Open science round-up: May 2022
In a new regular feature, Jenice Goveas shares the latest news on open science from the month of May and new opportunities for June and July.
10.06.2022
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The African Open Science Platform begins to take shape
Expectations are high for the African Open Science Platform, which has just appointed its first Director and Deputy-Director. We heard from the new team about the plans for the Platform's first year of full operation, and how the ISC community can get involved.
28.03.2022
Preprint servers gain prominence despite peer review concerns
Maina Waruru explores the issue of pre-prints from a uniquely African perspective
18.03.2022
Making open science a global reality
The UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science is an important advance. Putting it into practice must involve creative engagement with the scientific community, writes ISC President Peter Gluckman.
25.01.2022
The pandemic and the changing publishing scene in Africa
As the world is still grappling with the pandemic and its devastating effects, the need for rapid and affordable means of communicating and accessing scientific knowledge is strikingly apparent. Earlier this year the international scientific community, as represented by the ISC membership, recognized the need for a change through a resolution committing to work to reform scientific publishing. In this blog, we explore how Africa – similarly to the rest of the world – has adapted to the pressing realities of doing science in a pandemic by turning to preprints.
23.12.2021
UNESCO Science Commission adopts Open Science Recommendation
The UNESCO recommendation on Open Science has been unanimously adopted in its entirety by Member States during the Science Commission plenary.
15.11.2021
Key messages from the 2nd Open Science Conference
A new UN report, "In Praise of Open Science", stimulates discussions on the importance of Open Science and contributes to the global call for Open Science in the context of UNESCO’s upcoming general conference in November 2021.
18.10.2021
Open Science and the UNESCO initiative – opportunity to republish ISC statement
In this statement made by the ISC delegation to the UNESCO Special Committee meeting on Open Science, 6-12 May 2021, the delegation explores how the recommendation and potential cascading interventions by Member States could develop along two divergent pathways. ISC Members are invited to download the statement and republish on their websites and in their scientific journals.
01.07.2021
Seven principles for scientific publishing
The many issues with modern scholarly publishing raise fair concerns whether the system delivers on its expectation to effectively record and communicate the fruits of scientific endeavour to the public.
05.04.2021
Results: The ISC Survey on the first draft of the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science
Further opportunities with UNESCO for the international scientific community to participate and voice perspectives on Open Science are now available.
04.03.2021
