AfricArXiv

03/04/2025

Join us next week, April 10, 2025 at 10am WAT (UTC+1) // 11am CAT // 12 pm EAT for our Open Science webinar session.

We are excited to host Bénédicte KUNTZIGER, the support, trainer, and community engagement lead at HAL. HAL is managed by CCSD - Centre for direct scientific communication.

She will be speaking on the topic: HAL, the French national open archive within the global Open Science ecosystem, an African perspective.

During the session, Bénédicte will guide attendees through the following:
- Introduction to the multifunctional French Open Archive, HAL, and key factors driving its expansion
- HAL functionalities and services for researchers, research communities and institutions
- Ways to access content on HAL
- How HAL bridges between the anglophone and francophone research communities
- Interoperability in HAL to connect research items across repository systems
- Collections on HAL that are of particular relevance to African researchers

Register here: https://ubuntunet.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_545timdHR7OQEnixru4eBw #/registration

This webinar series is co-organized by UbuntuNet Alliance (https://ubuntunet.net/) and Access 2 Perspectives (https://access2perspectives.org/) and supported by the African Open Science Platform (AOSP; https://aosp.org.za/)

We look forward to seeing you there!

31/03/2025

Watch the recording of our webinar with Susan Veldsman, the Director of the Scholarly Publication Unit of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf).

Learn from the shared insights on how to build a trustworthy research environment, with a focus on the challenges and solutions to predatory publishing.

Watch here: https://youtu.be/pv4szOM60XI

The slides are available at: https://africarxiv.ubuntunet.net/handle/1/1855

, The African Open Science Platform (AOSP)

Read more about the ASSAf webinar session at: https://africarxiv.ubuntunet.net/handle/1/1855Speaker Profile: Susan Veldsman, Director, Scholarly Publishing U...

26/03/2025

Reminder!

Remember to join us tomorrow for our webinar session.

Register here https://ubuntunet.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zJptCjNiRcmLvWOgeaN23Q

Find details below.

Join us on March 27, 2025 at 10am WAT (UTC+1) // 11am CAT // 12 pm EAT for our webinar session on the challenges and solutions to predatory publishing!

We are excited to welcome Susan Veldsman, the Director of the Scholarly Publication Unit at the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAF), as our guest speaker.

In this session, Susan will be speaking on the topic: Building a Trustworthy Research Environment: Challenges and Solutions to Predatory Publishing.

Predatory journals are motivated by profit rather than scholarship, soliciting articles and abstracts from researchers through actions that exploit the pressure on researchers to publish and present their work to their peers.

Through presentation and discussion mode, the session will ignite conversations around the following themes:
-Introduction to predatory journals
-What constitutes predatory and unethical publishing behaviour
-Root causes of this behaviour
-Prevalence and impact of predatory and unethical publishing practices
-Systemic drivers of predatory and unethical publishing practices
-The impact of predatory publishing on the African research ecosystem.
-Tools
-Recommendations

Don’t miss this chance to learn how to protect your research and make sure your work gets the attention it deserves!

Register here: https://ubuntunet.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zJptCjNiRcmLvWOgeaN23Q

This webinar series is co-organized by: UbuntuNet Alliance: https://ubuntunet.net/ and Access 2 Perspectives: https://access2perspectives.org/ and supported by the African Open Science Platform (AOSP) https://aosp.org.za/

We look forward to seeing you there!

20/03/2025

Reminder!

Remember to join us next week for our webinar session.

Register here: https://ubuntunet.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zJptCjNiRcmLvWOgeaN23Q

Join us on March 27, 2025 at 10am WAT (UTC+1) // 11am CAT // 12 pm EAT for our webinar session on the challenges and solutions to predatory publishing!

We are excited to welcome Susan Veldsman, the Director of the Scholarly Publication Unit at the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAF), as our guest speaker.

In this session, Susan will be speaking on the topic: Building a Trustworthy Research Environment: Challenges and Solutions to Predatory Publishing.

Predatory journals are motivated by profit rather than scholarship, soliciting articles and abstracts from researchers through actions that exploit the pressure on researchers to publish and present their work to their peers.

Through presentation and discussion mode, the session will ignite conversations around the following themes:
-Introduction to predatory journals
-What constitutes predatory and unethical publishing behaviour
-Root causes of this behaviour
-Prevalence and impact of predatory and unethical publishing practices
-Systemic drivers of predatory and unethical publishing practices
-The impact of predatory publishing on the African research ecosystem.
-Tools
-Recommendations

Don’t miss this chance to learn how to protect your research and make sure your work gets the attention it deserves!

Register here: https://ubuntunet.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zJptCjNiRcmLvWOgeaN23Q

This webinar series is co-organized by: UbuntuNet Alliance: https://ubuntunet.net/ and Access 2 Perspectives: https://access2perspectives.org/ and supported by the African Open Science Platform (AOSP) https://aosp.org.za/

We look forward to seeing you there!

10/03/2025

Join us on March 27, 2025 at 10am WAT (UTC+1) // 11am CAT // 12 pm EAT for our webinar session on the challenges and solutions to predatory publishing!

We are excited to welcome Susan Veldsman, the Director of the Scholarly Publication Unit at the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAF), as our guest speaker.

In this session, Susan will be speaking on the topic: Building a Trustworthy Research Environment: Challenges and Solutions to Predatory Publishing.

Predatory journals are motivated by profit rather than scholarship, soliciting articles and abstracts from researchers through actions that exploit the pressure on researchers to publish and present their work to their peers.

Through presentation and discussion mode, the session will ignite conversations around the following themes:
-Introduction to predatory journals
-What constitutes predatory and unethical publishing behaviour
-Root causes of this behaviour
-Prevalence and impact of predatory and unethical publishing practices
-Systemic drivers of predatory and unethical publishing practices
-The impact of predatory publishing on the African research ecosystem.
-Tools
-Recommendations

Don’t miss this chance to learn how to protect your research and make sure your work gets the attention it deserves!

Register here: https://ubuntunet.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zJptCjNiRcmLvWOgeaN23Q

This webinar series is co-organized by: UbuntuNet Alliance: https://ubuntunet.net/ and Access 2 Perspectives: https://access2perspectives.org/ and supported by the African Open Science Platform (AOSP) https://aosp.org.za/

We look forward to seeing you there!

29/01/2025

Join us tomorrow the 30th of January 2025 at 2 pm WAT (UTC+1) // 3 pm CAT // 4 pm EAT for an insightful webinar session!

Our topic is: “The Role of COAR in Advancing Open Access in Africa”.

We are honored to host Kathleen Shearer, the Executive Director of the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR), as our guest speaker.

In this webinar, you will discover:
- How COAR supports open access to research in Africa.
- Ways African researchers and institutions can make their work more visible
worldwide.
- Why collaboration and global standards are important for African repositories.
- Exciting programs and opportunities COAR offers to support African research.

This session is perfect for researchers, librarians, and anyone passionate about open science and open access.

Mark your calendar and join us for an engaging and informative discussion!

Register here: https://info-africarxiv.ubuntunet.net/2025/01/22/the-role-of-coar-in-advancing-open-access-in-africa/

This webinar series is co-organized by: UbuntuNet Alliance: https://ubuntunet.net/ and Access 2 Perspectives: https://access2perspectives.org/ and supported by the African Open Science Platform (AOSP) https://aosp.org.za/

We look forward to seeing you there!

27/01/2025

Join us on the 30th of January 2025 at 2 pm WAT (UTC+1) // 3 pm CAT // 4 pm EAT for an insightful webinar session!

Our topic is: “The Role of COAR in Advancing Open Access in Africa”.

We are honored to host Kathleen Shearer, the Executive Director of the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR), as our guest speaker.

In this webinar, you will discover:

- How COAR supports open access to research in Africa.
- Ways African researchers and institutions can make their work more visible
worldwide.
- Why collaboration and global standards are important for African repositories.
- Exciting programs and opportunities COAR offers to support African research.

This session is perfect for researchers, librarians, and anyone passionate about open science and open access.

Mark your calendar and join us for an engaging and informative discussion!


Register here: https://info-africarxiv.ubuntunet.net/2025/01/22/the-role-of-coar-in-advancing-open-access-in-africa/

This webinar series is co-organized by: UbuntuNet Alliance: https://ubuntunet.net/ and Access 2 Perspectives: https://access2perspectives.org/ and supported by the African Open Science Platform (AOSP) https://aosp.org.za/

We look forward to seeing you there!

18/11/2024

Tunisia 🇹🇳🎓🔓: Scholarly works and Open Access: https://africarxiv.pubpub.org/tunisia

The profiles contain:
- An interactive map of institutional and generalist repositories,

- Showcase of scholarly works as indexed by The Lens

- Open Access over time as displayed by COKI

- Journals indexed by AJOL

- Standards, datasets and policies indexed by FAIRsharing

- Journals indexed by DOAJ

Find more country profiles at
https://africarxiv.pubpub.org/country-profiles 🌍🎓🔓

Visit our website at: https://africarxiv.org/

15/11/2024

Watch the recording of our webinar with Euan Adie of Overton.

Learn from the shared insights how to make your research more visible to policymakers and track its impact using Overton.

“Enhancing the Policy Impact of African Research: Strategies for Visibility and Influence through Overton"

>> https://info-africarxiv.ubuntunet.net/2024/10/01/overton/

The slides are available at: https://africarxiv.ubuntunet.net/handle/1/1768

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12/11/2024

READING TIP: “The Role of Climate Change for Transboundary Crop Pest Outbreaks in IGAD Member States – Challenges for Integrated EWS and Governance.” - https://africarxiv.ubuntunet.net/handle/1/1661

To submit your research and to learn more about our work, please visit africarxiv.org

11/11/2024

Join us on November 14, 2024 at 10 am WAT (UTC+1) // 11am CAT // 12pm EAT for our webinar session featuring Euan Adie, the CEO of Overton.

Overton is the world’s largest searchable index of policy documents, guidelines, think tank publications and working papers.

Euan will be speaking on the topic: “Enhancing the Policy Impact of African Research: Strategies for Visibility and Influence through Overton"

In this webinar, African researchers will learn how to make their research more visible to policymakers and track its impact using Overton. They'll also get tips on engaging with policymakers and see examples of how African research has influenced policy decisions.

Register here: https://info-africarxiv.ubuntunet.net/2024/10/01/overton/

This webinar series is co-organized by: UbuntuNet Alliance: https://ubuntunet.net/ and Access 2 Perspectives: https://access2perspectives.org/ as part of the ORCID Global Participation Program: https://info.orcid.org/global-participation-program/

We look forward to seeing you there!

08/11/2024

Join us next week on November 14, 2024 at 10 am WAT (UTC+1) // 11am CAT // 12pm EAT for our webinar session featuring Euan Adie, the CEO of Overton.

Overton is the world’s largest searchable index of policy documents, guidelines, think tank publications and working papers.

Euan will be speaking on the topic: “Enhancing the Policy Impact of African Research: Strategies for Visibility and Influence through Overton"

In this webinar, African researchers will learn how to make their research more visible to policymakers and track its impact using Overton. They'll also get tips on engaging with policymakers and see examples of how African research has influenced policy decisions.

Register here: https://info-africarxiv.ubuntunet.net/2024/10/01/overton/

This webinar series is co-organized by: UbuntuNet Alliance: https://ubuntunet.net/ and Access 2 Perspectives: https://access2perspectives.org/ as part of the ORCID Global Participation Program: https://info.orcid.org/global-participation-program/

We look forward to seeing you there!