As part of the "Platinum Open Access Funding" (PLATO) project, a bibliometric list of (already existing or upcoming) Platinum Open Access journals in Switzerland has been compiled in collaboration with the Institut Applied Data Science & Finance at the Bern University of Applied Sciences. The list provides an overview of this publication landscape and will form the basis of a qualitative and quantitative study on the opportunities and challenges of Platinum Open Access publishing in Switzerland which will be completed in autumn 2022.

The bibliometric list and the accompanying documentation can be viewed here: List of Platinum Open Access Journals

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The Open Science Office, the Open Science Services (OSS) of the University Library and the Center for Reproducible Science tweet now toegether on one channel! Follow us to not miss any news on Open Science at UZH (and even around the globe!). 

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Twitter Channel UZH_Openscience

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Community-driven publishing is on the rise. The PLATO Project is committed to strengthening it in Switzerland.

Platinum Open Access – often also called Diamond Open Access – stands for high quality, community-driven publishing which is free of charge for both authors and readers. Platinum Open Access therefore aims at creating an open, more inclusive and equitable access to knowledge without fee barriers and shifts the control over publication processes from traditional publishers to researchers.

What opportunities and challenges is Platinum Open Access publishing presented with, and how can these challenges be met?

Blog Universitätsbibliothek, 18 May 2022

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Open Science must be worthwhile! Under this premise, Dr. Karin Gilland Lutz and Dr. Mihaela Falub from the office of Gender Equality and Diversity are addressing the hiring process for professorial positions. In the HI-FRAME project, they are developing a procedure that systematically includes and rewards Open Science activities in the evaluation of applicants.

Blog Universitätsbibliothek, 4 May 2022

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On January 1, 2022, the "Platinum Open Access Funding" project (PLATO) started. For this project, six Swiss universities – the University of Zurich, the University of Bern, the University of Geneva, the University of Neuchâtel, the Zurich University of the Arts and ETH Zurich – have joined forces as partners to develop a sustainable model for Platinum Open Access publications in Switzerland.

PLATO is co-financed by swissuniversities within the framework of the Open Science Program P-5.

More info

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The new Lunch&Learn Open Science event series is intended to provide members of the UZH with a brief overview of various aspects of Open Science on a monthly basis. We started on February 25, 2022 with Manuela Höfler and Katherine Hermans on the topic "UZH in the Open Science World: from Policy to Culture Change". In the months to come, topics such as Open Access, Rights Retention Strategy, Image Rights, Research Assessment and much more will be covered. The event is organized by the Open Science Services team of the University Library and takes place online during lunch on Zoom. Each event starts with a half-hour input talk at 12.30pm and closes with an open Q&A session until about 1.30pm.

More about Lunch & Learn

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Legal expert Anne Schneuwly and molecular biologist Izaskun Mallona discuss what UZH’s new Open Science Policy means for their respective fields, together with Vice President Research Elisabeth Stark. The three scholars agree that the new policy increases transparency and quality.

UZH News, 7.12.2021: "An Open Future"

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During international Open Access Week 2021, the Main Library, the Center for Reproducible Science and the Open Science Office launched the Game "Open Up Your Research". You follow the researcher Emma on her way to a PhD and get to decide at each stage whether Emma should practice an open science approach or go the conventional route. What should Emma’s research process look like and what will await Emma at the end?

Open Science Game "Open Up Your Research"

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The Executive Board of the University has approved the Open Science Policy. The guidelines are a further step toward establishing an open science culture as standard practice at UZH.

UZH News: A Step Forward for Open Science - Policy approved

Open Science Policy

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The main library offers new introductory and advanced courses this fall. The courses focus on issues around research data management, Open Access publishing and Open Science.

The offer is part of the P-8 program "Digital Skills for You". The program supports cross-disciplinary courses to strengthen digital skills in teaching.

More information on the website of the School for Transdisciplinary Studies

The Main Library together with Central IT are offering researchers, faculties and institutes as well as libraries a new service: the Open Access Monitor: https://www.oamonitor.uzh.ch. Here you can find various thematically structured interactive dashboards that allow comprehensive assessments related to Open Access.

The Zurich Open Repository and Archive, ZORA, serves as the dataset. Every change in ZORA is immediately updated in the monitor. 

Additionally, an Open Access App for Researchers is now available. The app was developed by Reto Gerber and Mark Robinson, Open Science Delegate. It allows researchers to tabulate their list of publications, including OA status, and overlap their profiles from the following sources: ORCID, Pubmed, Google Scholar and Publons.

Main Library’s Blog, 5. July 2021

Open Access Monitor

Open Access App

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Melanie Röthlisberger provides students and junior researchers with the tools they need to do Open Science. The linguist has been working in the Data Services & Open Access department of the Main Library since February 2021.

UZH Journal, No. 2 June 2021

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Professor Elisabeth Stark was elected as the new Vice President Research at UZH in January 2021 and is thus also responsible for the Open Science office, among other things. The topic of Open Science is now becoming more important than ever among researchers, not least because of UZH’s future Open Science Policy.

The Main Library’s Blog, 23 April 2021

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The Main Library’s Blog, 15 March 2021: 5 things to keep in mind that can make the writing of your Data Management Plan (DMP) easier and more successful. Furthermore, you find the most important information, links and templates for DMPs on the Main Library's  website.

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We're open. Are you?

We at UZH support Open Access. We commit to publishing Open Access in the future. This means that scientific papers will be freely accessible online to everyone as soon as possible. 

Why is this important? 

Open Access enables fast, free and sustainable access to scientific information for everyone and thus fosters scientific collaboration around the globe. The COVID-19 period made it clear how important free access to knowledge is in order to create equal opportunities in science and to solve global issues. 

More information on Open Access

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