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petersuberPeter Barr explains why three UK <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#universities</a> recently cancelled their <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Elsevier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Elsevier</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ReadAndPublish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReadAndPublish</a> agreements and why these deals are unsustainable. <a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20250211161002365" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20250211161002365</a>PS: My own objections to these deals overlap significantly with Barr's. See the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/BOAI20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BOAI20</a> Recommendation 4 ("Move away from read-and-publish agreements"). <a href="https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai20/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai20/</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Cancellations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cancellations</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScholComm</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Academia</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@academicchatter</a>

petersuberToday is the 23d birthday of the Budapest Open Access Initiative. <a href="https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/read/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/read/</a>BOAI is still active and issued its 20th anniversary recommendations in 2022. <a href="https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai20/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai20/</a>Unlike previous BOAI statements, which made many recommendations, the 20th anniversary statement deliberately focused on just a small number of top priorities:1. Adopting <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenInfrastructure</a> 2. Reforming <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ResearchAssessment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ResearchAssessment</a> 3. Moving away from <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#APCs</a> 4. Moving away from <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ReadAndPublish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReadAndPublish</a> agreements. I'm proud of my association with the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/BOAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BOAI</a>, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/BOAI10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BOAI10</a>, and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/BOAI20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BOAI20</a>.Happy <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ValentinesDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ValentinesDay</a> to all who are working for <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> worldwide.

@Co_BiologistsFebruary is Library Lover's Month and we would like to thank all librarians for the important role they play within the biology community. <a href="https://www.biologists.com/library-hub/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.biologists.com/library-hub/</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/LibraryLoversMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LibraryLoversMonth</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/HappyLibraryLoversMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HappyLibraryLoversMonth</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biology</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/ReadAndPublish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReadAndPublish</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/OpenAcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenAcess</a>

petersuberNew study: "Current levels of implementation of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/transformative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transformative</a> agreements is insufficient to bring about a large-scale transition to full <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a>." <a href="https://doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00348" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00348</a> Reminder from the Budapest Open Access Initiative 20th anniversary statement, section 4.6: "Paying <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#APCs</a> at hybrid journals [through these agreements] pays the journals to stay hybrid. It pays them to resist the conversion to full <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OA</a> that many institutions intend and predict when they enter the agreements." <a href="https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai20/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai20/</a><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/BOAI20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BOAI20</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ReadAndPublish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReadAndPublish</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScholComm</a>

petersuberNew study: "Our analysis demonstrates that research institutions seem to be ‘trapped’ in <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/transformative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transformative</a> agreements [aka <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ReadAndPublish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReadAndPublish</a> agreements]. Instead of being a bridge towards a fully <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> world, academia is stuck in the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/hybrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hybrid</a> system." <a href="https://www.cwts.nl/seminars/announcements?article=n-t2s284&title=trapped-in-transformative-agreements-a-multifaceted-analysis-of-1000-contracts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cwts.nl/seminars/announcements?article=n-t2s284&title=trapped-in-transformative-agreements-a-multifaceted-analysis-of-1000-contracts</a>Reminder from the Budapest Open Access Initiative 20th anniversary statement, section 4.6: "Journals covered by [transformative or read-and-publish] agreements are…hybrid journals…Paying <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#APCs</a> at hybrid journals [through these agreements] pays the journals to stay hybrid. It pays them to resist the conversion to full <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OA</a> that many institutions intend and predict when they enter the agreements." <a href="https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai20/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai20/</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/BOAI20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BOAI20</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScholComm</a>

petersuberThe U of Surrey just cancelled its <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ReadAndPublish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReadAndPublish</a> agreement with <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Elsevier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Elsevier</a>, less than one month after the U of Sheffield did the same. <a href="https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-universities-2025-1-uk-university-drops-elsevier-deal/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-universities-2025-1-uk-university-drops-elsevier-deal/</a><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Academia</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Journals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Journals</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScholComm</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@academicchatter</a>

@Co_BiologistsDelighted to announce the renewal of our <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/ReadAndPublish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReadAndPublish</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> agreement with the Bibsam Consortium. Authors at participating institutions in Sweden can continue to publish an uncapped number of research articles immediately <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/OA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OA</a>. <a href="https://www.biologists.com/library-hub/read-publish/library-consortia/bibsam-consortium/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.biologists.com/library-hub/read-publish/library-consortia/bibsam-consortium/</a>

Journal of Cell ScienceIn a Tools and Resources article, Jens Wohlmann outlines a novel approach for interactive visualisation of electron microscopy data. <a href="https://journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/137/20/jcs262198/362477/Expanding-the-field-of-view-a-simple-approach-for" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/137/20/jcs262198/362477/Expanding-the-field-of-view-a-simple-approach-for</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/ReadandPublish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReadandPublish</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/JCSImagingSI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JCSImagingSI</a>

@Co_BiologistsThanks to Luis Covarrubias for sharing his experience of fee-free <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> publishing in <a href="https://biologists.social/@BiologyOpen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@BiologyOpen</a> via our <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/ReadAndPublish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReadAndPublish</a> agreement with Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.Read Luis's paper in Biology Open: <a href="https://bit.ly/4eQua32" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/4eQua32</a>Find out if your institution is participating: <a href="https://bit.ly/4123y9g" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/4123y9g</a>

petersuberNew study: "Research institutions seem to be 'trapped' in <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/TransformativeAgreements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TransformativeAgreements</a>. Instead of being a bridge towards a fully <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> world, academia is stuck in the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/hybrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hybrid</a> system." <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.20224" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.20224</a>PS: This confirms the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/BOAI20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BOAI20</a> diagnosis (March 2022): "Paying <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#APCs</a> at hybrid journals pays the journals to stay hybrid. It pays them to resist the conversion to full OA that many institutions intend and predict when they enter the agreements." <a href="https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai20/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai20/</a><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ReadAndPublish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReadAndPublish</a>

Journal of Cell ScienceCharmaine Yan Yu Wong, Karen Wing Yee Yuen and team @hku_science investigate how CSR-1 regulates centromere and kinetochore function in C. elegans embryos. <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/ReadAndPublish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReadAndPublish</a> <a href="https://journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/137/18/jcs261895/362098/Argonaute-protein-CSR-1-restricts-localization-of" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/137/18/jcs261895/362098/Argonaute-protein-CSR-1-restricts-localization-of</a>

Journal of Cell ScienceDanielle Buglak, Kathleen Holmes, Nasser Rusan and team investigate the role of the proximal centriole-like structure in maintaining nucleus–centriole architecture in sperm. <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/OpenAcccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenAcccess</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/ReadAndPublish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReadAndPublish</a> <a href="https://journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/137/17/jcs262311/361889/The-proximal-centriole-like-structure-maintains" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/137/17/jcs262311/361889/The-proximal-centriole-like-structure-maintains</a>

Journal of Cell ScienceShaka X, Martin Schwartz and colleagues investigate the role of endothelial cell–cell junctions in fluid shear stress sensing. <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/ReadAndPublish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReadAndPublish</a> <a href="https://journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/137/17/jcs262348/361958/Controversy-in-mechanotransduction-the-role-of" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/137/17/jcs262348/361958/Controversy-in-mechanotransduction-the-role-of</a>

Journal of Cell ScienceAnna Gavrilova, Victoria Allen and colleagues investigate the role of kinesin-1 in dense core vesicle transport, locomotion and lifespan regulation in C. elegans. <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/ReadAndPublish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReadAndPublish</a> <a href="https://journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/137/17/jcs262148/361926/The-role-of-kinesin-1-in-neuronal-dense-core" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/137/17/jcs262148/361926/The-role-of-kinesin-1-in-neuronal-dense-core</a>

Journal of Cell ScienceIgnasi Granero-Moya, Ion Andreu, Pere Roca-Cusachs & colleagues find that nucleocytoplasmic transport senses mechanical forces independently of cell density in cell monolayers. <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/ReadAndPublish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReadAndPublish</a> Highlight: <a href="https://journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/137/17/e137_e1704/361966/A-new-fluorescence-sensor-for-studying" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/137/17/e137_e1704/361966/A-new-fluorescence-sensor-for-studying</a> Article: <a href="https://journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/137/17/jcs262363/361957/Nucleocytoplasmic-transport-senses-mechanical" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/137/17/jcs262363/361957/Nucleocytoplasmic-transport-senses-mechanical</a>

Journal of Cell ScienceUsing computational modelling, Emmet Francis and Padmini Rangamani establish mechanotransduction as a potent modulator of the mammalian circadian clock. <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/ReadAndPublish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReadAndPublish</a> Highlight: <a href="https://journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/137/17/e137_e1703/361965/Modelling-crosstalk-between-mechanotransduction" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/137/17/e137_e1703/361965/Modelling-crosstalk-between-mechanotransduction</a> Article: <a href="https://journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/137/17/jcs261782/361960/Computational-modeling-establishes" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/137/17/jcs261782/361960/Computational-modeling-establishes</a>

Journal of Cell ScienceAlexander Stockhammer, Francesca Bottanelli and team present a TurboID knock-in approach for high-sensitivity endogenous interactome mapping. <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/ReadAndPublish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReadAndPublish</a> <a href="https://journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/137/16/jcs261952/361766/When-less-is-more-a-fast-TurboID-knock-in-approach" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/137/16/jcs261952/361766/When-less-is-more-a-fast-TurboID-knock-in-approach</a>

@Co_BiologistsWe are pleased to be working with over 850 libraries across the globe to offer researchers APC-free <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> publishing in our journals. Read what librarians have to say about taking part in our <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/ReadAndPublish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReadAndPublish</a> initiative. <a href="https://www.biologists.com/library-hub/read-publish/feedback-from-librarians/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.biologists.com/library-hub/read-publish/feedback-from-librarians/</a>

petersuber<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Libraries</a> that measure <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/downloads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#downloads</a> of subscribed content will find that "downloads are concentrated in fewer journals… Demand concentration implies that libraries do not need to maintain access rights to all journals" either through <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/subscriptions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#subscriptions</a> or through <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ReadAndPublish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReadAndPublish</a> ("transformative") agreements. <a href="https://liberquarterly.eu/article/view/18689" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://liberquarterly.eu/article/view/18689</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Cancellations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cancellations</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScholComm</a>

@Co_BiologistsHave you seen our video collection of introductory videos about our <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/ReadAndPublish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReadAndPublish</a> initiative and key topics in <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> publishing? View all our videos at <a href="https://www.biologists.com/library-hub/read-publish/read-publish-open-access-videos/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.biologists.com/library-hub/read-publish/read-publish-open-access-videos/</a>

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