These are materials associated with the roundtable event, "Publisher bans & DORA". The roundtable was held as part of a week of events commenorating the tenth anniversary of the Declaraion on Research Assessment.
The event description read, "Several publishers – particularly those specializing in open access journals – have rapidly increased the number of articles submitted to, and published by, their journals. But despite their popularity with researchers, some institutions are refusing to consider papers published in some journals for assessment purposes. This event will examine whether such bans are consistent with DORA and academic freedom."
The roundtable was held 15 May 2023 14:00 (UTC), both online and in person at McMaster University in Canada.
Version 1.0: PDF based on introductory comments to roundtable. Version 2.0: Added video of roundtable recorded on Zoom. This video is also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/LU2c3J9X--c Version 2.1: Updated PDF. Added one more case that was found a few days after the roundtable. Version 3.0: Added PDF of transcript. Version 4.0: Added PDF of comments. Version 4.1: Updated PDF of comments with additional comment from publisher.
The event description read, "Several publishers – particularly those specializing in open access journals – have rapidly increased the number of articles submitted to, and published by, their journals. But despite their popularity with researchers, some institutions are refusing to consider papers published in some journals for assessment purposes. This event will examine whether such bans are consistent with DORA and academic freedom."
The roundtable was held 15 May 2023 14:00 (UTC), both online and in person at McMaster University in Canada.
Version 1.0: PDF based on introductory comments to roundtable. Version 2.0: Added video of roundtable recorded on Zoom. This video is also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/LU2c3J9X--c Version 2.1: Updated PDF. Added one more case that was found a few days after the roundtable. Version 3.0: Added PDF of transcript. Version 4.0: Added PDF of comments. Version 4.1: Updated PDF of comments with additional comment from publisher.