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At the turn of the year, the Think Open blog has published a diverse selection of articles on the openness of science from different angles. Below is a brief overview of the latest blog articles.
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The future of open access publishing
- What is the state of open access publishing at the moment? In short, it is a time of searching for a new way forward and an alternative for APC paywalls. The second part of the Open science annual review creates a snapshot of the situation and presents the options.
- Could the future of scientific publishing lie in a combination of overlay journals and online archives? Cosmologist Syksy Räsänen presents a publishing model that would free up money from commercial publishers’ profits for the scientific community.
- When talking about the future of open access publishing, one option is repeatedly mentioned: diamond open access – non-APC open access which is funded by research organisations. Also the University of Helsinki also supports the diamond model in various ways.
- The transparency of open access publishing prices is key to moving towards a more economically sustainable publishing culture. The University of Helsinki is part of the international OpenAPC service, which maintains a database of open access prices.
Reforming the research evaluation
- What is responsible and qualitative researcher evaluation and how is it done in practice? The Research Council of Finland is a pioneer in this type of evaluation, and with the CoARA collaboration, others in Finland will soon follow – including the University of Helsinki.
- What do we value in the work of researchers? asks Toma Susi, associate professor at the Faculty of Physics at the University of Vienna, in a perspective originally aimed at students. The text sets out the starting points for a reform of research evaluation.
Open science annual review 2023
- The first part of the Open science annual review summarises the domestic open science policies for 2023. It also picks out the key news from the past year and offers some reading tips on topics such as the open access situation in China, data discoverability and reputation management for scientific publishers, in particular MDPI.
University of Helsinki’s publishing services
- A total of 32 open access books were published on Helda Open Books (HOB) during 2023. This blog article presents all of the HOB books. The publications include books used in teaching and outputs of research projects.
- Helsinki University Press (HUP) books were downloaded more than 100,000 times in 2020–2022. The blog article summarises what the circulation maps of open access publications can tell us and what factors influence the dissemination of HUP publications.
Research data management
- ”Understanding and adopting DMP has been one of the most essential experiences in my research career,” writes veterinary scientist Heli Hyytiäinen. In her blog article, she explains what made the most uninspired part of the application process the most rewarding.
- The awareness of the importance of research data management (RDM) among university units and researchers continues to grow, but not everything goes like in Strömsö – support and services are still needed. In a blog interview, Tanja Lindholm describes her varied work at the UH research stations supporting researchers in RDM.
Previous Think Open monthly overviews can be found on the blog.
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