With the publication process in need of reform and science facing great global challenges, the International Science Council proposes a way forward.

In this Q&A, Colleen Campbell of OA2020 discusses the initiative’s achievements, the evolving challenges of the open access transition, and why she’s optimistic about the road ahead.

In the 22 Arab states, open access faces endemic challenges, while offering a powerful example of how the diamond model can be successful and sustainable. A project to map the region’s open access journals reveals key trends.

Research software has become integral for a wide range of disciplines. In this precarious moment for research, can we afford not to recognize it as a “first-class” research output?

A recent survey of European research-funding and -performing organizations offers insight into the comprehensive strategies and international collaboration necessary to sustain the global open science movement.

A continent-wide initiative is empowering a new generation of African library and information studies researchers to advocate for open science within their institutions and beyond.

In this Q&A, Madhan, director of libraries at Jindal Global University, discusses institutional repositories, author-pay open access, publish-review-curate, and the “expensive distraction” of India’s One Nation One Subscription deal.

We set out to determine whether open monographs were being used in teaching and learning and fell down a very deep hole. Here is what we learned.

Today more content is available open access than ever before. But this datapoint isn’t the whole story.

As Portland Press transitions to Subscribe to Open, we are rethinking how to measure and report usage so we can demonstrate that open access—and the spending of the libraries that support it—is improving the global reach of our articles.

The impacts of funding cuts to research in the US extend far beyond their immediate targets. We see a chain reaction that could indelibly alter the education and research landscape, including the future of open and sustainable research.

The Trump administration has launched an orchestrated attack on academic freedom, research funding, and the institutional autonomy that underpins intellectual progress. We must act now, together.

Since its establishment in 2021, Irish Open Access Publishers has evolved into a dynamic and engaged network of practitioners. Communities of Practice Theory helps explain how.

Clarivate, Elsevier, and the American Chemical Society are comfortable pursuing a strategy of pricing discrimination. But libraries don’t have to go along with it. This data can help.

MetaROR uses the publish-review-curate model to share work in the field of metaresearch. In this Q and A, Moumita Koley and André Brasil discuss the platform in the context of a scholarly publishing system in crisis.

Transformative agreements have a crucial role to play in the transition to open access, and while they may not fix structural problems, they are a reflection of the dynamic publishing landscape and the diverse needs of the academic community.

How can prospective citizen scientists find projects and partners and organize their work? A platform co-designed by professional researchers, citizens, activists, and other stakeholders offers an answer.

Digital evolutions in scholarly communication have benefitted readers but have not delivered on the promise they hold for authors. More radically open and inclusive solutions are possible.