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#OAWeek2024: Why CC BY is the best choice for open access publications

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Open access not only means that scientific publications are freely accessible online, but also that they can be reused flexibly and transparently. This can be ensured by issuing open licenses. A well-known and widespread example: Creative Commons (CC) licenses. CC licenses provide a legal framework to regulate the use of content by third parties. For […]

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#OAWeek2024: How science is taking back control of publishing

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The motto of this year’s Open Access Week “Community over Commercialization” focuses on a central question: Who owns (scientific) knowledge? At a time when academic publishers dominate the communication process of research results (either through expensive subscription models or now increasingly through publication fees), scholar-led publishing offers a way for the scientific community to regain

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