2/ #Diamond #OpenAccess in #China

It is interesting that the “Diamond Open Access Megajournal Project” will be run in collaboration with #CNKI, a privately owned publishing company that, as China's largest subscription-based academic database, holds near-monopoly status in the market https://www.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/about/news/ls-diamond-oa-project-report/

1/ #Diamond #OpenAccess in #China

The Chinese University of #HongKong (#CUHK) Library, in collaboration with #CNKI, has just released a report titled “Diamond Open Access Megajournal Project” (freely accessible, in English) https://www.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/about/news/ls-diamond-oa-project-report/

This report is the first step in a longer-term project to develop a bilingual Diamond OA platform for publishing #SSH research across Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China, inspired by the #UCL (University College London) Open Environment model.

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The #China National Knowledge Infrastructure (#CNKI) "will restrict foreign access to some databases starting April 1, for #security concerns. It is unclear when access might be resumed, leading some scholars to fear the suspension might become permanent."
scmp.com/news/china/article/3214808/portal-china-closing-least-temporarily-and-researchers-are-nervous

"Over 95% of Chinese academic papers that are formally published are available on CNKI."

This is huge and awful news. CNKI is basically the only good source for research in Chinese

China slashing foreign subscriber access to key research database
China National Knowledge Infrastructure is critical tool for scholars studying country

https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/China-slashing-foreign-subscriber-access-to-key-research-database

#HigherEducation #ChineseResearch #DigitalJournals #CNKI