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#OpenAccess represents an important sector of scholarly publishing not only because of the continued growth in scientific output, but also since it removes paywall barriers to academic content ow.ly/98OE50UcNbt
Long-term, collaborative, sustainable support for digital #OpenAccess infrastructures represents an important aspect of Open Science ow.ly/4Ttu50Uae4i
The author-facing fees that researchers face when publishing in #OpenAccess journals continue to be a significant barrier toward the removal of paywall barriers to scholarly output for both scientific communities and professional stakeholders worldwide ow.ly/3OXk50U9esU
Whereas preprints represent a significant aspect of #OpenAccess publishing, especially for scholarly articles, these cannot necessarily supplant published versions, due to peer review procedures the latter entail ow.ly/f4LM50U77Mu
Publishing in #OpenAccess inherently contributes to scholarly integrity, since it introduces transparency into publication procedures ow.ly/LYZu50U6fst
As sustainable development goals (#SDGs) are increasingly recognized as relevant to scholarly research, funding priorities, publishing activities across different disciplines, #OpenAccess models also need to accommodate the needs of Global South scholars ow.ly/w8Y050U5eVu
As, on one hand, #OpenAccess platforms remove cost barriers to scholarly content, these also ought to comply with accessibility guidelines, on the other hand, to ensure the inclusivity of Open Science initiatives ow.ly/R2VZ50U4aqK
Transitioning to #OpenScience can not infrequently also require a change in publishing practices and reward structures on the level of both individual researchers and academic institutions respectively ow.ly/RzVT50U2o2P
#OpenScience also comprizes the monitoring of its performance indicators, such as in terms of scholarly output in Open Access and the institution-level adoption of its practices ow.ly/mUcS50U1tlf
Whereas transitions to #OpenAccess involve multiple stakeholders, such as publishers and libraries, these also comprise wider-scale Open Science-related aims for research data and code and associated, innovative business models ow.ly/nWuC50U0xBE
While #OpenScience has made significant progress in recent years, barriers to the implementation of its guidelines continues to exist, such as with regard to empirical data ow.ly/97WM50TZv1C
International collaborations and library funding are critical for transitioning specialized book collections into #OpenAccess as a public good, while significantly augmenting their visibility and usage ow.ly/ctoP50TXm3z
Country-level #OpenScience policies can assist early-career researchers and international collaborations, while being dependent on infrastructure funding and budget allocation ow.ly/Pr9U50TVC5l
Whereas transitioning scholarly journals to #OpenAccess can be expected to contribute to output quality, academic transparency, and researcher inclusion, the removal of author-facing cost barriers also demands sustainable publishing models ow.ly/qQWC50TUEz8
For scholarly journals, transitioning to #OpenAccess involves not only the removal of barriers to scholarly knowledge, but also the need to sustainably maintain publication standards ow.ly/ZYxf50TTtOQ
Diamond #OpenAccess models contribute to the status of scholarly knowledge as a public good ow.ly/YMVb50TQVcE
#OpenScience and Open Data represent key principles for ensuring unrestricted public access to scientific research, enhancing validation, reproducibility, and interdisciplinary collaboration, as exemplified by the free-to-access platforms, such as Zenodo ow.ly/qGoB50TPBRQ
As recent findings indicate, for scholars and institutions from emerging economies, e.g., those in the MENA region, publishing their output in #OpenAccess is likely to significantly contribute to citation visibility and international rankings respectively ow.ly/7fFe50TOAR6
Though the positive impact of #OpenScience practices on innovation, collaboration and transparency is broadly recognized, their implementation continues to face challenges, as their costs and benefits can be context dependent ow.ly/kiyr50TNPEm
Following the principles of #OpenScience, such as the preregistration of research designs, hypotheses, methods and data collection protocols, is likely to contribute to the reproducibility of scholarly studies ow.ly/17wB50TMOPC
