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Category: Sharing output | Open Access
New Workshop & Coaching: Unlock the Secrets of Open Access Publishing
Are you curious about the world of open-access publishing? We have two new opportunities to help you navigate this dynamic landscape: an open-access workshop and a weekly open-access publishing hour.
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Predatory and Questionable Publishing Practices: How to recognise and avoid them
Avoid predatory journals! Check out our Open Access Publishing Guide and the recently published Predatory and Questionable Publishing Practices, and learn to recognise and avoid them.
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Embracing Diamond Open Access – a national project
Diamond Open Access (DOA) is a community-driven scholarly communication model that prioritises immediate access to research while upholding author rights and promoting diversity in publishing. The Diamond Open Access project in the Netherlands aims to strengthen non-profit scholarly publishing and aligns with bibliodiversity and open science principles.
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Towards Responsible Publishing – cOAlition S needs your feedback
cOAlition S is seeking academic feedback on their Responsible Publishing proposal, paving the way to a community-based publishing system for scholars to openly share their research and engage with innovative quality control and evaluation standards.
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New and prolonged Open Access publishing deals in 2024
This is the latest update about the new and prolonged 2024 Open Access publishing deals, and you’ll also find the answers to the most frequently asked questions about our APC deals by authors in 2023.
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Advancing Open Access: UM’s Open Access Book Fund and Maastricht University Press initiatives
We are proud to announce two new open-access publications partly funded by the UM Open Access Book Fund. The fund has already supported six publications, two of which are currently in production.
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What does Responsible Publishing mean to you? An invitation to participate in the Plan S Survey
Join us in shaping the future of academic publishing by participating in the Plan S survey. Your insights will contribute to fostering a sustainable and inclusive scholarly-led publishing ecosystem.
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Embracing Open Access at Maastricht University: 2022 in Review and a Glimpse into 2023
More than 84% of our 2022 academic publications are open access. That’s an increase of 7% points in 2022 and a rise of 9%. In this post, we will discuss these results and the expectations for 2023.
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Open Access Publishing: Towards a More Inclusive and Diverse Publishing Landscape
Universities of the Netherlands (UNL) and the Collaborative Dutch University Libraries and National Library (UKB) are taking further steps towards creating a more diverse and equitable publishing landscape. This initiative involves embracing the paths of ‘Full Open Access’ and ‘Diamond Open Access’.
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Learn about the FAIR principles for Research Data Management
FAIR data (Findable, Accessible, Reusable, Interoperable) means human-friendly and machine-friendly data. Do you want to know more about how to implement the FAIR principles for research data management (RDM)? Then watch this instruction video made by Pedro Hernandez Serrano, an RDM specialist at Maastricht University Library.
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