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October 2016 Newsletter: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 31, 2016 — last modified Feb 06, 2017 12:52 PM — filed under: Newsletter
Welcome to the October 2016 newsletter of the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS).
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Use of Open Access Journals by Indian Researchers: by Subbiah Gunasekaran and Subbiah Arunachalam — published May 27, 2013 — last modified Jul 04, 2013 04:50 AM — filed under: Openness
Indian researchers have published more than 43,400 papers in over 4,600 journals in 2009 as seen from Science Citation Index (SCI) – Expanded. Of these, over 6,900 (or one in six) papers are published in 445 open access (OA) journals. The proportion of papers published by Indian researchers in OA journals is considerably higher than the world average, which is estimated to be 8.5–10.0%. Although India publishes well over a thousand journals, including about 360 OA journals, SCI Expanded indexed in 2009 only 101 Indian S&T journals including 46 OA journals. It is likely that the percentage of Indian papers in OA journals as seen from SCI will be higher if more Indian journals are indexed in SCI Expanded.
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Should India adopt Plan S to realise Open Access to Public-funded Scientific Research?: by Anubha Sinha — published May 29, 2019 — last modified Jun 05, 2019 01:19 PM — filed under: Open Access, Access to Knowledge
Timely and affordable access to scientific research remains a problem in this digital day and age. Around three decades ago, the radical response that emerged was making public-funded scientific research “open access”, i.e. publishing it on the Web without any legal, technical or financial barriers to access and use such research. Several Indian public research institutions also adopted open access mandates and built self-archiving digital tools, however, the efforts haven’t yielded much. Most countries including India, continue to struggle with implementing open access. The latest international initiative (created in Europe) to remedy this problem is Plan S. Plan S is has been positioned as a strategy to implement immediate open access to scientific publications from 2021 – which India is considering adopting. This article unpacks the disorderly growth of open access in India, and discusses the gap between the Plan's vision and current Indian scenario in some respects.
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Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: The Intransigenc of STM Publishers: by Subbiah Arunachalam — published Jan 01, 2015 — last modified Feb 12, 2015 12:28 AM — filed under: Openness, Open Access
A few commercial publishers dominate provision of access to scientific and technical information sought after by researchers around the world. Increasing subscription prices of journals at rates higher than general inflation caused librarians to think of forming consortia, but publishers started selling online journals as bundles, and libraries ended up with many journals their researchers have very little use for. Scientists and librarians adopted open access, but publishers came up with hybrid journals and article processing charges to beat any adverse effect on their profits caused by the fast-spreading open access movement. We compare the steps taken by scientists and librarians in the West to reclaim ease of access to research findings with what is happening in India. We end with a few suggestions.
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Open Access to Science and Scholarship - Why and What Should We Do?: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 10, 2010 — last modified Aug 23, 2011 03:13 AM — filed under: Openness, Open Access
The National Institute of Advanced Studies held the eighth NIAS-DST training programme on “Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Science, Technology and Society” from 26 July to 7 August, 2010. The theme of the project was ‘Knowledge Management’. Dr. MG Narasimhan and Dr. Sharada Srinivasan were the coordinators for the event. Professor Subbiah Arunachalam made a presentation on Open Access to Science and Scholarship.
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Comments on the Draft Outcome Document of the UN General Assembly’s Overall Review of the Implementation of WSIS Outcomes (WSIS+10): by Geetha Hariharan — published Nov 18, 2015 — last modified Nov 18, 2015 06:33 AM — filed under: ICT4D, Call for Comments, WSIS+10, Access to Knowledge, Accessibility, Human Rights Online, Internet Governance, ICANN, IANA Transition, Open Source, Open Access
Following the comment-period on the Zero Draft, the Draft Outcome Document of the UN General Assembly's Overall Review of implementation of WSIS Outcomes was released on 4 November 2015. Comments were sought on the Draft Outcome Document from diverse stakeholders. The Centre for Internet & Society's response to the call for comments is below.
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Open Content and Access in the Knowledge Society: by Radha Rao — published Dec 21, 2009 — last modified Aug 18, 2011 05:08 AM
Open Content and Access: Democratising and Disruptive Impacts on the Knowledge Society - by Madanmohan Rao, Editor, The KM Chronicles - Bangalore; Dec 16, 09
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Open access to research discussed at SDM-IMD: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 30, 2012 — last modified Jan 02, 2013 03:57 AM
Published in Star of Mysore on December 23, 2012.
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May 2019 Newsletter: by Prasad Krishna — published May 31, 2019 — last modified Jun 26, 2019 01:40 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Access to Knowledge
The Centre for Internet & Society Newsletter for the month of May 2019
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Towards Open and Equitable Access to Research and Knowledge for Development: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 31, 2011 — last modified Aug 18, 2011 05:04 AM — filed under: Open Access
There is growing recognition that the capacity to conduct research and to share the resulting knowledge is fundamental to all aspects of human development, from improving health care delivery to increasing food security, and from enhancing education to stronger evidence-based policy making. This article by Leslie Chan, Barbara Kirsop and Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam was published in PLoS (Public Library of Science) on March 29, 2011.
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