Heather Joseph
@hjoseph.bsky.social
Advocate for open knowledge, runner, Deadhead, baseball freak, insomniac, Mom. Frequently jet lagged.
“Good taste?” Really? Ouch….
If you're a researcher from an institution that didn't have the good taste to subscribe to Altmetric, and you have a research project in the scientometric area for which our data could be useful, apply here for free access to our data: www.digital-science.com/blog/2025/07...
Introducing SRAD - Digital Science
Discover SRAD, Digital Science’s new program launched in July 2025, designed to streamline research analytics, offer real‑time data insights, and empower scientists to drive innovation across the open...
www.digital-science.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:42 AM
“Good taste?” Really? Ouch….
Reposted by Heather Joseph
“Who Owns Our Knowledge?” is the theme for this year’s International Open Access Week. The 2025 theme asks a pointed question about the present moment and how, in a time of disruption, communities can reassert control over the knowledge they produce #OAweek www.openaccessweek.org/theme
Theme — International Open Access Week
www.openaccessweek.org
June 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
“Who Owns Our Knowledge?” is the theme for this year’s International Open Access Week. The 2025 theme asks a pointed question about the present moment and how, in a time of disruption, communities can reassert control over the knowledge they produce #OAweek www.openaccessweek.org/theme
Reposted by Heather Joseph
Today, July 1, the new National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access policy goes into effect. Learn more at the new NIH policy overview web page: grants.nih.gov/policy-and-c... & get answers to your FAQs here: grants.nih.gov/faqs#/public....
Public Access | Grants & Funding
grants.nih.gov
July 1, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Today, July 1, the new National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access policy goes into effect. Learn more at the new NIH policy overview web page: grants.nih.gov/policy-and-c... & get answers to your FAQs here: grants.nih.gov/faqs#/public....
Reposted by Heather Joseph
The NIH Public Access Policy goes into effect today, July 1, 2025.
We and @sparcopen.bsky.social have made a form to collect challenges or questions faced by authors, librarians and their institutions in complying with the new federal public access policies:
www.authorsalliance.org/2025/07/01/n...
We and @sparcopen.bsky.social have made a form to collect challenges or questions faced by authors, librarians and their institutions in complying with the new federal public access policies:
www.authorsalliance.org/2025/07/01/n...
NIH Public Access Policy: Implementation and Feedback
The NIH Public Access Policy is in effect as of July 1, 2025. In response, Authors Alliance and SPARC have created a form to collect information about challenges or questions faced by authors, libr…
www.authorsalliance.org
July 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The NIH Public Access Policy goes into effect today, July 1, 2025.
We and @sparcopen.bsky.social have made a form to collect challenges or questions faced by authors, librarians and their institutions in complying with the new federal public access policies:
www.authorsalliance.org/2025/07/01/n...
We and @sparcopen.bsky.social have made a form to collect challenges or questions faced by authors, librarians and their institutions in complying with the new federal public access policies:
www.authorsalliance.org/2025/07/01/n...
So important…publishers once again demonstrating that they prioritize profits over researchers being able to communicate the results of their own work.
Push back: "Unfair publisher fees for deposit into repositories highlight the need for authors to exercise their rights" coar-repositories.org/news-updates... @coalitions-oa.bsky.social @sparcopen.bsky.social @sparc-eu.bsky.social @carl-abrc.bsky.social @libereurope.bsky.social @wacren.bsky.social
Unfair publisher fees for deposit into repositories highlight the need for authors to exercise their rights
Scientific knowledge is a public good Science and scholarship are about sharing and advancing knowledge, and many open access policies have been diligently designed in order to ensure that all thei…
coar-repositories.org
June 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
So important…publishers once again demonstrating that they prioritize profits over researchers being able to communicate the results of their own work.
Quite a vote confidence for the immediate, free sharing of taxpayer funded research today: www.nih.gov/about-nih/wh...
Accelerating Access to Research Results: New Implementation Date for the 2024 NIH Public Access Policy
Speeding access to research results will support NIH's goal of maximum transparency.
www.nih.gov
April 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Quite a vote confidence for the immediate, free sharing of taxpayer funded research today: www.nih.gov/about-nih/wh...
Reposted by Heather Joseph
For those of you working with us closely: If you haven't been in Mattermost in a while, please check the urgent channel if you have a few minutes today. I know it is a holiday for many, but we have some datasets that could potentially use rescue.
April 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
For those of you working with us closely: If you haven't been in Mattermost in a while, please check the urgent channel if you have a few minutes today. I know it is a holiday for many, but we have some datasets that could potentially use rescue.
Reposted by Heather Joseph
Follow @apduorg.bsky.social to see what it means to take action on public data access!
URGENT: On Monday 4/21 of the National Assessment Governing Board is meeting and there's an opportunity for public comment. *Written* comments MUST be received 5pm ET TODAY. For verbal comments (Zoom), you MUST register in advance.
Links in 🧵
Links in 🧵
April 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Follow @apduorg.bsky.social to see what it means to take action on public data access!
So gratifying to see ALA step up and go to bat to IMLS: www.wordsandmoney.com/time-is-of-t...
‘Time is of the Essence’: ALA Sues Trump Administration to Save IMLS
The ALA suit comes just days after a coalition of state attorneys general filed a similar federal lawsuit in Rhode Island also seeking to stop the Trump administration’s dismantling of the IMLS.
www.wordsandmoney.com
April 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
So gratifying to see ALA step up and go to bat to IMLS: www.wordsandmoney.com/time-is-of-t...
If you want to do something meaningful, a great place to start would be to support the crucial work of Brewster Kahle and the Internet Archive:
A peek inside the busy home of the Internet Archive
www.npr.org/2025/03/23/n...
A peek inside the busy home of the Internet Archive
www.npr.org/2025/03/23/n...
Humming along in an old church, the Internet Archive is more relevant than ever
The Trump administration's erasure of federal data has put the Internet Archive in the spotlight. The organization, with its small but mighty team, is working to help save the world's digital history.
www.npr.org
March 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM
If you want to do something meaningful, a great place to start would be to support the crucial work of Brewster Kahle and the Internet Archive:
A peek inside the busy home of the Internet Archive
www.npr.org/2025/03/23/n...
A peek inside the busy home of the Internet Archive
www.npr.org/2025/03/23/n...
This a very bad move…cutting high-quality society published journals instead of ditching over-priced commercial journal bundles at a US federal agency library:
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org
March 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This a very bad move…cutting high-quality society published journals instead of ditching over-priced commercial journal bundles at a US federal agency library:
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
A gut punch…but the work to ensure openness and transparency in our government will continue wherever we can collectively make it happen…
americalabs.org/2025/02/25/s...
americalabs.org/2025/02/25/s...
Statement on Termination of Open Government Federal Advisory Committee
Trump Attacks Open GovernmentGSA Terminates Open Government Federal Advisory Committee FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Daniel Schuman, American Governance Institute February 25, 2025 Washington, DC –…
americalabs.org
February 26, 2025 at 12:46 AM
A gut punch…but the work to ensure openness and transparency in our government will continue wherever we can collectively make it happen…
americalabs.org/2025/02/25/s...
americalabs.org/2025/02/25/s...
Immensely proud to play a small part in securing this landmark declaration on access to knowledge as a human right and to be a part of this global community. #DiamondOpenAccess
December 13, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Immensely proud to play a small part in securing this landmark declaration on access to knowledge as a human right and to be a part of this global community. #DiamondOpenAccess
This is a *really* disappointing outcome…these funds could be used to support local, community driven research communication efforts rather than continuing to feed commercial profits. blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
India’s One Nation One Subscription deal enriches publishers and benefits few
Contrary to its intended goals of reducing subscription costs and improving access to scientific literature in India, Muthu Madhan argues the much-hyped One Nation One Subscription policy risks sig…
blogs.lse.ac.uk
December 5, 2024 at 3:59 PM
This is a *really* disappointing outcome…these funds could be used to support local, community driven research communication efforts rather than continuing to feed commercial profits. blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
Reposted by Heather Joseph
"Adopting Secondary Publishing Rights in Canada will significantly improve public access to research, strengthen Canada's global research impact, and create a more equitable scholarly publishing landscape."
Great work looking at the opportunites of Secondary Publishing Rights in a Canadian context.
Great work looking at the opportunites of Secondary Publishing Rights in a Canadian context.
December 2, 2024 at 7:18 PM
"Adopting Secondary Publishing Rights in Canada will significantly improve public access to research, strengthen Canada's global research impact, and create a more equitable scholarly publishing landscape."
Great work looking at the opportunites of Secondary Publishing Rights in a Canadian context.
Great work looking at the opportunites of Secondary Publishing Rights in a Canadian context.
Reposted by Heather Joseph
We created Privacy Badger to be an easy way to block any tracker or ad that violates the principle of user consent. Learn more about the tool at privacybadger.org and give @privacybadger.bsky.social a follow!
December 2, 2024 at 5:37 PM
We created Privacy Badger to be an easy way to block any tracker or ad that violates the principle of user consent. Learn more about the tool at privacybadger.org and give @privacybadger.bsky.social a follow!
Reposted by Heather Joseph
Love seeing @curvenote.com featured for our work integrating Research Organization Registry id's (ROR).
Scientific metadata initiatives like ROR, ORCiD, DOI, etc. sound dry but they're EVERYTHING for making science easier to search.
@researchorgs.bsky.social
Scientific metadata initiatives like ROR, ORCiD, DOI, etc. sound dry but they're EVERYTHING for making science easier to search.
@researchorgs.bsky.social
Case Study: Next-Generation Publishing Platform Curvenote and ROR
In this interview with Curvenote cofounder Rowan Cockett, we envision a world in which an authoring and publication platform helps scientists collaborate earlier, publish faster, and easily use…
buff.ly
December 2, 2024 at 9:09 AM
Love seeing @curvenote.com featured for our work integrating Research Organization Registry id's (ROR).
Scientific metadata initiatives like ROR, ORCiD, DOI, etc. sound dry but they're EVERYTHING for making science easier to search.
@researchorgs.bsky.social
Scientific metadata initiatives like ROR, ORCiD, DOI, etc. sound dry but they're EVERYTHING for making science easier to search.
@researchorgs.bsky.social
Reposted by Heather Joseph
Open Source Post Training is going strong! In last 2 weeks, we got data or recipes released for OpenCoder, SmolLM-2, Orca Agent Instruct, and Tülu 3. Read it, learn, and iterate:
November 23, 2024 at 7:45 AM
Open Source Post Training is going strong! In last 2 weeks, we got data or recipes released for OpenCoder, SmolLM-2, Orca Agent Instruct, and Tülu 3. Read it, learn, and iterate:
Reposted by Heather Joseph
Anyone who is concerned about the way AI is exacerbating social and economic problems should be citing this report. Excellent work from @kevindeliban.bsky.social and @techtonicjustice.bsky.social
"92 million low-income people in the U.S. states—everyone whose income is less than 200 percent of the federal poverty line—have some basic aspect of their lives decided by AI"
www.techtonicjustice.org/reports/ines...
this is a damning report
www.techtonicjustice.org/reports/ines...
this is a damning report
November 23, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Anyone who is concerned about the way AI is exacerbating social and economic problems should be citing this report. Excellent work from @kevindeliban.bsky.social and @techtonicjustice.bsky.social
Reposted by Heather Joseph
A giant welcome for the @flaminghydra.com debut of @sarahlamdan.bsky.social, author of DATA CARTELS and supercool librarian and law nerd, today in conversation with @littlewow.bsky.social on trust, publishing, libraries, copyright, and sanity, only imagine
flaminghydra.com/issue-139/#t...
flaminghydra.com/issue-139/#t...
August 13, 2024 at 10:47 PM
A giant welcome for the @flaminghydra.com debut of @sarahlamdan.bsky.social, author of DATA CARTELS and supercool librarian and law nerd, today in conversation with @littlewow.bsky.social on trust, publishing, libraries, copyright, and sanity, only imagine
flaminghydra.com/issue-139/#t...
flaminghydra.com/issue-139/#t...
Reposted by Heather Joseph
Wishing the Elsevier editors who desk-accepted this all the best for their next career moves.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...
November 22, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Wishing the Elsevier editors who desk-accepted this all the best for their next career moves.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...
Reposted by Heather Joseph
MetaROR is here! The free, open peer review platform by @rorinstitute.bsky.social & @aimosinc.bsky.social, aims to change how research is reviewed and shared. Their Publish-Review-Curate model makes the publication process faster and more open.
Details: researchonresearch.org/introducing-...
Details: researchonresearch.org/introducing-...
November 21, 2024 at 3:13 PM
MetaROR is here! The free, open peer review platform by @rorinstitute.bsky.social & @aimosinc.bsky.social, aims to change how research is reviewed and shared. Their Publish-Review-Curate model makes the publication process faster and more open.
Details: researchonresearch.org/introducing-...
Details: researchonresearch.org/introducing-...
Reposted by Heather Joseph
One important motivation for open access was the lack of transparency from publishers around subscription prices, but it sounds like they're being just as opaque with APCs. This is a really helpful piece of work showing the huge sums paid to commercial publishers in APCs.
🚨 Preprint! We combine our recent open dataset of #APC prices with the article counts per journal-year from #OpenAlex to estimate how much the academic community has paid in APCs over the last 5 years.
A. $8.349 billion ($8.968 B in 2023 USD)
$2.5B in 2023 alone.
arxiv.org/abs/2407.16551 #metasci
A. $8.349 billion ($8.968 B in 2023 USD)
$2.5B in 2023 alone.
arxiv.org/abs/2407.16551 #metasci
Estimating global article processing charges paid to six publishers for open access between 2019 and 2023
This study presents estimates of the global expenditure on article processing charges (APCs) paid to six publishers for open access between 2019 and 2023. APCs are fees charged for publishing in some ...
arxiv.org
November 20, 2024 at 7:32 PM
One important motivation for open access was the lack of transparency from publishers around subscription prices, but it sounds like they're being just as opaque with APCs. This is a really helpful piece of work showing the huge sums paid to commercial publishers in APCs.
This week, Authors Alliance and we at SPARC released the first of four white papers on legal issues surrounding open access to federally funded research articles under the 2022 OSTP Nelson Memo. Check it out here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Open Access and U.S. Federal Information Policy
Federal agencies are directed, as a matter of U.S. Federal policy, to provide free, immediate public access to peer-reviewed scholarly publications that are pro
papers.ssrn.com
November 21, 2024 at 2:46 AM
This week, Authors Alliance and we at SPARC released the first of four white papers on legal issues surrounding open access to federally funded research articles under the 2022 OSTP Nelson Memo. Check it out here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....