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This learning platform helps users understand the significance of Earth observations, explore Digital Earth Africa datasets through an interactive map, and get started on the basics of python coding for spatial analysis.

https://www.digitalearthafrica.org/

Digital Earth Africa

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Landscape study of no-fee open access publishing in Africa

Diaomond Open Access

https://www.eifl.net/programme/oa-publishing-africa/landscape-no-fee-open-access-publishing-africa

Kuchma, I., & Ševkušić, M. (2024). Landscape of no-fee open access publishing in Africa. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12792474

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https://africarxiv.pubpub.org/pub/african-open-access-principles

African Scholarship Online is a multi-publisher portal to enable access to peer-reviewed publications by African university presses and specialist scholarly publishers.

https://africanscholarshiponline.com/

Wits University Press

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Algerian Scientific Journal Platform (ASJP)

Search 220 999 articles in 820 journals

Digital Earth Africa exists to improve the lives of people across the African continent by translating Earth observations into insights that will support sustainable development.

https://www.digitalearthafrica.org/

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Arts & Humanities

https://hsrc.ac.za/our-research/hsrc-repository/

Digital Library Services, University of Cape Town Libraries

http://www.digitalservices.lib.uct.ac.za/

University of Cape Town

https://saiab.ac.za/platforms/marine-remote-imagery-platform-mar-ip/

https://www.vodan-totafrica.info/

Forum on Open Data and Open Science in Agriculture in Africa

http://aims.fao.org/news/namibia-hosts-forum-open-data-and-open-science-agriculture-africa-context-sustainable

Forum on Open Data and Open Science in Agriculture, Kenya

http://aims.fao.org/news/forum-open-data-and-open-science-agriculture-kenya

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

The Africa Open Science and Hardware (AfricaOSH) Community is a pan-African community of makers, researchers, and educators who are dedicated to advancing open science and hardware across the continent. The community was established in 2016 as a response to the need for more inclusive and accessible approaches to science and technology in Africa.

Gathering for Open Science Hardware (GOSH)

The Africa Open Science Platform (AOSP) was established in 2017 with an aim to position African scientists at the cutting edge of data intensive science by stimulating interactivity and creating opportunity through the development of efficiencies of scale, building critical mass through shared capacities, and amplifying impact through a commonality of purpose and voice. Since 2020, the AOSP Project Office is hosted by the National Research Foundation, and is supported by the South African Department of Science and Innovation, the International Science Council, CODATA, the Academy of Science of South Africa, Bibliotheca Alexandria and other prominent regional networks.

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About LIBSENSE: https://www.ifla.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/assets/hq/topics/info-society/documents/libsense_-_building_library-nren_collaborations_around_open_science.pdf

https://libsense.ren.africa/en/open-science/

Our aim is to mobilize and engage various groups in Nigeria, including scientists, researchers, clinicians, stakeholders, and students. We strive to encourage dialogues on Open Science, empowering and inspiring them to improve the quality of research outputs. As a community, we are a part of the International Network of Open Science & Scholarship Communities (INOSC). Please note that you do not require any expertise in Open Science to join the OSCN. Furthermore, being a part of the OSCN does not necessitate any commitment to specific practices. We are all gathered here to learn, exchange knowledge, and foster insightful discussions! Kindly adhere to our Code of Conduct during your participation.

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Open Science in Kenya: Where Are We?

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34056516/

Cape Town Statement on Fostering Research Integrity through Fairness and Equity

https://www.wcrif.org/guidance/cape-town-statement

World Conferences on Research Integrity

Open and Collaborative Science for Development Opportunities (OCSD Network)

Africa|Latin America|Asia

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1002618

https://rinarxiv.lipi.go.id/lipi|https://osf.io/preprints/inarxiv/

Research Data Utilization Forum (RDUF)

https://japanlinkcenter.org/rduf/english.html

FOSSASIA is an organization developing Open Source software applications and Open Hardware together with a global community from its base in Asia.

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Chinese Open Science Network (COSN)

Chinese Open Science Network (COSN), a grass-root network for promoting open science practices and awareness of reproducibility in the Chinese-speaking community. COSN is one of the Community of Open Scholarship Grassroots Networks that aimed at promoting open science and changing the research culture globally. COSN is run by Early Career Researchers (ECRs) and for ECRs, especially for the next generation researchers.

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Chinese Open Science Network (COSN):Building an Open Science community in a developing country

Open Science is becoming a mainstream scientific ideology in psychology and related fields. However, researchers, especially early career researchers (ECRs) in developing countries, are facing significant hurdles in engaging in Open Science and moving it forward. In China, various societal and cultural factors discourage ECRs from participating in Open Science, such as the lack of dedicated communication channels and the norm of modesty. To make the voice of Open Science heard by Chinese-speaking ECRs and scholars at large, the Chinese Open Science Network (COSN) was initiated in 2016. With its core values being grassroots-oriented, diversity, and inclusivity, COSN has grown from a small Open Science interest group to a recognized network both in the Chinese-speaking research community and the international Open Science community. So far, COSN has organized three in-person workshops, 12 tutorials, 48 talks, 55 journal club sessions, and translated 15 Open Science-related articles and blogs from English to Chinese. Currently, the main social media account of COSN, i.e., the official WeChat account, has more than 23,000 subscribers, and more than 1,000 researchers/students actively participate in the discussions on Open Science. In this article, we share our experience in building such a network to encourage ECRs in developing countries to start their own Open Science initiatives and engage in the global Open Science movement. We foresee great collaborative efforts of COSN together with all other local and international networks to further accelerate the Open Science movement.

https://joss.rcos.nii.ac.jp/|http://parsecproject.org/japan-open-science-summit-2021/

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https://www.akademisains.gov.my/mosp/

NII Research Center for Open Science and Data Platform (RCOS)

The NII Research Center for Open Science and Data Platform (RCOS) was established in 2017 within the National Institute of Informatics (NII) to develop and operate a research data infrastructure in response to the global momentum for open science.

https://rcos.nii.ac.jp/en/about/

National Institute of Informatics (NII)

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Open Insights: Open Research In South Korea

Tae-Sul Seo, editor of KISTI’s Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice (JISTaP), chairperson of the Information Management Committee of the Korean Council of Science Editors (KCSE) and Secretary-General of the Council of Asian Science Editors (CASE), gives us a look at the state of open research in South Korea.

https://f1000.com/open_thinking/open-insights-south-korea/

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Open Science community Saudi Arabia (OSCSA)

Open Science community Saudi Arabia (OSCSA) aims to provide a place where newcomers and experienced peers interact, inspire each other to embed open science (research) practices and values in their workflows and provide feedback on policies, infrastructures and support services. Together working to make Open Science the norm in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East. Our community is part of the International Network of Open Science & Scholarship Communities (INOSC).

https://github.com/Open-Science-Community-Saudi-Arabia

Philippine Researchers for Open Science

https://sites.google.com/view/openscienceph

Universitas Airlangga

Think. Check. Attend. is an initiative that aims to guide and assist researchers and scholars to judge the legitimacy and academic credentials of conferences in order to help them decide whether to or not attend the same. Nowadays, the scholarly community faces an increasing number of invitations to present at or attend conferences. Some of these are respectable, academic events, while others are misleading, exaggerated or even fake. Think. Check. Attend. provides guidelines that help researchers to differentiate between an authentic conference and the one they should avoid. In this initiative, we help scholars to recognise the characteristics of a trusted conference to attend and submit their abstracts through a number of steps and a check list. Simply follow these steps and you will rest assured that you attend only the most appropriate conferences.

United Arab Emirates

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Information and Communication Society of India (ICSI)

Research Center for Open Science and Data Platform (RCOS)

The Research Center for Open Science and Data Platform (RCOS) was established at the National Institute of Informatics (NII) for the purpose of developing and operating research data infrastructure, thereby laying the foundation of Open Science in Japan. Research is expected to shift to a new research paradigm, specifically Open Science, through the open collaboration and sharing of research publications and data within academia and beyond, thus accelerating the progress of research and meeting the social challenges of today.

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Mass pre-reg replications of classic findings in JDM

http://mgto.org/pre-registered-replications/

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https://records.biodiversityireland.ie/

Mutual Learning Exercise on Citizen Science Initiatives- Policy and Practice

An increasing number of citizen science projects and initiatives are being implemented across Europe. They mostly taking place at local or national level, but some are co-ordinated internationally. This rapidly emerging mode of research and innovation shows a big potential to achieve greater societal impact and increase trust in science by leveraging collective societal capabilities, enlarging the scope of the R&I and increasing relevance, responsiveness and transparency. However, existing national and regional policies to support them are still at an early stage of development in many countries. Europe would benefit from a greater attention towards the promotion of citizen science within Member States and regions, and from a greater cooperation and shared approaches across the European Research Area. // The MLE aims to facilitate the exchange of information, experiences and lessons learned, as well as to support and scale up citizen science through identifying the good practices, policies and programmes of the various approaches at local, regional and national level, towards supporting and scaling up citizen science. Another objective is to identify citizen science campaigns that have high potential to be implemented in a collaborative way across the European Research Area.

https://ec.europa.eu/research-and-innovation/en/statistics/policy-support-facility/psf-challenge/mutual-learning-exercise-citizen-science-initiatives-policy-and-practice

Norway|Austria|Belgium|France|Germany|Hungary|Italy|Portugal|Romania|Slovenia|Sweden

2021-2023

ALBA Declaration on Equity and Inclusion

Members of underrepresented groups face persistent barriers to equitable representation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), particularly at advanced stages. Although the historical basis for and manifestations of underrepresentation vary by group, discipline, and region, there are striking commonalities in the end result – an apparent ‘leaky pipeline’ that drains the talent pool. The cost of this loss of talent is high – for individuals, for research, and for society as a whole. // ALBA is a network of brain scientists committed to fostering fair & diverse scientific communities. We have drafted this document as a resource for concrete, positive, evidence-based actions that individuals and organizations at any level can take to promote equity & inclusivity. We focus specifically on two contributing factors to perpetual underrepresentation in STEM: implicit bias & workplace culture. We believe that adopting the actions below will benefit all members of the research community and the scientific enterprise itself. // We recognize that there are many individuals & organizations who share these goals. We invite you to indicate your support by signing this Declaration.

https://www.alba.network/declaration

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https://commission.europa.eu/resources-partners/etranslation_en#translateonline

European Commission

https://libereurope.eu/strategy/innovative-scholarly-communication/openaccess/

https://openknowledgemaps.org/

Social Science Open Access Repository (SSOAR)

gesis Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences

STM developed this dashboard as a resource for all those seeking to learn more about these developments; more about Open Access and the publishing industry. (uses Scopus as the underlying dataset)

https://www.stm-assoc.org/oa-dashboard/

Still in the early stages of being launched

https://doaj.org/search/journals?ref=homepage-box&source=%7B%22query%22%3A%7B%22bool%22%3A%7B%22must%22%3A%5B%7B%22terms%22%3A%7B%22index.country.exact%22%3A%5B%22Ukraine%22%5D%7D%7D%2C%7B%22query_string%22%3A%7B%22query%22%3A%22Ukraine%22%2C%22default_operator%22%3A%22AND%22%7D%7D%5D%7D%7D%2C%22track_total_hits%22%3Atrue%7D

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Versterking ondersteuning van diamond open access in Nederland|Strengthening Support for Diamond Open Access in the Netherlands

Deze notitie is een uitgewerkt voorstel voor het versterken van gezamenlijk Open Access (OA) beleid via de diamond OA route, inclusief de voorwaarden om dit (landelijk) te organiseren. In deze notitie worden, naast het geven van een overzicht van de bestaande situatie, aanbevelingen gedaan voor duurzame en structurele ondersteuning van, en transformatie naar, diamond OA modellen in Nederland.

https://www.universiteitenvannederland.nl/files/publications/Notitie%20Versterking%20ondersteuning%20van%20diamond%20open%20access%20in%20Nederland_versieJuli2023.pdf

Universiteiten van Nederland |Dutch University Libraries

Всі українські наукові журнали у Scopus та Web of Science

https://openscience.in.ua/ua-journals

Open Science in Ukraine (OSU)

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Our Open Scholarship Webinars invite a number of speakers to consider contemporary debates and issues in open research and Open Access publishing

https://oaspa.org/information-resources/oaspa-webinars/

Netherlands|UK|USA

The OAPEN Open Access Books Toolkit aims to help book authors to better understand Open Access book publishing and to increase trust in Open Access books. You will be able to find relevant articles on Open Access book publishing following the research lifecycle| by browsing frequently asked questions or by searching with keywords.

Open Access| Open Science| OER| Open Source Software| Public Information Resource

OAPEN Foundation

Open Science Initiative, Department of Psychology, University of Zurich

https://www.psychologie.uzh.ch/de/dienstleistungen/open-science.html

Open Access|Open Data|Open Source Software|Open Methodologies|Open Peer Review

https://www.sub.uni-goettingen.de/en/electronic-publishing/open-science/

Open Access (OA) output is growing year-on-year and there is widespread belief that research will function better if results are made openly available to the community. The OA Switchboard contributes to the solution as a neutral, independent intermediary, providing shared infrastructure, standards and back office services for funders, institutions and publishers. It is a tool that can be called when needed, or integrated in stakeholders’ own systems and workflows to achieve automation and scalability. Managing the increasingly complex network of agreements between publishers and institutions, along with the rise in number of policies associated with Open Access publications by academic institutions and funders poses serious implementation challenges:

https://www.oaswitchboard.org/about

OA Switchboard (not for profit org)

Ukraine launches national Open Science action plan

https://www.eifl.net/news/ukraine-launches-national-open-science-action-plan|https://www.eifl.net/eifl-in-action/open-access-and-open-science-ukraine

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Open science journal to publish research from every step of the research cycle

Open Access|Open Science|OER|Open Hardware|Open Source Software|Citizen Science|Open Data|Open Peer Review|Registered Reports & Preregistrations|Open Methodology|Nanopublications

Pensoft Publishers

While RIO is based in Bulgaria, it operates globally, publishing research ideas and outcomes from all over the world.

Open-source webservice for generating and curating scholarly profiles based on open and FAIR data from Wikidata

Open Access|Open Science|OER|Open Source Software|Citizen Science|Open Data|Open Peer Review|Open Methodology

WikiCite community

While the lead developer is on Denmark|Scholia operates globally. The user interface is in English|but some of the content can be served in many languages.

Open research publishing for Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe grantees

Open Access|Open Science|Open Data|Open Peer Review|Registered Reports & Preregistrations|Open Methodology

https://open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/

European Commission / F1000

Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)

DOAB is a community-driven discovery service that indexes and provides access to scholarly| peer-reviewed Open Access books and helps users to find trusted Open Access book publishers. All DOAB services are free of charge and all data is freely available.

Open Access|Open Science|Open Source Software|Open Infrastructure

DOAB Foundation

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10 principles to guide research evaluation with 25 translations, a video and a blog

en|zh|es|pt|ca|fa|de|ko|eu|ru|ja|fi|se|sl|sk|sr|da|cs|id|it|gl|et|tr|lt|bg

Reforming research assessment – the way forward

The European Commission has published a report summarising the outcomes of extensive consultations with European and international stakeholders from March to November 2021.

https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/news/all-research-and-innovation-news/reforming-research-assessment-way-forward-2021-11-30_en

European Commission

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Flemish Research Data Network (FRDN)

The Flemish Research Data Network (FRDN) develops the preconditions necessary to motivate and enable researchers from Flemish research performing organizations to exchange and reuse (FAIR) research (meta) data. This contributes to the integrity, quality, and efficiency of research and thus to accelerating innovation in society. The FRDN is a network of 36 Flemish research performing organizations who work together on Open and FAIR data. Important partners are the Flemish funding agencies and the regional nodes of European Research Infrastructures (ESFRI).

Lund Declaration on Maximising the Benefits of Research Data

The Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union calls for reinforcing, accelerating, and maximising the benefits of FAIR and open research data in Europe, within scientific communities and through research infrastructures, to increase the overall research and innovation performance of the European Research Area and strengthen the outreach to and impact on industry and society.

https://www.regeringen.se/contentassets/55e7d8fbf6df4a54ac56942b98d94e4f/lund-declaration-on-maximising-the-benefits-of-research-data-pa-engelska.pdf

Ministry of Education and Research

Compare 93 academic databases and their search systems

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Open Data|Open Methodology|Preregistration

https://www.osc.uni-muenchen.de/index.html

Goettingen Open Source and Science Initiative of Psychology (GOSSIP)

Open Data|Open Source|Open Methodology|Open Access

https://www.psych.uni-goettingen.de/gossip

Our mission is to make Science and Research facilities accessible to everyone! We are an interdisciplinary Team of Experts in Material Science, Marketing and Web Development. // Our Platform contains structured database of scientific equipment and research facilities provided by individuals, research institutions or manufacturers. Advanced filters help you to find exactly what you need for your research: for free within collaboration, as paid services, or even find and purchase equipment or consumables as on a marketplace! // We encourage all researchers and institutions to improve visibility and provide access to their facilities to scientific community by publishing equipment on LabsArena.com!

Berlin University Alliance

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A nanopublication is a tiny snippet of information encoded in a way that computers can understand. This information can be about anything, for example, a relation between a gene and a disease, an opinion, or an assessment of another nanopublication. Nanopublications are fully expressed in a formal and machine-interpretable way. For more, see nanopub.net.

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Open Methodology|Open Assessment|Open Access|Open Data|Open Science

101 Innovations in Scholarly Communication

https://101innovations.wordpress.com

University Utrecht

Association pour la Promotion de la Science Ouverte en Haiti et en Afrique

https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/Berlin-Open-Science-Meetup/

https://www.cbs.mpg.de/en/cbs-open-science

MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Arts & Humanities

https://www.dariah.eu/activities/open-science/

https://projekte.uni-erfurt.de/efosi/

European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers (Eurodoc)

UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN)

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https://www.fosteropenscience.eu/

https://open-science-frankfurt.github.io/

Frankfurt am Main

Freie Universität Berlin Open Science Working Group

https://wikis.fu-berlin.de/display/oswg

Measure the evolution of open science in France using reliable, open and controlled data.

https://frenchopensciencemonitor.esr.gouv.fr/

https://reproducibilitynetwork.de/

UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN)

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Global Young Academy - Open Science Working Group

https://globalyoungacademy.net/activities/open-science/