EIFL-OA

ALMASI project kick-off meeting and launch

Jean_F — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 13:06:26 +0000

ALMASI, a three-year EU-funded project involving 15 partners that aims to strengthen non-profit open access publishing across three regions - Africa, Latin America and Europe - has been launched in Madrid, Spain.

No-fee OA publishing in Africa CoP

Jean_F — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 11:46:19 +0000

The first meeting of the new Community of Practice (CoP) formed to support editors and publishers of no-fee open access journals and books in Africa takes place on 22 January 2025 at 10:00 UTC.

OJS: Best Practices and Use Cases

Jean_F — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:31:08 +0000

First in a series of EIFL webinars about using Open Journal Systems (OJS) free and open source software that facilitates the management and publishing of scholarly journals. The webinars will focus on interesting examples of OJS implementation.

Webinar 1 -

Public Launch of the ALMASI project and the European Diamond Capacity Hub

Jean_F — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 14:21:22 +0000

Iryna Kuchma and Milica Ševkušić from the EIFL Open Access Programme will participate in the public launch of the EU-funded project, ALMASI: Aligning and Mutualizing Nonprofit Open Access Publishing Services Internationally, on 14 January, and the public launch of the European Diamond Capacity Hub, on 15 January. The events will be hosted by the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT), and will take place at the Museo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (MUNCYT).

ALMASI project kick-off meeting

Jean_F — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 14:08:24 +0000

Iryna Kuchma and Milica Ševkušić from the EIFL Open Access Programme will participate in the kick-off meeting of the new EU-funded project ALMASI: Aligning and Mutualizing Nonprofit Open Access Publishing Services Internationally. The event will be hosted by the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT), and it will take place at the Museo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología.

Aligning and Mutualizing Nonprofit Open Access Publishing Services Internationally (ALMASI)

Jean_F — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 09:51:06 +0000

EIFL is one of several international partners that have come together to form ALMASI, a project that aims to provide the research community with an aligned, nonprofit, high-quality, and sustainable scholarly communication ecosystem spanning three world regions: Africa, Europe and Latin America.

Launch of the Ukrainian Reproducibility Network

Iryna_K — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:09:32 +0000

EIFL’s Iryna Kuchma participated in the Ukrainian Open Science Forum in Lviv (21-23 November 2024), and shares news about the launch of the Ukrainian Reproducibility Network.

No-Fee Open Access Publishing in Africa Community of Practice

Jean_F — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 10:12:31 +0000

Based at an African organization and publishing a no-fee open access (OA) journal or books? Apply to join a new Community of Practice that launches in December 2024.

Over 140 African no-fee journal editors have already expressed their interest in participating in the Community of Practice to share experiences, discuss opportunities for collaborations and partnerships, and collectively advocate for no-fee OA publishing (often referred to as Diamond OA) on the continent and globally.

‘Integrity, Open Science and Artificial Intelligence in Academia and Beyond: Meeting at the Crossroads’

Jean_F — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 15:58:23 +0000

Iryna Kuchma, EIFL Open Access Programme Manager, will speak about open science projects and initiatives at the 2nd international conference titled ‘Integrity, Open Science and Artificial Intelligence in Academia and Beyond: Meeting at the Crossroads’.

Further information about the conference, the conference organizers, topics and more.

Free OA publishing in Microbiology Society titles

Jean_F — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 11:17:19 +0000

EIFL has signed a three-year agreement with the Microbiology Society, allowing authors from 33 EIFL partner countries to publish for free in all six fully open access and hybrid journals published by the society.

The agreement starts on 1 January 2025 and runs for three years, until 31 December 2027.

The agreement includes waived article processing charges (APCs) for the following six journals: