Open Access Publication and Academic Freedom in the Field of the Social Sciences and Humanities from a Constitutional Law Perspective in Italy

2021 ◽  
pp. 175-184
Author(s):  
Irene Pellizzone
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Academic Freedom ◽  
Constitutional Law ◽  
Open Access Publication ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
The Social

scholarly journals How to fill the information gap: Open Access for the social sciences and humanities

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Ernst ◽  
Judith Schulte
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Interest Group ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
European Research ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Information Gap ◽  
Research Organizations ◽  
The Social

Researchers not actively seeking information about Open Access and scholars who are not actively informed by their institutions might be concerned about publishing Open Access due to lack of information. Questions such as “Why is Open Access necessary and what do I gain?”, “What happens to my rights as an author?”, and “Why was I not told about this discount before I paid the full APC from my project fund?” might come up. This workshop is directed at representatives of research organizations and universities (e.g. Open Access offices, project coordinators, and interested researchers) on the topic of helping researchers finding answers to these questions and advocating for Open Access in the humanities and social sciences. The workshop seeks to discuss aspects that have been identified by participants priorly as most pressing to discuss. We therefore invite all registered participants to fill in a short survey by 12 October 2020. For any questions, please don’t hesitate contacting Elisabeth Ernst and Judith Schulte ([email protected]) OPERAS is the European Research Infrastructure for open scholarly communication in the social sciences and humanities. Its Special Interest Group on “Advocacy” works on topics related to the communication and advocating of Open Access in the social sciences and humanities and of those disciplines.

scholarly journals Adopting open access in the social sciences and humanities: evidence from a developing nation

Heliyon ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. e04522
Author(s):  
Thu-Trang Vuong ◽  
Manh-Toan Ho ◽  
Minh-Hoang Nguyen ◽  
Thanh-Huyen T. Nguyen ◽  
Thanh-Dung Nguyen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Developing Nation ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
The Social

scholarly journals SIOR: An Egalitarian Scientific Agora

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (8-9) ◽  
pp. 955-961
Author(s):  
Esther Oliver ◽  
Andrea Scharnhorst ◽  
Joan Cabré ◽  
Vladia Ionescu
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
International Level ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Unique Data ◽  
The Social ◽  
Data Source

The Social Impact Open Repository (SIOR) has become a unique data source at the international level in which researchers can display, quote, and store the social impact of their research results. SIOR arises from the social and political needs to know and connect with scientific projects to assess their social impact, promoting transparency of science and open-access systems. This repository has been designed to allow researchers to link their social impacts with research institutions and citizens. In short, SIOR reveals possibilities for transforming scientific research through means such as developing a qualitative tool as an egalitarian scientific agora that enables assessment of social improvements derived from social sciences and humanities (SSH) research. SIOR is a qualitative and open peer-review tool that allows citizens to comment online about an investigation’s impact on society.

scholarly journals Converting to Open Access. The Austrian Journal of Political Science (OZP) as a case study

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Thomas König
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Open Access Journal ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Open Access Publishing ◽  
Academic Journal ◽  
Open Access Publication ◽  
The Social

Open Access is a simple idea that has resulted in a confusing landscape of business models, competing policy prescriptions, and vested interests. Academic debates about the pros and cons of Open Access publishing often lack insights into the operational needs for setting up an Open Access publication. This is true particularly for the social sciences, where experiences with Open Access from the production side still seem sparse. Covering the period between 2010 and 2015, this article recapitulates one of the few cases where an existing academic journal in political science has been converted to an Open Access publication. The Austrian Journal of Political Science (OZP) is an Open Access journal since 2015; and it was the academic community that conducted the conversion process. Remaking the OZP may thus entail some broader lessons for the social sciences communities about what is important in Open Access publishing.

scholarly journals To OA or Not to OA?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aysa Ekanger ◽  
Erik Lieungh
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
European Research ◽  
The Road ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
The Social ◽  
On The Road ◽  
The University

What are the main reasons for our scientists not to choose Open Access to their publications? Are the reasons just misconceptions, or are there some valid reasons as well? Adviser Aysa Ekanger at the University Library at UiT The Arctic University of Norway lays out the main reasons and some of the solutions to the concerns with Open Access. The host of this episode is Erik Lieungh. You can also read a more detailed overview of the possible obstacles on the road to Open Access in this whitepaper from @OPERASEU. OPERAS is a European research infrastructure for the development of open scholarly communication, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This episode was first published 2 October 2018.

scholarly journals Do Open Access Electronic Theses and Dissertations Diminish Publishing Opportunities in the Social Sciences and Humanities? Findings from a 2011 Survey of Academic Publishers

2013 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
pp. 368-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marisa L. Ramirez ◽  
Joan T. Dalton ◽  
Gail McMillan ◽  
Max Read ◽  
Nancy H. Seamans
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Faculty Advisors ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Journal Editors ◽  
Arts And Humanities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Electronic Theses And Dissertations ◽  
Theses And Dissertations

An increasing number of higher education institutions worldwide are requiring submission of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) by graduate students and are subsequently providing open access to these works in online repositories. Faculty advisors and graduate students are concerned that such unfettered access to their work could diminish future publishing opportunities. This study investigated social sciences, arts, and humanities journal editors’ and university press directors’ attitudes toward ETDs. The findings indicate that manuscripts that are revisions of openly accessible ETDs are always welcome for submission or considered on a case-by-case basis by 82.8 percent of journal editors and 53.7 percent of university press directors polled.

Women break down the barriers to the Vietnamese social sciences and humanities

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Quan-Hoang Vuong
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Middle Income Country ◽  
Women In Science ◽  
Income Country ◽  
The West ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Low And Middle Income

Valian rightly made a case for better recognition of women in science during the Nobel week in October 2018 (Valian, 2018). However, it seems most published views about gender inequality in Nature focused on the West. This correspondence shifts the focus to women in the social sciences and humanities (SSH) in a low- and middle-income country (LMIC).

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