Cambridge University Press (Cup) will carry out a “radical, conducted” review of the Open Research Publishing Ecosystem to tackle the “broken current landscape”.
The review aims to identify courageous and practical solutions that support the needs of innovations and the researchers in a way that is sustainable for all important interest groups.
The press invites researchers, librarians, publisher, donor and publishing partner around the world to take part in the review of workshops, interviews and an online survey, which is supported by Independent Research Consultancy, Shift Insight.
The project, which is called “radical, community-led” by Cup, will concentrate on four areas that are decisive for the future of open research: the connection between publishing, reward and recognition, justice in the distribution of research, research integrity, technological change and the future of the research publisher.
A report that represents the challenges and represents ideas and solutions for the next phase of the open transition is shared in summer.
Cup said “the ongoing commitment within the academic community will support to implement solutions that accelerate changes”.
Mandy Hill, managing director of the publisher, said: “We have made considerable progress in combating a fully open publisher, but a little is broken in the current landscape.
“Without more radical changes, the models are increasingly not sustainable and do not support the researchers because they try to use the latest technologies. Reward and recognition models incentive to status quo. Inequalities are reluctant to spread research.
“We cannot tackle these challenges alone. Radical change and advice in which the entire academic community is involved is required to redefine the future of the academic publisher.”
Dr. Jessica Gardner, university librarian at the University of Cambridge, said: “Open research practices and a culture based on openness are the focus of Cambridges approach to research and helps to underpin our mission at the highest international level. Based on our conviction of the cooperation and the discussion Discussions and the discussion, which compared to a change of affection and the compensation of factual nature and the comparison to a diversity of compensation and the comparison to the statements, a comparison to a comparison to a comparison to a obligation. “
To take part in the initiative, send an email to office@shift-insight.co.uk.