Each month, the open access team of the University of Groningen Library (UB) puts a recent open access article by UG authors in the spotlight. This publication is highlighted via social media and the library’s newsletter and website.

Article in the spotlight for April 2022
Emergence of splits and collective turns in pigeon flocks under predation , written by Marina Papadopoulou, Hanno Hildenbrandt, Charlotte Hemelrijk (Faculty of Science and Engineering), Daniel Sankey (University of Exeter) and Steven Portugal (Royal Holloway, University of London).

In our Open Science Blog, Marina Papadopoulou reflects on their choice to publish in the Royal Society Open Science journal, their experiences with open access publishing and open science in general, and the role of Twitter in science communication.

Citation
Papadopoulou, M., Hildenbrandt, H., Sankey, D. W. E., Portugal, S. J., & Hemelrijk, C. K. (2022). Emergence of splits and collective turns in pigeon flocks under predation. Royal Society Open Science, 9(2). doi:10.1098/rsos.211898

About Open Access in the Spotlight
The initiative wishes to emphasize the relevance of open access publishing for the visibility of research and to acknowledge open science best practices at the same time. Authors are given the opportunity to speak about their motives to publish open access and their experience with it. Publications from all UG faculties will be included.