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Publish-Review-Curate (PRC) Alliance @prcalliance.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The researchers adopting the Publish, Review, Curate model understand the importance of peer review. During this #PeerReviewWeek, we celebrate reviewers and the work they do. Let’s give them the credit they deserve by making the review process transparent and reviews publicly available!

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Publish-Review-Curate (PRC) Alliance @prcalliance.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

At the end of October, we will be launching the PRC Alliance to bring together like-minded organizations, share knowledge, and accelerate the adoption of the PRC model.🤝 Follow us to learn more! More about the PRC model and the PRC Alliance👇 publish-review-curate.org/what-is-publ...

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What is PRC?

The Publish, Review, Curate (PRC) model re-imagines scholarly publishing by breaking the traditional publishing process into three distinct, independently executable stages: publish, review, and cu…

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Robert Kiley @rkiley.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

An update on our plans to establish the PRC Alliance which will seek to raise the visibility and status of the Publish, Review, Curate (PRC) model and facilitate greater coordination across the diverse PRC community. publish-review-curate.org/2026/06/22/p... #AcademicPublishing

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PRC Alliance: an update

Following the meeting in December 2025 to discuss the Publish Review, Curate (PRC) model of publishing, we announced our ambition to establish a PRC Alliance. Its purpose is to help accelerat…

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Jeffrey Brainard @jeffreybrainard.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

U.S. science agencies are forecast to pay more for #openaccess publication of journal articles. Are they ready? And is the author-pays business model sustainable? A GAO report draws criticism. #scholcomm @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...

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U.S. agencies aren’t ready for the rising cost of making research papers free, report warns

Science agencies could soon face nearly $1 billion publishing bill, Congressional analysts find

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infoDOCKET @infodocket.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

COAR Notify and the Launch of a Publish, Review, Curate Alliance (via @coar-repositories.bsky.social) coar-repositories.org/news-updates... #scholcomm #repositories #libraries #oa

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infoDOCKET @infodocket.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

ICYMI NIH’s Proposed Caps on Open-Access #Publishing Fees Roil Scientific Community (via @science.org) www.science.org/content/arti... #scholcomm #oa

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Julian Winn @winn-on-health.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

"There has been pressure from universities for the new agreements to make further progress away from traditional subscription models of publishing and towards open access" #AcademicPublishing #OpenAccess #KnowledgeShare share.google/7sI8E7bV4ZuH...

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UK university sector reaches deals with four major publishers - Research Professional News

Elsevier, Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis and Wiley meet “sector-agreed thresholds” in long-running talks

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Delta Think @deltathink.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

"... the recent deployment of open scholarship to train large language models has led to disquiet among both open-access advocates and detractors." #ScholComm #Research #Scholarship #AI #LLMs #Copyright #UnintendedConsequences

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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 05/11/2025

Newly released Stockholm Declaration recommends the following reforms to publishing: 1. Academia resumes control of publishing 2. Incentive systems to merit quality, not quantity 3. Independent fraud detection and prevention 4. Legislation and policies to protect science quality and integrity

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Reformation of science publishing: the Stockholm Declaration | Royal Society Open Science

Science relies on integrity and trustworthiness. But scientists under career pressure are lured to purchase fake publications from ‘paper mills’ that use AI-generated data, text and image fabrication....

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cOAlition S @coalitions-oa.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Should publishers charge authors fees for exercising a right they already have? Here’s why the new fees from IEEE & @acs.org miss the mark and what could replace them. By @bodorama.bsky.social & @rachelbruce.bsky.social www.coalition-s.org/blog/yes-to-... #OpenAccess #OAweek #ScholComm

Blog post: “Yes” to Transparent Service Fees, “No” to Fees That Charge Authors to Exercise Their Rights
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Jeffrey Brainard @jeffreybrainard.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Can authors afford APCs for #openaccess publishing if NIH caps its payments for them? Institutional read-and-publish deals offer an APC-free alternative, but NIH also wants to lower the indirect cost rate to 15%, which could squeeze money for such deals. @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...

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NIH details options for limiting its payments for open-access publishing fees

Other publishing proposals would scrap reimbursements or pay peer reviewers, unprecedented steps for a major government funder

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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Here's a quick blogpost about alternative publishing models. You can bring a horse to water, and indeed wave the bucket temptingly under its nose, but it is likely to gallop off elsewhere. deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/07/new-... @ec.europa.eu @wellcometrust.bsky.social

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New publishing models will only work if authors embrace them

Complaints about the broken academic publishing system have been around for years and are getting louder. A common theme is that with the r...

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FORM @forumforopen.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

1️⃣ From @timeshighered.bsky.social: The UK is calling for a fundamental shift in how to fund & structure #AcademicPublishing, breaking the link between publisher profits & article volume. A powerful case for thinking #OpenAccess at scale 🔗Read more: shorturl.at/PbFRi

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We must break the link between publisher revenue and article volume

Volume-driven publishing pushes up costs and threatens research integrity. We need new agreements with healthier incentives, says Anna Vernon

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News Analysis @newsanalysis.com · 14/07/2025

New study reveals concerns over scientific paper quality due to overwhelming publication volume. A retracted paper with AI-generated errors highlights the issue. Royal Society to review publishing. #ScientificPublishing #News

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Quality of scientific papers questioned as academics ‘overwhelmed’ by the millions published

New study reveals concerns over scientific paper quality due to overwhelming publication volume. A ...

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cOAlition S @coalitions-oa.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

After a successful period leading our strategic direction, @rkiley.bsky.social concludes his role as cOAlition S Head of Strategy in June. 📰 www.coalition-s.org/coalition-s-...

cOAlition S Head of Strategy, Robert Kiley, to conclude role in June 2025

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cOAlition S @coalitions-oa.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

📙The @coalitions-oa.bsky.social Annual Review 2024 is out, providing an overview of policy progress, tools, services, and ongoing initiatives that aim to make scholarly communication more open and accessible. Read it here: 🔓 www.coalition-s.org/plan-s-annua... #Plan_S #OpenAccess #scholcomm

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cOAlition S @coalitions-oa.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

📢 Just released: Updated "How Equitable Is It?" tool with clearer definitions for assessing #equity in #ScholComm models. 👉 coalitions.typeform.com/Equity-Tool 📰 www.coalition-s.org/updated-vers... By the beyond article-based charges working group, cOAlition S, @jisc.bsky.social, @plos.org

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How Equitable Is It?

A framework for assessing scholarly communication models on the axis of equity. Developed by the “Beyond article-based charges” working group, which is convened by cOAlition S, Jisc and PLOS.

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openRxiv @openrxiv.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

openRxiv has arrived! We’re thrilled to announce the launch of openRxiv as an independent, researcher-led nonprofit to oversee bioRxiv and medRxiv, the world’s leading preprint servers for life and health sciences. openrxiv.org/introducing-... #openRxiv #OpenScience #Preprints #bioRxiv #medRxiv

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Robert Kiley @rkiley.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

“I will be resigning my position as associate editor at the Royal Society’s journal Open Science with immediate effect. I will no longer submit my research to Royal Society journals or act as a peer reviewer for them. I would urge my colleagues to do the same” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Elon Musk is a proven danger to good science, but the Royal Society won’t say so. That’s why I resigned | Kit Yates

It is vital to act, and I urge colleagues to do so. How can we stand by and laud this man while he undermines scientific integrity? asks academic and author Kit Yates

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petersuber @petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 14/02/2025

Update. From @hildabast: "What if We Can’t Rely on PubMed?" absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/02/14… "#PubMed is incredibly reliable…That said, between the risks of an exodus of key personnel, understaffing, or goodness-knows-what vandalism when a goon squad […]

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cOAlition S @coalitions-oa.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

When researchers can’t afford to publish or access research, science loses vital perspectives. 📽️Watch how the #EquitablePricing Framework, developed by #informationpower for @cOAlitionS_OA, can make #ScholComm more accessible & equitable for researchers worldwide. #OpenAccess #OpenScience

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Rebecca Lawrence @rnls.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Innovation in scholarly comms & uptake of new models are hampered by scholarly infrastructures continuing to use increasingly outdated approaches. This collectively authored piece recommends 4 criteria for innovation-friendly bibliographic databases upstream.force11.org/criteria-for...

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Criteria for Bibliographic Databases in a Well-Functioning Scholarly Communication and Research Assessment Ecosystem

Bibliographic databases should support innovation and experimentation. Here, we offer four criteria for innovation-friendly bibliographic databases. We urge the global research community to use databa...

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Robert Kiley @rkiley.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

The @wellcometrust.bsky.social update their #openaccess policy making it clear that their funding can no longer be used to support APCs for journals that are part of Jisc-approved transformative agreements. See: wellcome.org/grant-fundin...

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Open access funding | Wellcome

Wellcome-funded researchers can access funds to cover open access publishing costs for research papers.

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Charley Rosenblum @chasrosenblum.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Between predatory publications and preprints with no subsequent journal publication, there is a lot of dross out there the general public cannot fully put into context. #AcademicPublishing

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Preprints often make news. Many people don’t know what they are

The public needs context about unreviewed manuscripts, survey suggests

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Ilya Kashnitsky @ikashnitsky.phd · 07/01/2025

A very thoughtful essay on the urgent need to start recognizing the crucial role peer-reviewers in the process of knowledge generation 🧐 📝 @cbo.bsky.social #OpenScience #AcademicSky #ScientificPublishing undark.org/2024/07/04/o...

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The Misplaced Incentives in Academic Publishing

Opinion | Scientists who spend time peer-reviewing manuscripts don’t get rewarded for their efforts. It’s time to change that.

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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 17/12/2024

'Upon accepting NIH funding, recipients grant to NIH the right to make Author Accepted Manuscripts resulting from the funding publicly available in PubMed Central upon the Official Date of Publication' Rights retention baked into the new US federal OA policy. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

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NOT-OD-25-049: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Public Access Policy: Government Use License and Rights

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Public Access Policy: Government Use License and Rights NOT-OD-25-049. OD

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Robert Kiley @rkiley.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

India’s One Nation One Subscription deal enriches publishers and benefits few The yearly fee of $241m to access 13k journals is high, but access is also restricted to researchers, when the ambition was to give access to every individual in India #openaccess See: blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

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India’s One Nation One Subscription deal enriches publishers and benefits few

Contrary to its intended goals of reducing subscription costs and improving access to scientific literature in India, Muthu Madhan argues the much-hyped One Nation One Subscription policy risks sig…

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Kim Eggleton @eggletonkim.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

I cannot shout this loud enough - WE NEED IDENTITY CERTIFICATION IN SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING

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T R Shankar Raman (has moved) @mizoraman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/11/2024

The #Indian government's One Nation One Subscription #ONOS plan fails to address the problems of scholarly publishing and represents a half-baked plan at best. Also does nothing to get rid of the evils of commercial #sciencepublishing. Edit in The Hindu […]

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ONOS bitten: On India’s ‘One Nation, One Subscription’ plan

The government’s justification for adopting the ONOS strategy in its present form is weak, and any celebration of ONOS will have to be deemed premature

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cOAlition S @coalitions-oa.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

How does Web of Science's decision to stop indexing @elife.bsky.social work against the interest of science? Bodo Stern, Chief of Strategic Initiatives at @hhmi.bsky.social, explains: ✍️ coalition-s.org/blog/how-the... #ScholComm #OpenScience #OpenAccess

How the Web of Science takes a step back
Blog by Bodo Stern

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Pascal @pascaliensis.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

“Our entire epistemology of science and research relies on the chain of footnotes.”

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