Our current conceptualisation of peer review must be expanded if we're to realise the greatest innovations

All agree that peer review is an area of scholarly communications that is ripe for innovation. However, it may be that our current conceptualisation of peer review places limits on our progress and ambitions. Jon Treadway highlights four alternative tracks of development, including an increased recognition of the many diverse contributions to the research process, a renewed and widened understanding of what constitutes a “peer”, and a robust evidence base for which techniques and modes of review most consistently benefit authors and the wider scholarly record

Campus or platform – what shape will the post-COVID university take?

Online learning is fragmenting the traditional model of the university as a single site for both education and research. Jon Treadway and Daniel W Hook, discuss how this digital transition is reshaping universities and how altmetrics might enable higher education institutions to redefine themselves in an increasingly aspatial academic environment

Open Education in European Libraries of Higher Education 2023

Ce rapport présente les résultats de l’enquête SPARC Europe 2023 sur l’enseignement supérieur européen, les institutions sur le thème de l’éducation ouverte (OE) et des ressources éducatives libres (REL) dans le réseau européen des bibliothécaires de l’éducation ouverte (ENOEL)

State of Open Data survey 2017

Anonymised raw data from Digital Science Open Data survey 201

The State of Open Data Report 2017

Figshare's annual report, The State of Open Data 2017, looks at global attitudes towards open data. It includes survey results of 2,300 respondents and a collection of articles from industry experts, as well as a foreword from Jean-Claude Burgelman, Head of Unit Open Data Policies and Science Cloud at the European Commission. <div><br></div>Its key finding is that open data has become more embedded in the research community - 82% of survey respondents are aware of open data sets and more researchers are curating their data for sharing.<br

Digital Science Webinar: The State of Open Data

This webinar covers key findings from the State of Open Data report and global researcher survey, plus emerging policies for open research data in the US and Europe, and big data, knowledge production and the political economy of research. Speakers include Jon Treadway, Digital Science, Dr Sabina Leonelli, University of Exeter, Heather Joseph, Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, Aki MacFarlane, Research Analyst, Open Research, Wellcome Trust and Deni Auclair, CFO and Senior Analyst Delta Think

The State of Open Data Report

<p>A selection of analyses and articles about open data, curated by Figshare. Foreword by Sir Nigel Shadbolt.</p> <div><br></div