Open Access Week 2024

Join us for an engaging poster roadshow where you can learn about the impact of open access on research and education. Be part of a conversation that values community and collaboration. Meet our team and explore our services and support offers.

Im akademischen Publizieren geht es um viel Geld, um sehr viel Geld. Und da erstaunt es wenig, dass sich in diesem Business auch dubiose Akteure mit fragwürdigen Praktiken tummeln. Ihre Angebote mögen verlockend sein, für Forschende sind sie aber nicht ganz ungefährlich.
Wie erkennt man solche Angebote und wo findet bessere und vertrauenswürdigere Publikationsmöglichkeiten?

In recent years, the development of best practices in scholar-led Diamond Open Access saw much information collected in the form of guidelines and published handouts on how best to operate a scholar-led journal. The focus in this supporting material lies mostly on the start and running of a journal; there is little guidance on how best to close one down. 

This talk addresses this question. How can editors and hosting services best prepare for the end of their journal, what timeframe makes sense, what communication steps need to be taken and how can hosting services best collaborate with editors during this process. 

The talk is based on the experience of Bern Open Publishing, which currently hosts 23 scholar-led Diamond Open Access journals. The BOP Team sent a survey to the editors about their needs and exit strategies; at the same time, BOP sketched out the technical and administrative parameters of the process from the hosting side. This includes checking the legal as well as the administrative, communicative and technical requirements for wrapping up a journal’s publishing activities on BOP.  

The talk is intended to stimulate a discussion with editorial boards and to collect further input for best practices when we need to manage the end of a Diamond OA journal. 

Scientific publishers are increasingly transforming themselves from content providers to data providers by analyzing the research and information behavior of researchers. This strategy opens up new sources of income, but also raises serious questions about data protection and sovereignty over researchers personal information.