Recent Articles
The dubious practice of university rankings
Ellen Hazelkorn takes a look at the accuracy of university rankings from an international perspective.
Towards the Open Natural History Museum
Maike Weisspflug about the progress of Open Science at the Natural History Museum of Berlin.
Doing Open Innovation in research: A practical example
Benjamin Missbach about the implementation of Open Innovation Practices at the Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft.
Current Issue
#GlobalScience: is science really global?
When talking about Science, it is very common to state that it is global per se. Good Science, we often say, knows no borders and is always international. But is this true? Do normative statements like these really reflect scientific practice? We want to take a closer look at this globalized science – especially beyond the predominant powerhouses – and reflect on its preconditions of access to and interaction in the international scientific realm. What does the supremacy of a handful of scientific regions imply when it comes to all the infrastructures that science needs – like journals, conferences, labs and even the digital ones? How are the national and regional scientific discourses linked to the global level where English is still the prevailing language? We want to read our scientific evidence about the state of global science as well as your opinions and bold ideas on where science could do better.
Research Funding is critical to societally relevant research
Paul Benneworth and Kate Maxwell explain why we need public funding for science that creates truly public benefits.
Towards the Open Natural History Museum
Maike Weisspflug about the progress of Open Science at the Natural History Museum of Berlin.
The dubious practice of university rankings
Ellen Hazelkorn takes a look at the accuracy of university rankings from an international perspective.
Counting is not enough
Janet Hering’s take on reconnecting academic research with societal needs.
A center of predatory publishing
An interview with Jeffrey Beall on South Asia and its reputation, a crosspost from Open Interview
A groundbreaking DEAL?
Marcel Knöchelmann takes a look on the DEAL-Wiley Agreement, details of the contract reveal that this new big deal may come at a high cost.
It’s time to update our understanding of scientific impact.
In this article we argue that a debate is urgently needed to redefine what constitutes scientific impact in light of open scholarship.
Why we need a public infrastructure for data on open access
Mikael Laakso explains the necessity of building up a public infrastructure for open access, it’s benefits and the obstacles on the way.
Increasing visibility of African research
In this interview, Heather Ford (Senior Lecturer at UNSW) talks about chances and pitfalls of making African research more visible.
Open Science in Africa
Justin Ahinon and Jo Havemann (both founders of AfricArXiv) talk in this article about the development of Open Science Services in Africa, initiatives, the current situation and chances in the future.
In future, papers will not be paywalled
Plinio Casarotto takes a look at the future of publishing.
Google and research data
Peter Kraker on Google Dataset Discovery, the open science movement, and his #DontLeaveItToGoogle campaign.