Nesru H. Koroso
Information Specialist at the University of Amsterdam; University of Twente Ph.D. Candidate.
The Future of Anonymous Peer Review
The standard approach to publish a scientific research output is through peer review, a process through which independent experts scrutinize papers submitted for publication...
Impactstory – the Plug-In That Allows Users to Browser Open Access Papers
Impactstory, a nonprofit organization working to advance open access, has unveiled Unpaywall, a browser plug-in that gives users easy access to electronic open access scientific articles.
FP7 Post-grant Open Access Pilot Project is Coming to an End
Researchers have until the end of April to apply for APCs reimbursements, through the FP7 Post-Grant project.
In 2015, the EU FP7 announced a post-grant pilot...
Open and Post Peer Review: New Trends in Open Access Publications
The quality of scientific publications will benefit from a revolution in the peer review models.
The peer review system was created in the 20th century...
EU Puts Forward Ambitious Open Access Target
All publicly-funded research to be fully accessible by 2020.
The European Competitiveness Council has announced that all publicly-funded scientific papers should be available on fully...
Raising The Standards Of Open Access Journals
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), a leading open access journals’ index, has decided to tighten the standards for journals' acceptance, in order to...
New Open Access Roadmap
New Open Access roadmap sets the goal for a fully open access world.