#overlayjournals — Public Fediverse posts

📢We are excited to announce the launch of our Ambassadors Program, starting with 4 researchers who embody the values of Diamond Open Access
They'll advocate for a scholarly ecosystem where research is freely available to all, and where publication is driven by the community.

#OpenScience #DiamondOA #OverlayJournals #Episciences

➡️ Read more : https://www.ccsd.cnrs.fr/en/2026/04/episciences-launches-its-ambassadors-program-to-promote-diamond-open-access/

Also, we launched our new journal, yay: https://transformations.episciences.org/

The theme of the first thematic issue is Workflows, so get ready to dive into the machinery of digital methods at work.
Check the intro for the overview of the content: https://transformations.episciences.org/articles/15780
This is the 1st publication batch of 2, we have more papers from this thematic issue coming up in the fall.
The 2nd call for contributions will be posted soon - the topic: "The Past". Stay tuned!
#overlayjournals #openaccess #digitalmethods

One thing we are working on in the ATRIUM project is the assessment of non-traditional research outputs in the Humanities. I have written a blogpost to explain why, what and how: https://dariahopen.hypotheses.org/2113 #openmethods #ATRIUMproject #overlayjournals #openaccess #researchassessment cc @dariaheu

"#HarvardLibrary is launching…the Harvard Open Journals Program (#HOJP), which will…provide publishing services, resources, and seed funding to participating Harvard researchers for new academic #journals. All journal articles will be entirely free for authors and readers…The program is a direct response to faculty interest in alternatives to the article-processing-charge [#APC] model."
https://library.harvard.edu/about/news/2024-04-23/harvard-library-launching-harvard-open-journals-program

#DiamondOA #Libraries #OpenAccess #OverlayJournals

Very good to see yet another Diamond OA overlay journal being established - this is a very promising route for fields that are comfortable with preprints to develop their own OA journals. Interesting that they accept preprints from not just arXiv but also HAL and Zenodo.

https://afm.episciences.org

#OpenScience #OpenAccess #DiamondOA #OverlayJournals

Peter Coles @telescoper leads by example with his Open Journal of Astrophysics! Fully agree with his views and those of Olivier.

#OpenAccess #OverlayJournals

From: @olivierpourret
https://mastodon.social/@olivierpourret/111052499742834215

@telescoper regarding your point "What is needed is a global effort to link these repositories to each other and to peer review mechanisms"

... I hope you've seen the Notify Initiative which I think is doing just this, and with reasonable effort to be globally-inclusive and across disciplines

https://www.coar-repositories.org/notify/

I am biased of course because it is Arcadia funded. But just wanted to make sure it was on your radar :)

#OpenAccess #Repositories #OverlayJournals

What should I read about the potential (or pitfalls) of #OverlayJournals "curated" by AI/LLMs/ChatGPT? #scholcomm #ScholarlyCommunication #publishing

9. Because the aim is to replace the current system & break the power of the publishers *all* articles need to be assessed.

There are so-called #OverlayJournals that also perform open reviews, but only review manuscripts from repositories. That is a fine end state, but will not break publisher power because funding agencies & universities forced by rankings will want to be credited for all studies.

That is also why the Grassroots assessments are quantitative, even if I like qualitative more.

The Confederation of #OpenAccess Repositories (COAR) calls for feedback on a communication protocol to connect repositories with independent peer review systems. #OverlayJournals
https://comments.coar-repositories.org/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Open_Science/comments/i46o5s/the_confederation_of_openaccess_repositories_coar/?utm_source=ifttt