2026/06/18 – Open Here, There, and Everywhere? A Comparative Review of Divergences in Open Access Typologies and Definitions in Monitoring Instruments – Louis Bachaud, Didier Torny
“Our review of Open Access definitions and typologies was conducted on a global dataset of Open Access monitors drawn from two sources. Firstly, Schneider and Pampel’s (2025) open dataset of Open Science dashboards (n=58). Secondly, the list of Open Science monitors curated by the Open Science Monitoring Initiative (n=73)”. (…) “The Principles of Open Science Monitoring call for indicators that are both comparable and context-sensitive. This double stake highlights the ambiguity of OA monitors, which have both epistemic aims (empirically documenting academic publishing) and more normative policy objectives”.
2026/06/16 – The Principles of Open Science Monitoring – RDM Weekly
The Principles of Open Science Monitoring are mentioned under “Oldies but Goodies”.
2026/06/02 – Are we measuring Open Science the right way? – EOSC Open Science Observatory
Iratxe Puebla (Co-chair of the OSMI Working Group 3) presented the Open Science Monitoring Initiative’s work with scholarly content providers, publishers, repositories, and data centres. A key distinction in Iratxe’s presentation: this work is explicitly not about building rankings or passing judgment on levels of openness. It is about generating evidence that allows informed decisions, for example, whether a journal should update its open access policy, or how a funder like NIH can monitor data-sharing practices across generalist repositories.
Iratxe raised a challenge that will resonate with anyone working in this space: as more platforms adopt open science monitoring, they are applying different methodologies to calculate indicators for similar practices within open science. Some level of standardisation, or at least consensual definitions, will be needed to prevent a future in which many indicators exist but none are comparable. She also called explicitly for content providers to share their indicator practices openly, so the community can audit and refine them. Learn more about the results of the OSMI Working Group 3 survey here.