OA Monitoring: why do we get different results?

Leiden University is 81st worldwide for open access and 1st in the Netherlands according to the CWTS Leiden Ranking 2020. But why do different ways of monitoring OA give different results?

Saskia Woutersen Windhouwer and Kristina Hettne • July 09, 2020

If you love your data, share it!

On 28 January we piloted our new workshop “How to publish your data” in which we discuss with researchers what decisions to make and what steps to take to publish their data in a public repository.

Michelle van den Berk, Kristina Hettne and Joanne Yeomans • February 14, 2020

How flipping a journal became about more than just open access

Waltman and Wouters explain how a whole editorial board resigned from one journal and launched another open access journal, with, importantly, open citations. They share their views on the future of scholarly publishing in general.

Saskia Woutersen Windhouwer • November 19, 2019

Young Academy Leiden supports Taverne pilot

To highlight Open Access Week, Young Academy Leiden is endorsing the initiative ‘you share, we take care,’ which helps scholars upload their publications in the Leiden Repository and so achieve open access via the green route.

• October 25, 2019

PLAN S: How can you comply with the new Open Access requirements set by your funder?

A large group of research funders has joined forces in the so called cOAlition S to include strict rules on Open Access publishing as a requirement in their policies. When you receive their funding, you must comply with the requirements of PLAN S.

Michelle van den Berk • June 14, 2019

Send us your publications! UBL Helps with Open Access.

UBL Helps with Open Access. At the University Library staff from different departments collaborate in the project 'UBL Helps with Open Access' with Leiden researchers to help them make their publications Open Access.

Michelle van den Berk • April 18, 2019

Tougher than physics: SciPost sets the stage for Open Access

By donating 10.000 euro to the Open Access platform SciPost, Leiden’s Faculty of Science wants to make a real difference in the way scientific articles are published: open with a focus on transparency and quality without costs to author or reader.

Rutger de Jong • February 11, 2019

Plan S: A public consultation

Do you have an opinion about Open Access and Plan S? Make yourself heard by filling out the online survey. Want to know more before you fill it out? Then continue reading first.

• December 17, 2018

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