International projects
Policy Alignment of Open access Monographs in the European Research Area
Researchers (2)
| no. |
Code |
Name and surname |
Research area |
Role |
Period |
No. of publicationsNo. of publications |
| 1. |
34281 |
Aleš Pogačnik |
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Head |
2023 - 2024 |
0 |
| 2. |
17073 |
PhD Mimi Urbanc |
Geography |
Researcher |
2023 - 2024 |
0 |
Organisations (1)
Abstract
Academic books continue to play an important role in scholarly production and research communication, particularly in the social
sciences and humanities. As an important output of scholarly production, academic books must be included in open science/open
access policies and strategies developed by research funders and institutions, to ensure that open science becomes the modus
operandi of modern science across all disciplines. However, contrary to article publishing in journals (especially in the areas of
Science, Technology, and Medicine) academic books have not been a focus point for open access (OA) policymakers. Consequently
books are only rarely mandated to be published OA by research funders and institutions. PALOMERA will investigate the reasons for
this situation across geographies, languages, economies, and disciplines within the European Research Area (ERA). Through desk
studies, surveys, in-depth interviews, and use cases, PALOMERA will collect, structure, analyse, and make available knowledge that
can explain the challenges and bottlenecks that prevent OA to academic books. Based on this evidence PALOMERA will provide
actionable recommendations and concrete resources to support and coordinate aligned funder and institutional policies for OA
books, with the overall objective of speeding up the transition to open access for books to further promote open science. The
recommendations will address all relevant stakeholders (research funders and institutions, researchers, publishers, infrastructure
providers, libraries, and national policymakers). The PALOMERA consortium broadly represents all relevant stakeholders for OA
academic books, but will facilitate co-creation and validation events throughout the project to ensure that the views and voices of all
relevant stakeholders are represented, promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion.This will assure maximal consensus and take-up of
the recommendations.
