Category: Stockholm University Press News

A researcher driven publisher should give recognition for review #peerrevw16 part I

20 September, 2016

Stockholm University Press are proud to celebrate Peer Review Week 2016, and as a start of this week’s activities we would like to focus on the peer review process we apply for book projects and journals, and how that relates to the theme “Recognition for Peer Review”. We will describe what, how and why we … More A researcher driven publisher should give recognition for review #peerrevw16 part I

Peer Review Week 2016

Stockholm University Press is celebrating Peer Review Week 2016 (#peerrevwk16)

19 September, 2016

During Peer Review Week we want to contribute to the future development of an improved and quality assured peer review system. We need tools and incentives to revitalize the mission to share ideas with peers through the process of peer review and publication of results. Our aim this upcoming Peer Review Week will be to … More Stockholm University Press is celebrating Peer Review Week 2016 (#peerrevwk16)

About European Commission Copyright Proposal, OA boasts citations, participate in survey on Open Peer Review and much more

15 September, 2016

These articles caught our attention this week. Have we missed anything? Please share your comments below. European Comission – Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on copyright in the Digital Single Market Creative Commons – European Commission Copyright Proposal Leaves Users In The Dark IFLA – IFLA Signs Joint Letter on EU Copyright Reform Times … More About European Commission Copyright Proposal, OA boasts citations, participate in survey on Open Peer Review and much more

Stockholm University Press is now a member of Association of European University Presses (AEUP)

21 June, 2016

The AEUP is an organisation for University Presses in Europe. The organization works for common goals among university publishers in Europe, such as strengthen our common mission to support scholarly publishing. Birgitta Hellmark Lindgren (Chair of Publishing Committee): – We believe in cooperation rather than competition and are therefore very much excited about this membership. … More Stockholm University Press is now a member of Association of European University Presses (AEUP)

Photo: Eva Dalin (Stockholm University).

About Open Science, Open Access and Text and Data Mining

16 June, 2016

We want to share the latest news and debates about open access, scholarly publishing and similar topics. These articles caught our attention this week. Have we missed anything? Please share your comments below. The Netherlands EU Precidency 2016 – All Europen Scientific Articles to Be Freely Accessible by 2020 SPARC Europe – European Ministers United … More About Open Science, Open Access and Text and Data Mining

Don't Be Quiet, Start a Riot

New book from Stockholm University Press: Don’t be Quiet, Start a Riot: Essays on Feminism and Performance by Tiina Rosenberg

27 May, 2016

Tiina Rosenberg’s latest book is freely available to the public in English through open access publishing, an innovative method of disseminating her studies of Swedish Performing Arts, feminism, and performance worldwide. “I hope that publishing these essays in an open access format will enable a wider audience to share the insights of Scandinavian research into … More New book from Stockholm University Press: Don’t be Quiet, Start a Riot: Essays on Feminism and Performance by Tiina Rosenberg

Photo: Per Larsson (Stockholm University).

About the International Open Access Week, COASPA, OpenCon 2016 and much more

13 May, 2016

We want to share the latest news and debates about open access, scholarly publishing and similar topics. These articles caught our attention this week. Have we missed anything? Please share your comments below. SPARC Theme of 2016 International Open Access Week to be “Open in Action” SPARC Supports the Open Government Data Act OASPA – … More About the International Open Access Week, COASPA, OpenCon 2016 and much more

Video presentations from Meeting Place Open Access in Stockholm 2016

10 May, 2016

As we wrote in April we attended Meeting Place Open Access, at Stockholm University a couple of weeks ago. Meeting Place Open Access (MOA) is the major annual conference in Sweden about open access and scholarly publishing. The National Library of Sweden has now published recorded material from the conference and you can watch the … More Video presentations from Meeting Place Open Access in Stockholm 2016

Meeting Place Open Access at Aula Magna Stockholm University

Stockholm University Press at Meeting Place Open Acces April 26-27

25 April, 2016

Come and visit the Stockholm University Press team at Swedens Meeting Place Open Access (MOA) 26-27 April 2016 in Aula Magna, Stockholm University Frescati. Meeting Place Open Access (MOA) is the major annual conference in Sweden about open access and scholarly publishing. This year the conference is organized in collaboration with Stockholm University. Many of … More Stockholm University Press at Meeting Place Open Acces April 26-27

Photo: Ola Ericson, Stockholm University

“He has been one of the scientists who dared to stand up against established customs and expectations and argue that Open Science is the way forward”

14 April, 2016

When SPARC announced their “Europe’s Open Access Champion Showcase” Egon Willighagen from Maastricht University replied to us on Twitter and wrote in an email: ”a lot of attention now goes to already established researchers that happen to now also do Open Access. However, the real effort was done by those who repeatedly and consistently supported … More “He has been one of the scientists who dared to stand up against established customs and expectations and argue that Open Science is the way forward”