SCOSS6d ago
💡 Three Australian universities have pledged to support open science infrastructure through SCOSS, backing #AJOL, @episciences @makedatacount & @scipost. Big thanks to CAUL for facilitating 🙏 https://scoss.org/australian-libraries-commit-to-open-infrastructure/
Australian libraries commit to open infrastructure - SCOSS - The Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services

At a time when funding for open science is under growing pressure worldwide, with cuts and political shifts threatening the stability of the tools researchers rely on, this pledge is a welcome show of support. Three universities from Australia (Curtin University, University of Melbourne, University of New South Wales) have…

SCOSS - The Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services
SCOSSMar 9
🇫🇷 France backs open science! The Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Space is funding four SCOSS-endorsed infrastructures: #AJOL, @episciences @makedatacount & @scipost. Merci, France! 🙏🌍
➡️ https://scoss.org/frances-ministry-of-higher-education-research-and-space-continues-its-commitment-to-open-science-infrastructure/
France's Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Space continues its commitment to open science infrastructure - SCOSS - The Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services

France demonsrates its support for open science infrastructure. The French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Space continues its support for open science infrastructure through its funding of four SCOSS Round 6 endorsed services: AJOL (African Journals Online), Episciences (funded through ongoing support for the Centre for Direct Scientific Communication),…

SCOSS - The Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services
Jamel henchiriSep 25
I am delighted to inform you that the Journal of academic Finance #JoAF , Diamond Open Access (https://www.scientific-society.com/journal/index.php/AF/index) just win the Grant call "Strengthening no-fee open access publishing in Africa" launched by #EIFL, #AJOL and #WACREN (the West and Central African Research and Education Network) for our project.
We will have the pleasure of being surrounded by these experts and interesting funding to ensure the sustainability, quality and reputation of our scientific review.
LIBREASMay 23, 2024

#OpenAccess #Africa

#EIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries), #AJOL (African Journals Online) and #WACREN (the West and Central African Research and Education Network) invite African organizations - legal entities that own open access (OA) journals that do not charge any fees for either authors or readers (often referred to as #DiamondOA journals), and where editorial teams are based - to participate in a grant call for proposals.

29 April 2024, via EIFL NL

https://eifl.net/news/grant-call-strengthening-no-fee-open-access-publishing-africa

Grant call: Strengthening no-fee open access publishing in Africa | EIFL

EIFL, AJOL (African Journals Online) and WACREN (the West and Central African Research and Education Network) invite African organizations - legal entities that own open access (OA) journals that do not charge any fees for either authors or readers (often referred to as Diamond OA journals), and where editorial teams are based - to participate in this call for proposals. This

petersuberDec 6, 2023

Kudos to this project to strengthen diamond #OpenAccess in #Africa.
https://www.eifl.net/news/new-project-strengthen-diamond-oa-africa

Thanks to Electronic Information for Libraries (@eiflnet), African Journals Online (#AJOL), the West and Central African Research and Education Network (#WACREN), and the #Wellcome Trust.

#DiamondOA

New project to strengthen diamond OA in Africa | EIFL

EIFL, AJOL (African Journals Online) and WACREN (the West and Central African Research and Education Network), with support from Wellcome, are launching a three-year project that will strengthen the quality and sustainability of diamond open access (OA) publishing services across Africa while maintaining their diversity. The ‘Collaboration for sustainable open access

Show threadpetersuberFeb 25, 2023

Update. #SCOPUS and #WOS are very incomplete at indexing #African journals.
https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20230213021356132

"Only 4% of Nigeria’s 294 biomedical journals are indexed in the major indexes, according to the book. 'There is also little overlap between the African journals hosted on #AJOL (African Journals Online) and those indexed in Scopus,' the authors add."

Escaping ‘bibliometric coloniality’, ‘epistemic inequality’

Africa’s scholarly journals compete on an unequal playing field because of a lack of funding and the struggle to sustain academic credibility. These...

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