BOAI 15 Survey Report

The 15th anniversary of the Budapest Open Access Initiative provided an excellent opportunity to take stock of global progress toward open access and to gauge the main obstacles still remaining to the widespread adoption of open access policies and practices. As part of this process, feedback was solicited through an open survey that was disseminated online, and that received responses from individuals in 60 countries around the world. Markers of progress are clear. The lack of understanding of the concept of open access and a myriad of misconceptions that were pervasive at the time of the BOAI’s original convening have receded, as open access has become a widely accepted fact of life in research and scholarship. These have been supplanted by concerns that are more operational and nuanced in nature, essentially moving from debates about the “what and why” of open access to the “how“—how to best get it done. The survey showed two clear primary challenges. First and foremost, respondents noted the lack of meaningful incentives and rewards for scholars and researchers to openly share their work. This challenge resonated at both the global level (56% of respondents in Figure 1) and the local level (29.5% of respondents in Table 1). This was followed by concern over a lack of funds to pay for APCs or other open access-related costs (36% of respondents in Figure 1; 28.3% of respondents in Table 1). The results of the survey indicate the transition from establishing open access as a concept—which the BOAI did for the first time in 2002—to making open the default for research and scholarship. These two key challenges point to areas where concerted effort needs to be focused to continue making progress towards open access. Strategies to align incentives and rewards for scholars to share their work openly and the need to construct affordable, sustainable, and equitable business models to support open access publishing must be embraced as primary working priorities by the open access community

The Budapest Open Access Initiative-20th. Anniversary Recommendations (BOAI20)

To mark the 20° anniversary of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI), the BOAI has issued in March 2022 a new set of recommendations based on its original principles, current circumstances, and input from colleagues in all academic fields and regions of the world

La Budapest Open Access Initiative: Recomendaciones en su 20° Aniversario (BOAI20)

To mark the 20° anniversary of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI), the BOAI has issued in March 2022 a new set of recommendations based on its original principles, current circumstances, and input from colleagues in all academic fields and regions of the world

La Budapest Open Access Initiative: Recomendaciones en su 20° Aniversario

The Budapest Open Access Initiative celebrated its 20th anniversary on February 14, 2022. To mark the anniversary, the BOAI steering committee is releasing a new set of recommendations based on its original principles, current circumstances, and input from colleagues in all academic fields and regions of the world. https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai20

L'Initiative de Budapest pour l'Accès Ouvert : Recommandations du 20e anniversaire

L'accès ouvert n’est pas une fin en soi, mais un moyen d’atteindre d’autres objectifs, parmi lesquels figurent avant tout l’équité, la qualité, l’utilisabilité, et la durabilité de la recherche. Nos recommandations prioritaires portent sur des problèmes systémiques qui freinent la mise en œuvre de ces objectifs. 1. Les résultats de recherche devraient être hébergés sur des infrastructures ouvertes. L’hébergement et la publication de textes, de données, de métadonnées, de codes, et d’autres produits et résultats numériques de recherche devraient se faire sur des infrastructures ouvertes et contrôlées par la communauté. Utilisez des infrastructures qui minimisent le risque de restrictions d'accès ou de contrôle futur par des organisations commerciales. Dans l’hypothèse où des infrastructures ouvertes n’existeraient pas encore pour des besoins spécifiques, veillez à favoriser leur développement. 2. Les méthodes d’évaluation de la recherche devraient être réformées en vue de favoriser l'accès ouvert. Les pratiques d’évaluation de la recherche à des fins de recrutement, de promotion ou de financement devraient évoluer pour favoriser l'accès ouvert et éliminer les facteurs dissuasifs de publication en accès ouvert. 3. Les voies de publication et de dissémination inclusives devraient être privilégiées, en particulier celles qui ne discriminent pas les auteurs et auteures sur la base de motifs économiques. Veillez à tirer pleinement parti des archives ouvertes (la « Voie Verte ») et des revues en accès ouvert sans frais de publication (article processing charges, ci-après APC), aussi appelées les revues « diamant ». Prenez vos distances par rapport aux revues qui exigent le paiement d’APC. 4. Lorsque des frais sont engagés pour publier des recherches en accès ouvert, il importe de garder à l’esprit les objectifs vers lesquels devrait tendre l'accès ouvert. Privilégiez les modèles qui profitent à toutes les régions du monde, qui sont contrôlés par des scientifiques et des organisations à but non lucratif, qui évitent de concentrer de nouvelles publications en accès ouvert dans les mains de quelques revues commerciales prépondérantes, et qui veillent à ne pas pérenniser des schémas de publication incompatibles avec les objectifs précités. Prenez vos distances par rapport aux accords de type read and publish (les accords souvent dits « transformants »).Open access is not an end in itself, but a means to further ends. Above all, it is a means to the equity, quality, usability, and sustainability of research. Our four high-level recommendations address systemic problems that obstruct progress toward these ends. 1. Host OA research on open infrastructure. Host and publish OA texts, data, metadata, code, and other digital research outputs on open, community-controlled infrastructure. Use infrastructure that minimizes the risk of future access restrictions or control by commercial organizations. Where open infrastructure is not yet adequate for current needs, develop it further. 2. Reform research assessment and rewards to improve incentives. Adjust research assessment practices for funding decisions and university hiring, promotion, and tenure decisions. Eliminate disincentives for OA and create positive new incentives for OA. 3. Favor inclusive publishing and distribution channels that never exclude authors on economic grounds. Take full advantage of OA repositories and no-APC journals (“green” and “diamond” OA). Move away from article processing charges (APCs). 4. When we spend money to publish OA research, remember the goals to which OA is the means. Favor models which benefit all regions of the world, which are controlled by academic-led and nonprofit organizations, which avoid concentrating new OA literature in commercially dominant journals, and which avoid entrenching models in conflict with these goals. Move away from read-and-publish agreements

Putative imprinted gene expression in uniparental bovine embryo models

Altered patterns of gene expression and the imprinted status of genes have a profound effect on cell physiology and can markedly alter embryonic and fetal development. Failure to maintain correct imprinting patterns can lead to abnormal growth and behavioural problems, or to early pregnancy loss. Recently, it has been reported that the Igf2R and Grb10 genes are biallelically expressed in sheep blastocysts, but monoallelically expressed at Day 21 of development. The present study investigated the imprinting status of 17 genes in in vivo, parthenogenetic and androgenetic bovine blastocysts in order to determine the prevalence of this unique phenomenon. Specifically, the putatively imprinted genes Ata3, Impact, L3Mbtl, Magel2, Mkrn3, Peg3, Snrpn, Ube3a and Zac1 were investigated for the first time in bovine in vitro fertilised embryos. Ata3 was the only gene not detected. The results of the present study revealed that all genes, except Xist, failed to display monoallelic expression patterns in bovine embryos and support recent results reported for ovine embryos. Collectively, the data suggest that monoallelic expression may not be required for most imprinted genes during preimplantation development, especially in ruminants. The research also suggests that monoallelic expression of genes may develop in a gene- and time-dependent manner

LTER HAUSGARTEN 2018 - Long-Term Ecological Research in the Fram Strait, Cruise No. MSM77, September 15 - October 13, 2018, Longyearbyen (Svalbard) - Edinburgh (Scotland)

The 77th cruise of the RV MARIA S. MERIAN contributed to various large national and international research and infrastructure projects (FRAM, ARCHES, INTAROS, ICOS, SIOS) as well as to the research programme PACES-II (Polar Regions and Coasts in the changing Earth System) of the Alfred-Wegener-Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). Investigations within Work Package 4 (Arctic sea ice and its interaction with ocean and ecosystems) of the PACES-II programme, aim at assessing and quantifying ecosystem changes from surface waters to the deep ocean in response to the retreating sea ice, and at exploring the most important (feedback) processes determining temporal and spatial variability. Contributions to the PACES-II Work Package 6 (Large scale variability and change in polar benthic biota and ecosystem functions) include the identification of spatial patterns and temporal trends in relevant benthic community functions, and the development of a comprehensive science community reference collection of observational data. Work carried out within WPs 4 and 6 will support the time-series studies at the LTER (Long-Term Ecological Research) observatory HAUSGARTEN (Fig. 1.1), where we document Global Change induced environmental variations on a polar deep-water ecosystem. This work is carried out in close co-operation between the HGF-MPG Joint Research Group on Deep-Sea Ecology and Technology and the PEBCAO Group (Phytoplankton Ecology and Biogeochemistry in the Changing Arctic Ocean) at AWI as well as the working group Microbial Geochemistry at the GEOMAR and the HGF Young Investigators Group SEAPUMP (Seasonal and regional food web interactions with the biological pump)

Open access : OSI and eIFL’s work on the international level, activities in Ukraine on the national level

Overview of activities in the field of open access funded by Open Society Institute and backed up by eIFL is given. From general information about OSI, eILF and open access activities we come to practical solutions in a few countries included in OSI programs. Finnaly, situation in Ukraine is described i.e. national strategy about open access is described, from negotiations and activities on governmental level to solutions for end users

BOAI 15 Survey Report

The 15th anniversary of the Budapest Open Access Initiative provided an excellent opportunity to take stock of global progress toward open access and to gauge the main obstacles still remaining to the widespread adoption of open access policies and practices. As part of this process, feedback was solicited through an open survey that was disseminated online, and that received responses from individuals in 60 countries around the world. Markers of progress are clear. The lack of understanding of the concept of open access and a myriad of misconceptions that were pervasive at the time of the BOAI’s original convening have receded, as open access has become a widely accepted fact of life in research and scholarship. These have been supplanted by concerns that are more operational and nuanced in nature, essentially moving from debates about the “what and why” of open access to the “how“—how to best get it done. The survey showed two clear primary challenges. First and foremost, respondents noted the lack of meaningful incentives and rewards for scholars and researchers to openly share their work. This challenge resonated at both the global level (56% of respondents in Figure 1) and the local level (29.5% of respondents in Table 1). This was followed by concern over a lack of funds to pay for APCs or other open access-related costs (36% of respondents in Figure 1; 28.3% of respondents in Table 1). The results of the survey indicate the transition from establishing open access as a concept—which the BOAI did for the first time in 2002—to making open the default for research and scholarship. These two key challenges point to areas where concerted effort needs to be focused to continue making progress towards open access. Strategies to align incentives and rewards for scholars to share their work openly and the need to construct affordable, sustainable, and equitable business models to support open access publishing must be embraced as primary working priorities by the open access community