There is a lot of lip service paid to the idea of diversity in scholarly publishing and often diversity of language is used as an example.But while the groups that work actively in languages other than English have been making this point consistently and forcefully, it has had limited traction in the scholarly anglophone literature.

Tracking Global Open Access Today the Curtin Open Knowledge Initiative is releasing a resource that has been in the works for a long time. The new Open Access dashboard provides information on the OA status of research outputs by country and by institution. It provides some surprises and reinforces some of what we know.

Tracking and Mitigating Climate Change - How open is the research? Bianca Kramer and Cameron Neylon v0.9 10 March 2022 Update – The linked dashboard now also contains the references from the 2021 WG1 Report on the Physical Sciences Basis. The original dashboard is still available. On Monday 28 February, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the Working Group 2 contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report.

Where's the big idea? The extent to which University staff represent the demographics of the community that they serve may be a key indicator of whether institutions are missing talent, perspectives and ideas as a result of their employment preferences.

Charting the future of HE Higher Education institutions around the world have not only an opportunity, but also a responsibility to reconsider their mission, capacity and impact in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Curtin Open Knowledge Initiative (COKI) Co-lead Professor Cameron Neylon provides an update on the value of COKI data, dashboards and analytical tools in providing new insights into university performance.

Can I be taught by someone like me? Students will be able to look at new indices to determine whether a university is a good fit for them before they enrol, as a result of research from Curtin University’s Open Knowledge Initiative (COKI). The COKI team have developed one of the most comprehensive sets of […]

Dr Katie Wilson has published a short paper on a new short research paper on divergence, dialogue and diversity.

COKI co-lead Professor Cameron Neylon has co-authored a new book.

2020 locks in shift to Openness - but Australia lags In October 2020, UNESCO made the case for open access to enhance research and information on COIVD-19. It also joined the World Health Organisation and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in calling for open science to be implemented at all stages of the scientific process by all member states.

Naked scientist shines spotlight on COKI COKI’s own Dr Chun-Kai (Karl) Huang was recently interviewed by The Naked Scientist, talking about open access publishing and findings from the COKI team’s eLife Feature Article “Evaluating the impact of open access policies on research institutions”. The podcast is available at https://elifesciences.org/podcast/episode70 and https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/interviews/how-open-open-access