Open Access Publication in the Spotlight - 'The process of replication target selection in psychology: what to consider?'
| Date: | 24 April 2023 |
| Author: | Open Access Team |
Replication studies help to restore the credibility of empirical research. Merle-Marie Pittelkow and team involved the scientific community to create a list of considerations for selecting a replication target in psychology.
Publishing the open access book 'Cities for talent' - insights from co-editor Marian Counihan
| Date: | 06 April 2023 |
| Author: | Babette Knauer |
This recent book publication from the University of Groningen Press (UGP) explores how medium-sized European cities such as Groningen can best manage the challenges of internationalisation.
Open Access Publication in the Spotlight (March) - ' The macroevolutionary impact of recent and imminent mammal extinctions on Madagascar'
| Date: | 22 March 2023 |
| Author: | Open Access Team |
This month's article was written by various co-authors, including corresponding author Luis Valente (FSE). It emphasis that immediate conservation actions are needed on Madagaskar, in order to prevent an extinction wave with deep evolutionary impact.
Open science practices in different disciplines (7) - an interview with Joost Frenken (Dean FSE) and Sonja Billerbeck (Open Science Ambassador)
| Date: | 16 March 2023 |
| Author: | Giulia Trentacosti and Marjan van Ittersum |
The University of Groningen sees open science as one of its priorities. But what exactly is the status of open science at the different UG Faculties? The seventh edition in this series is dedicated to the Faculty of Science and Engineering.
How to make research software FAIR - an interview with Burcu Beygu (UG DCC / ENTEG)
| Date: | 23 February 2023 |
| Author: | Leon ter Schure |
Part of open science is to not only make your research data, but also software and code available to others in a FAIR way. But how to do this? Software specialist Burcu Beygu shares some practical advice.
Open Access Publication in the Spotlight (February) - 'Another article titled "Should I Stay or Should I Go?" or, the mass production of academic research titles'
| Date: | 20 February 2023 |
| Author: | Open Access Team |
Author Jaap Nieuwenhuis (Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences) shares his thoughts on selecting a title for academic publications and his perspective on open access and open science in general.
UG open access book fund turns one!
| Date: | 14 February 2023 |
| Author: | Giulia Trentacosti |
The UG's open access book fund celebrates its first anniversary this month. Time for a brief retrospect of the past year: how many applications has the fund receive so far? And which books were sponsored?
Starting a diamond open access journal: Insights from Andrea Sangiacomo, editor-in-chief of the Journal of Spinoza Studies
| Date: | 06 February 2023 |
| Author: | Giulia Trentacosti |
JSS is published by the University of Groningen Press (UGP). We asked editor-in-chief Dr Andrea Sangiacomo to tell us more about the experience of setting up a diamond open access journal from scratch.
Open science practices in different disciplines (6) - An interview with Prof Hanny Elzinga (Dean University College Groningen) and Dr. Naomi de Ruiter (Open Science Ambassador)
| Date: | 27 January 2023 |
| Author: | Vera Heininga & Marjan van Ittersum |
The University of Groningen sees open science as one of its priorities. But what exactly is the status of open science at the different UG Faculties? The sixth edition in this series is dedicated to University College Groningen.
Good practices for FAIR data management (3) - an interview with Konstantin M. Wacker and Juan Armando Torres Munguía on ‘A global dataset of pandemic- and epidemic-prone disease outbreaks’
| Date: | 27 January 2023 |
| Author: | Leon ter Schure |
Part of open science is that researchers make their data FAIR: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable. One of the ways to do this is by publishing your dataset in a dedicated journal.