Category Archives: Open Science

University of California v. Elsevier: Why It Matters to Virginia

by Peter Potter Posted on March 21, 2019

Note: This is the first in a series of Open@VT blogposts that will appear over the ensuing months focusing on Virginia Tech’s “Big Deal” contracts with commercial journal publishers. As the University Libraries’ contracts with Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley come … Continue reading →

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Dr. Malte Elson on Peer Review in Science

by Philip Young Posted on October 4, 2016

Few areas in scholarly publishing are undergoing the kind of examination and change that peer review is currently undergoing. Healthy debates continue on different models of peer review, incentivizing peer reviewers, and various shades of open peer review, among many … Continue reading →

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