Ashley Farley

Funders Roll Out Next Gen Open Policies - SPARC

We just posted an impact story on policies at HHMI, Gates & Astera promoting #OpenAccess #OpenScience #OpenData. Powerful signals to other funders to accelerate discovery in science. Well done @madubs.bsky.social @openaccessmaven.bsky.social @pracheeac.bsky.social! sparcopen.org/impact-story...

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Thrilled to be giving a lightning talk at the AdaMarie Career Navigation Summit! ⚡My session, "Turn Your Network into Your Superpower", covers both practical ways to build & leverage your community to grow your career. @weareadamarie.bsky.social
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Join the OpenCon Librarian Community Call tomorrow! Note that it's an hour later than usual. We will be joined by Creative Commons for an overview of CC Signals. If you work in libraries and AI is a topic that keeps popping up be sure to register!

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🌍💡 How can we fund science that’s open, equitable, and aligned with national goals?

Join us at #ScienceSummitNYC to explore how Open Research can drive progress on the #SDGs & how to finance it sustainably.

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#OpenScience #SSUNGA80 #OpenAccess

Now this is a stellar line up and topic for #OpenAccessWeek2025 #OAweek2025!

I love the theme “We Are Enough: Practical Open Access for Everyone" and cannot wait to hear the panelists perspective on it.
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Nothing makes me lose hope more in humanity than trying to log into Editorial Manager for the simplest of tasks.

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Watch this video to learn about the importance of openly licensing your research with #CreativeCommons to increase your impact, expand access to knowledge, & strengthen the collective power of the scientific community. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IBT...

Wait there is a journal with a $15,584,416.00 USD APC? This has to be an error. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

And by heated convos I am referring to the fact that when we launched Gates Open Research almost a decade ago researchers thought that preprinting and open peer review was wild. Now perceptions have really shifted. Authors that embraced a new model have made it much easier for others to follow

Time through peer review may be something to look into. With the F1000 model you have to find peer reviewers who agree to be named & the peer review report to be published. F1000 doesn't seem to struggle any more than other publishers to find peer reviewers as far as I know but something to consider

Now for the MDPI of it all - I think there is a couple things at play here:
1. MPDI aggressive marketing & supplements
2. Speed - while F1000 is fast in some respects if you are getting to an index article MDPI may be faster
3. Maybe easier time through peer review

Readership and discoverability are still an issue. It's something we've been slowly working on over the years. It's hard when there is so much noise. Authors of course want their papers read & trusted known venues will provide that. I do wish there was more creativity in solutions for this issue.

Great piece! I think there are a lot of interesting things to unpack here. In my general experience with Gates Open Research authors are reluctant to any change - even if positive. If they think their colleagues expect them to publish in X,Y,Z they will continue to do so.

Agreed. F1000 & Gates - we made the trek around to grantee groups that would listen. There were heated conversations. I do think it was fundamental to uptake. I'd still like to see much more use but the two limiting factors have been - lack of impact factor & indexing limitations.

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Follow @orfg.bsky.social for updates on the Open Research Funders Group.
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Unfair publisher fees for deposit into repositories highlight the need for authors to exercise their rights Image: Adobe Stock Image Scientific knowledge is a public good Science and scholarship are about sharing and advancing knowledge, and many open access policies have been diligently designed in orde…

Well stated!

"The content of an article belongs to the author who should not be duped into paying a fee to exercise a right they already have."
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Sadly this is spot on.
It's hard to have empathy though as researcher disinterest in trying to change the system has stymied progress.

Northern universities urge publishers to reform their model - Research Professional News N8 group calls for change as universities eye subscription cuts and deals are renegotiated

“For too long, we’ve seen the consolidation of scholarly publishing into the hands of a few major commercial players whose priorities are increasingly divorced from the academic communities they were meant to serve.” www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-o...

Peer review is just internet trolls for science Solution: publish reviewer names with reviews along with journal articles and provide an iterative review solution.

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Scientific Publishing: Enough is Enough Why we're no longer funding journal publications

Excited to see bold action from @asterainstitute.bsky.social in rethinking scientific publishing. The journal model isn’t working — it’s time for systems that reflect how science actually happens.💥 Enough is enough: asterainstitute.substack.com/p/scientific...
#OpenScience #ReimagineResearch

Don't miss the June OpenCon Librarian Community Call. The theme is "slow librarianship" which focuses on relationship-building, values-driven work, quality over quantity, solidarity, antiracism, and reflective practice.

June 10th at 9 AM PST. Register below
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Why I stopped submitting my work to for-profit publishers – Physics World Jonte Hance reveals why they stopped reviewing and submitting articles to for-profit publishers

"We may not be able to dismantle the entire for-profit publishing industry, but we can stop contributing to it"

physicsworld.com/a/why-i-stop...

I haven't seen any chatter about Sci-Net yet. Has anyone used it? Is this a SciHub replacement?

I think it's fascinating that at one point SciHub as highly used. What are people doing now? Is open access filling the gap? sci-net.xyz

This is such a great point made by David Worlock

"The cost of publishing in journals are too great to be sustained by the research community, and the benefits too little to encourage funders to meet the bill."

www.davidworlock.com/2025/04/10-r...

This quote warms my heart "he 'clearly underestimated the seriousness of preprints.'" retractionwatch.com/2025/04/24/g...

I need to share this picture of Zeek with the world. The weather improving is giving me hope! Here is to more days of hiking soon.

Publication costs can range from $1500-$5000 per article, detracting from funds that can be used for conducting research, hiring students, and participating in conferences. It is unlikely that the openaccess policies or author payment costs will change in the near future1. We therefore are incentivized to identify opportunities to offset these costs. We can start by looking at sources of revenue generation used by other online media platforms that can be applied to scientific

I've never felt so seen by a footnote before

Well done