Bernard Rentier @bernardrentier@qoto.org

Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) Initiative: Research Update. Activities for Making Research Data Publicly Accessible
https://www.arl.org/blog/realities-of-academic-data-sharing-rads-initiative-research-update-2-activities-for-making-research-data-publicly-accessible/

Comment retrouver ses connections Twitter sur Mastodon ?
(Les outils de veille, @Fidel Navamuel)
https://outilsveille.com/2022/11/movetodon-retrouver-amis-twitter-sur-mastodon/

« Il n’y a pas de raison que les scientifiques fassent une cession exclusive gratuite de leurs droits ».
28 ans après la naissance du mouvement de l’#OpenAccess, voici une affirmation bienvenue !
https://www.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/il-ny-pas-de-raison-que-les-scientifiques-fassent-une-cession-exclusive-gratuite-de-leurs

@npettiaux @marind @mariusgilbert It is undoubtedly an interesting avenue, to be followed carefully,
1. for its capacity for success (it is not enough to publish in good conditions, it is also desirable to be read and taken into account for the progress of knowledge, it requires visibility beyond the group involved) ;
2. for the indispensable avoidance of possible abuses (we know how money corrupts everything, sooner or later).
Yet it seems like an excellent model.

via @rickypo
Open Access Monographs: Making Mandates Reality
« A shift from a hypothetical future for OA books to a concrete policy with a hard deadline. It is clear that there is a pressing need for libraries and academic book publishers to understand how the sector will meet the challenges of implementing these policies ».
https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/SCS/article/view/6633

Does #ConflictOfInterest distort global #UniversityRankings ? https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10734-022-00942-5

« Stop Congratulating Colleagues for Publishing in High-Impact Factor Journals » https://science.thewire.in/the-sciences/brcp-parasite-publishers-report-excerpt/ However, even universities who have signed the DORA agreement cannot resist celebrating in their newsletter whenever one of their researchers publishes in a high impact journal… 😉

The European University Association signs the Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment and join the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (@CoARA). #ResearchAssessment #ResearchersAssessment
https://eua.eu/resources/news/955-eua-signs-agreement-on-reforming-research-assessment.html?utm_source=flexmail&utm_medium=e-mail&utm_campaign=euanewsletternovember2022candidatesforpresidentnewmemberseuasigns1287euanews&utm_content=2eua+signs+agreement+on+reforming+research+assessment

Methodology over metrics: current scientific standards are a disservice to patients and society - https://www.jclinepi.com/article/S0895-4356(21)00170-0/fulltext via @rickypo

Disparate impacts on online information access during the Covid-19 pandemic - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-34592-z

The challenges of Scientometric studies of predatory publishing #Scientometrics #PredatoryPublishers https://direct.mit.edu/qss/article/3/3/857/113622/The-challenges-of-scientometric-studies-of

Myo/péricardites post-vaccinales : des questions non résolues.
https://bernardrentier.wordpress.com/2022/11/15/myo-pericardites-post-vaccinales-des-questions-non-resolues/

The French National Fund for Open Science (FNSO) launches its call for projects on open scientific and scholarly publishing https://www.ouvrirlascience.fr/the-national-fund-for-open-science-fnso-launches-its-call-for-projects-on-open-scientific-and-scholarly-publishing/

250th anniversary of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium. https://www.academieroyale.be/

250e anniversaire de l’Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique. 1772-2022. https://www.academieroyale.be/