October 19-25 2020 is Open Access Week – a chance to learn about the benefits of Open Access and inspire wider participation to help Open Access become the new norm in scholarship and research. Most people believe Open Access to be a positive movement, but a vocal minority have criticised it for allowing predatory publishers to flourish. Legitimate Open Access publishers generally charge fees to authors, but still stick to ethical publishing practices. The predatory publishing market is defined as “an
June Highlights from SOAS Research Online
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SOAS Open Access Policy
The Scholarly Communications team has launched the brand new SOAS Open Access Policy. The updated policy is in line with the Decolonising SOAS Vision and its commitment to redress barriers to knowledge, encourage public engagement and promote research ethics and best practice. The new policy sets out the responsibilities of SOAS researchers, such as providing publication details and depositing their research in the repository, SOAS Research Online. The policy includes definitions of key open access terms, clarifies institutional responsibilities, and