publishing fees in their models ow.ly/fmW450TLpW9

Scholarly titles in #OpenAccess not only fill the gaps in monograph dissemination, but also facilitate the sharing of discoveries and insights with local and international stakeholders ow.ly/RFUF50TrAKs

Pledging support for e-book collections promises to transition latest scholarly results into #OpenAccess, while removing barriers to academic knowledge for stakeholders around the world ow.ly/YIrr50T8ttt?

While #OpenAccess guidelines need to be extended to empirical data, their discoverability demands infrastructure and metadata support circuits ow.ly/U03U50SR3Fc

For minority scholars, #OpenAccess publishing can be associated with the risks of exposure to knowledge inequities, alongside flexible access to critical research results, in the context of funding agency mandates and community engagement it enables ow.ly/hIwk50SwMxz

Academic institutions may need to adopt proactive policies promoting #OpenAccess, based on best practices, support initiatives, and Open Science culture ow.ly/6Rtg50Rtgp6

In emerging economies, the operation of #OpenAccess publishing initiatives continues to necessitate sustainable models, institutional support and international partnerships ow.ly/uKMk50RsEwI

Academic institutions increasingly recognize that the implementation of #OpenScience guidelines needs to also encompass empirical data and publication metadata, which likely requires supporting infrastructures, sustainable models and collaborative action ow.ly/nkP350Rog9z

For Global South countries, the implementation of #OpenScience policies likely continues to be hampered by insufficient infrastructure, funding limitations and piecemeal support, which also creates demand for collaborative solutions and capacity building ow.ly/fwwG50Rnh28

Scholarly institutions opt for #OpenAccess models to boost the discoverability of their output, increase its global impact, while stimulating problem-oriented collaboration across scientific fields, industry stakeholders, insight generation from findings ow.ly/tEFS50Qczo8

Around two thirds of scholars are cognizant of the beneficial effects that #OpenAccess has in terms of rapid result and method sharing, while contributing to research impact and publication transparency, despite cost concerns that its models can involve ow.ly/FIu650Q5Bne

Watch our webinar, in which Sven Fund, Senior Director, #KUnlatched (KU), Elaine Lambert and Alexandra Brown, Account Managers, North America, KU, and James Watson, #OpenAccess (OA) Lead, Taylor & Francis, discussed OA in the context of the #SDGs: ow.ly/ZpZ750Q3CIh

Watch our most recent #webinar, in which Mirela Roncevic, #KUnlatched (KU), James Watson, Taylor & Francis, Davide Fiore, KU, have discussed how publishers, libraries can support #OpenAccess content aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (#SDGs) ow.ly/T7Bk50Q38O4

For scholarly journals, the emphasis on the community aspect of scholarly publishing that the international #OpenAccessWeek 2023 places also involves the support for bibliodiversity, community governance, and connection facilitation ow.ly/2efj50Q0HVI

In social science fields, #OpenScience practices can be expected to promote the dissemination of knowledge, community engagement among scholars and the general public, while promoting collaboration, research quality ow.ly/wLLp50PUKOk

For university repositories of scholarly works in #OpenAccess, enhancing faculty commmunity engagement, program participation remain important priorities, while for affiliated authors their use can be expected to increase readership, among other benefits ow.ly/OpGM50POoZ1