The Cost of Confusion: Dispelling Myths about the NIH Public Access Policy and Article Processing Charges Last July, the NIH issued an RFI on limiting direct spending on article processing charges (APCs). Over 900 public responses offered valuable perspectives but also exposed widespread misconceptions ab...

V useful piece dispelling myths about NIH policy on open access
upstream.force11.org/cost-of-conf...

The new NHMRC and MRFF Open Science Policy is a big expansion on previous open access publishing mandates. Emphasis on FAIR data across the lifecycle

Open Journals Collective launches to give libraries 'exit ramp' from big deals - Research Information Libraries invited to back a "sustainable, community-led alternative to commercial scholarly publishing models"

Getting some nice press coverage for the launch of #OpenJournalsCollective last week @researchinfo.bsky.social #TheFutureIsDiamond

www.researchinformation.info/news/open-jo...

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📚✨ Power of School Libraries – Quote of the Week

When school leadership teams value their library, it becomes a space that supports literacy, wellbeing, and a rights-respecting school culture.

#SchoolLeadership #PowerOfSchoolLibraries #SchoolLibraries @cilip.bsky.social

1/ I'm seeking expressions of interest from nonprofit orgs to take over the Open Access Tracking Project ( #OATP, @oatp.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy ) and the open-source software on which it runs.

Details in this Google doc:
bit.ly/TransferOATP

#OpenAccess #OpenScience #OpenSource #ScholComm

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4th July US themed concert I'm in is changing the theme. We could still have a US themed concert around current administration
-The Star mangled banner
-Battle wimp of the Republicans
-Especially for Greenland 'This land is our land, now buzz off'
Closing with
- Jail for the Chief

More than vaguely! Try the air brush thingy if they've got one. Like a sandblaster for teeth. It's totally changed the harrowing hygienist experience for me. A bit more expensive though.

An edit of a 'Traitors' confessional shot with Robert Jenrick sat in the chair. The caption identifies him as 'Robert' 44, Wannabe PM and a traitor'.

Tonight's turret meeting will be pretty awkward

Section from retraction notice dated 23 December 2025. "On 24 January 2025, we were notified by the research integrity officer of the University of Minnesota that an investigation into concerns about image manipulation in Fig. 1G had been completed. The investigation found that the concerns raised were valid and that the figure as published did not accurately reflect the research record. To correct the literature, the University of Minnesota recommended that the publication be retracted. In light of this recommendation and given our loss of confidence in the paper, Science Signaling is retracting the paper in full."

Can the editor of Science Signaling explain why it took 11 months to retract a paper by the Lesné group after being requested to do so by the authors' institutional research integrity officer, who confirmed published figure did not represent research record. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

This important meta-science article should not be hidden behind a paywall.

Spot on! I also wonder whose job it is to come up with those painful 3 word descriptions of fruit & veg - crisp and nutty; sweet and tangy; firm and fruity; whatever

All of us at RLUK were shocked and saddened to hear the news that Paul Aryis has died. Paul was committed to building up the library community - as well as his work at UCL he generously gave his time and wisdom to a wide range of conferences, workshops, and committees.

www.leru.org/news/in-memo...

Leiden University launches strategic framework for scientific publishing | Leiden University https://www.staff.universiteitleiden.nl/news/2025/12/leiden-university-launches-strategic-framework-for-scientific-publishing

Gone too soon. I crossed paths with Paul many times over the years, via London LEAP Eprints repositories collaboration, LERU Open Access Group, and at umpteen conferences & events. He was a keen driver & promoter of Open Science implementation and discussions. And a lovely chap to work with to boot

Decreasing affiliation metadata coverage in OpenAlex – Scholarly Communication Analytics This blog post examines the decrease in affiliation metadata coverage in OpenAlex. An analysis of over 13 million articles published by major commercial publishers between 2018 and 2025 suggests that ...

There seems to be a decrease in the coverage of affiliation metadata in #OpenAlex, particularly with regard to journal articles published by Elsevier since 2024. Only around 6% of Elsevier articles published in 2025 have affiliation metadata.

subugoe.github.io/scholcomm_an...

NIMH data repository is “under review for potential modification in compliance with Admimistration directives”
W.T.A.F
They claim to want Gold Standard Science but will ensure we can’t trust studies using repository data because they might have chnged numbers they don’t like
nda.nih.gov

Preserving musculoskeletal health through resistance training in individuals undergoing Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist Therapy: a controlled interrupted time-series analysis (Stage 1 Registe... Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1-RAs) are increasingly prescribed for weight loss and cardiometabolic health but have been evidenced to lead to loss of lean soft tissue mass. Resistanc...

Just had our first set of reviews from @pci-regreports.bsky.social for our proposed study on RT during GLP-1-RA treatment.

Probably the most constructive and useful set of reviews I have ever had... and having them before starting the study makes them even better!

11/10 would recommend!

Open funder metadata is essential for true research transparency - Impact of Social Sciences Funder metadata is vital to understanding where research comes from & how it is used. But, to be truly effective it needs to be open to all.

💥New: Open funder metadata is essential for true research transparency

✍️ @hldejonge.bsky.social Katharina Rieck & Zoé Ancion

#OpenResearch #ResearchFunding #ScholComm

Job alert! The @coalitions-oa.bsky.social is searching for a new director. More info: 👇

Tender for the identification of cOAlition S Host Secretariat

🗞️We have just launched a tender for the @coalitions-oa.bsky.social Host Secretariat to support the implementation of our new strategy and work plan on #OpenAccess.
Applications deadline: 31 Jan 2026, 17:00 CET
Details available at 👉 www.coalition-s.org/tender-for-t... #Plan_S

Springer Nature retracts, removes nearly 40 publications The dataset contains images of children’s faces downloaded from websites about autism, which sparked concerns at Springer Nature about consent and reliability.

Springer Nature retracting papers based on bonkers dataset
www.thetransmitter.org/retraction/e... Good. #autism

I'm sympathetic to #NIH-funded authors who want to publish in #APC-based #OpenAccess journals and can't find the money to pay the APCs. But it's false to say that they must publish in those journals, in any other APC-based OA journals, or even in OA journals. Shame on _Inside Higher Ed_ leaving […]

I came round to thinking that 'Open' should flow from some fundamentals Inc rights, integrity, reward, author ownership for their personal dissemination and use (where, when, to whom, etc), equity, etc. ie open as a result, not as an end in itself.

Hello @springernature.com - you’ve just published another bit of nonsense in Scientific Reports 🙁

Strategic Analysis of the Scholarly CommunicationsLandscape Kathleen Shearer, Executive Director, COAR November 27, 2025 This report presents a brief overview of the socio-political landscape for scholarly communications and describes some of th…

Strategic Analysis of the Scholarly Communications Landscape https://coar-repositories.org/news-updates/strategic-analysis-of-the-scholarly-communicationslandscape/

You gave a beautiful eulogy - thank you. I only knew John relatively recently. He showed me great kindness, especially taking me to see an exhibition of Shakespeare first folio.

"Court permanently blocks Trump’s executive order to dismantle federal agency for America’s libraries."
https://www.ala.org/news/2025/11/court-permanently-blocks-trumps-executive-order-dismantle-federal-agency-americas

"Today Nov 21], the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island […]

New blogpost. Some reflections on a @clarivate.com webinar that I attended yesterday.
deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
#evaluation #papermills #fraud