Initiatives and Comments regarding Online and Open-Access Publication
1. Open-Access Poster
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2. Statement
- The European Geosciences Union (EGU) is a signatory of the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities (Berlin Declaration).
- All Open-Access Publications of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) are included in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
3. Initiatives and Background
Open Access Statements:
- Budapest Open Access Initiative
- Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing (Status: 20 June 2003)
- Wellcome Trust Position Statement on Open Access (issued: 1 October 2003)
- Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities (20–22 October 2003)
- OECD Declaration on Access to Research Data from Public Funding (issued: 30 January 2004)
Background:
- Timeline of the Open Access (by Peter Suber)
- News from the Open Access Movement
- SPARC Open Access Forum and Newsletter
- Directory of Open Access Journals (Lund University Libraries)
- Wellcome Trust Report An Economic Analysis of Scientific Research Publishing
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4. Comments
- "A Changing Landscape" by Helen Doyle, Andy Gass and Debra Lappin (PDF File, 61 KB)
- "Interactive journal concept for improved scientific publishing and quality assurance"
Learned Publishing, 17, 105–113, April 2004 (invited article), (PDF File, 623 KB) - "Open access: scientific quality assurance by interactive peer review and public discussion"
German Physical Society (DPG), Munich, 23 March 2004 (invited presentation), (PDF File, 983 KB) - "Interactive peer review enhances journal quality"
Research Information, September/October 2004 - "Why and how shall open access publishing improve scientific communication and quality assurance?"
US National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council, Chemical Sciences Roundtable,
Washington, 25 October 2004 (invited presentation), (PDF File, 893 KB) - "Frei zugänglich und transparent begutachtet"
Forschung & Lehre (German), March 2005
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