#a2k #openaccess #OpenGlobalSouth https://x.com/BiellaColeman/status/896390678342766592

Scientists are finally beginning to acknowledge how local communities aid them in their research Few researchers credit local people for their traditional knowledge.

.@vinitagrajan on the need to work with & acknowledge the scientific knowledge of local communities scroll.in/article/846702/scientist... #OpenGlobalSouth

#oa #OpenGlobalSouth #openness https://x.com/prathambooks/status/875213046708289539

#openness #oa #OpenGlobalSouth https://x.com/stevesong/status/874706983483518978

As researchers we must interrogate #openness, not just champion it. #OpenGlobalSouth http://science.sciencemag.org/content/356/6340/800.full

I made this point yesterday at #OpenGlobalSouth, on how a singular narrative ("open source helps freelance coders") is untrue & harmful. https://x.com/exiledsurfer/status/868612866118750208

#OpenGlobalSouth #openaccess https://x.com/AcademiaObscura/status/868103257205473280

"I argue that there is no such thing as _the public domain_" - Prof. Ruth Okediji of @UoMNLawSchool / @Harvard_Law #OpenGlobalSouth

"We're harming you, but, trust us, it's for your own good." theinstitute.ieee.org/blogs/blog/scihubs-free-... #OpenAccess #piracy #A2K #OpenGlobalSouth

How have we gone through an entire day at #OpenGlobalSouth without name-checking @sci_hub & Alexandra Elbakyan? #OurLadyOfPerpetualSuccour

Academia is totally corporatized. Publishers and metrics as a proxy for quality #OpenGlobalSouth

Academia is totally corporatized. Publishers and metrics as a proxy for quality #OpenGlobalSouth

For meds, scholars/activists distinguish b/w "counterfeit" & "sub-standard" drugs. Similar need for "predatory journals" #OpenGlobalSouth

Separate the publishing model from the bad scholarship #OpenGlobalSouth

Separate the publishing model from the bad scholarship #OpenGlobalSouth

The discourse stems entirely from Beall. It's only been five months since the list is down. #OpenGlobalSouth

The discourse stems entirely from Beall. It's only been five months since the list is down. #OpenGlobalSouth

Yes, journal metrics like JIF and APCs drive predatory #OpenGlobalSouth

Yes, journal metrics like JIF and APCs drive predatory #OpenGlobalSouth

Questioning the weirdness of the discourse of the predatory journal. #OpenGlobalSouth

Questioning the weirdness of the discourse of the predatory journal. #OpenGlobalSouth

"The hoax is becoming a genre" #OpenGlobalSouth

"The hoax is becoming a genre" #OpenGlobalSouth

Publishers withdraw more than 120 gibberish papers - Nature Conference proceedings removed from subscription databases after scientist reveals that they were computer-generated.

My q: Why don't Springer & IEEE publishing non-reviewed articles get labelled "predatory journals"? www.nature.com/news/publishers-withdraw... #OpenGlobalSouth

Early career academics are very vulnerable. #OpenGlobalSouth

Early career academics are very vulnerable. #OpenGlobalSouth

So we've got to educate our users about predatory #OpenGlobalSouth

So we've got to educate our users about predatory #OpenGlobalSouth

How typical! India's UGC's "whitelist" of acceptable scholarly journals is 5 scanned image PDFs: http://www.ugc.ac.in/ugc_notices.aspx?id=1604 #OpenGlobalSouth

I lurk on AuthorAid--it's pretty great stuff #OpenGlobalSouth