Working in partnership with UNESCO and all stakeholders everywhere to create the global future of open research
OSI participants are high level leaders from over 250 key research and publishing institutions around the world. OSI works in partnership with UNESCO to promote global policies and solutions.
OSI participants are a diverse community representing many different interests and perspectives. Only inclusive participation and coordinated action can achieve open solutions that work for everyone everywhere.
OSI recognizes there are many approaches to open, and is working to develop a foundation of achievable and sustainable solutions that evolve across all disciplines, institutions and stakeholder concerns.
Around 2.5 million research articles are published every year in 30,000 different academic journals (2015 STM Report). These articles form a critically important foundation of knowledge. Today, rapid changes in publishing–both good and bad—combined with ever-present “publish or perish” pressures in academia are making it increasingly difficult to ensure the accuracy of all this work, keep track of it all, and maintain equitable access to the knowledge being created. OSI manages a global perspective on the rapidly evolving landscape of scholarly communication reform, and is working with partners in this space to help build a future that realizes the full potential of the open movement for everyone everywhere.
OSI issue briefs and policy perspectives provide a synthesis of what OSI knows about hot-button issues in scholarly communication, including who’s working on what and how/where change is likely to occur.
OSI is a 10-year-long effort, launched in 2015. Our first two years, 2016 and 2017, were spent gathering information and laying the groundwork for this effort. During our next two years, 2018 and 2019, we’ll be building out OSI’s menu of services and solutions. Stay tuned to this space as this menu evolves.
OSI has accumulated a wealth of knowledge on a wide variety of important scholarly communication topics.
Learn MoreWe know a lot about this field, but we also need to learn a lot more. Here are the studies we’re working on or considering.
OverviewWe’re planning on rolling out several tech products that will help improve the scholarly communication infrastructure.
Project ListScholarly communication is a big ecosystem. It takes many players to make change. Here’s what we’re working toward.
More InfoOSI is organizing or participating in several meetings over the next few years to help get the ball rolling in key areas.
Event LinksNeed to know who’s working on what and where? Here’s a starter set of scholarly communication resources.
ResourcesOSI is a broad, global network of individuals and organizations working together to improve the future of open. Want to get involved? Here are some of the ways you can help: