2026/01/30 – Open science in academia: a framework for monitoring universities’ Open Science programs
“The monitoring framework we proposed in Section 4 represents a novelty in Open Science and research monitoring. Previous reflections by philosopher of science Sabina Leonelli (2023) inspired the idea behind this framework. From her approach, we take Open Science as firmly rooted in the daily practice of all research communities, in opposition to the concept of Open Science as a universal guideline applicable to every research field (Leonelli 2023). Our framework builds on Leonelli’s approach to a practice-oriented interpretation of Open Science in scientific research. This study is also informed by recent development in Open Science monitoring (such as the OSMI initiative and the PathOS project) and responsible research assessment initiatives (such as the CoARA initiative), as well as literature developed around Open Science monitoring case studies (Himanen and Nykyri 2024).”
2026/01/22 – Open Access Monitoring Initiatives: Trends, Principles and Challenges for Greece – Scholarly Communication Unit, Hellenic Academic Libraries Link
Recent advances in scholarly communication have prompted many European countries to set the complete transition from subscription-based publishing to open access as a strategic goal. In response, relevant stakeholders, including academic and research institutions, funding agencies, libraries, and councils, have developed a range of new services, among them Open Access monitoring systems. From an early stage, there has also been recognition of the importance of making monitoring information accessible and interoperable in order to enhance collective knowledge. This study is based on an analysis of Open Access monitoring systems, primarily as documented in Europe, while also considering selected cases from outside Europe. Its aim is to examine how monitoring systems can support an effective transition to open science at the national level and to assess OpenAIRE MONITOR as a case study within the framework of the Open Science Monitor Initiative.
2026/01/20 – Measuring the State of Open Science in Transportation Using Large Language Models
“Open science initiatives have strengthened scientific integrity and accelerated research progress across many fields, but the state of their practice within transportation research remains under-investigated. Key features of open science, defined here as data and code availability, are difficult to extract due to the inherent complexity of the field. Previous work has either been limited to small-scale studies due to the labor-intensive nature of manual analysis or has relied on large-scale bibliometric approaches that sacrifice contextual richness. This paper introduces an automatic and scalable feature-extraction pipeline to measure data and code availability in transportation research. (…) Open science represents a comprehensive vision integrating a wide array of concepts. However,using such broad terminology—which encompasses concepts ranging from open access publishing to
general knowledge sharing—introduces unnecessary ambiguity to this study and the associated feature
extraction. Therefore, we narrow the scope of open science practices to focus specifically on data and code
availability connected with a paper. To align with established open science monitoring principles, we
adopt clear, transparent decision rules as detailed below.”