Bernard Rentier @bernardrentier@qoto.org

https://bernardrentier.wordpress.com/2024/11/18/pour-un-ecosysteme-scientifique-plus-solide-plus-transparent-et-plus-fiable/

Getting there at last. Slowly.
https://www.highereddive.com/news/6-major-academic-publishers-face-antitrust-lawsuit/727106/

This reflection on the moral determinants of health is well worth the time to read it.
« No scientific doubt exists that, mostly, circumstances outside health care nurture or impair health. Except for a few clinical preventive services, most hospitals and physician offices are repair shops, trying to correct the damage of causes collectively denoted “social determinants of health” [that have] an enormous power compared with the power of health care to counteract them. »
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2767353

Here are some interesting experiences from higher education and research institutions that have broken away from the big scientific publishing houses and feel very comfortable doing so... https://sparcopen.org/our-work/big-deal-knowledge-base/unbundling-profiles/mit-libraries/

The research information landscape requires fundamental change.
All universities, all public research centres, all publicly funded researchers should co-sign THE BARCELONA DECLARATION ON OPEN RESEARCH INFORMATION.

https://barcelona-declaration.org/

Transparency of open scientific information is in everyone's interest.

WWW is 35 !
https://medium.com/@timberners_lee/marking-the-webs-35th-birthday-an-open-letter-ebb410cc7d42

How universities betray their promises on responsible research assessment https://wonkhe.com/blogs/rank-hypocrisy-how-universities-betray-their-promises-on-responsible-research-assessment/

The WG on Reforming Academic Career Assessment https://coara.eu/app/uploads/2023/10/WG-Overview_Reforming-Academic-Career-Assessment.pdf, taking into account the full range of work by academics in research, teaching and learning, innovation, management/leadership and service to society, is conducting a survey https://eua.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1AqJbzEiBWPPWMS, to be filled out by people with an overarching view of academic career assessment procedures and practices for academic staff.

The quantification of Open Scholarship - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/374255378_The_quantification_of_Open_Scholarship_-_a_mapping_review

What counts. Research assessment reform - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/378315014_Broadening_the_conception_of_'what_counts'_-research_assessment_reform_as_a_reflection_of_universities'_societal_expectations_Conference_track_Third_mission_and_Impact

Responsible metrics - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/376319681_The_rise_of_responsible_metrics_as_a_professional_reform_movement_A_collective_action_frames_account

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/378663854_Open_Science_and_the_impact_of_Open_Access_Open_Data_and_FAIR_publishing_principles_on_data-driven_academic_research_Towards_ever_more_transparent_accessible_and_reproducible_academic_output - It would make sense for such an article to be open access... 🫣

Open Science and the impact of Open Access, Open Data, and FAIR publishing principles on data-driven academic research: Towards ever more transparent, accessible, and reproducible academic output ? https://content.iospress.com/articles/statistical-journal-of-the-iaos/sji240021

L'Unesco a eu la grande idée de donner accès gratuitement à la bibliothèque numérique mondiale sur Internet.
Un beau cadeau à toute l'humanité !
https://www.wdl.org/fr Il rassemble des cartes, des textes, des photos, des enregistrements et des films de tous les temps et explique les joyaux et les reliques culturelles de toutes les bibliothèques de la planète, disponible en sept langues.

The Revatis team is convinced that the concept of "Open Science" in the field of "Cell-Gene Therapy" can generate balanced financial returns. 
• #cellandgenetherapy #stemcells #exosomes #regenerativemedicine #openscience #revatis #biotechnology #osteoarthritis #equinecare • https://www.linkedin.com/posts/didier-serteyn-98577b19_cellandgenetherapy-stemcells-exosomes-activity-7146379811584712704-yt_S?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios

Supporting diamond open access journals.
Interest and feasibility of direct funding mechanisms.
https://tidsskrift.dk/njlis/article/view/140344

A Collection of Diamond/Platinum Open-Access Medical Journals indexed on PubMed
https://osf.io/preprints/osf/ng2xu

KU Leuven Libraries and Google form a partnership to digitise more than 70,000 books https://x.com/rickypo/status/1727233564914438627?s=12&t=iFPniH6HtKXuv1UMxKdOuw

Causes for Retraction in the Biomedical Literature: A Systematic Review of Studies of Retraction Notices
https://www.jkms.org/DOIx.php?id=10.3346/jkms.2023.38.e333

Nature :
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03177-1
Reproducibility trial: 246 biologists get different results from same data sets.
Wide distribution of findings shows how analytical choices drive conclusions.