Has the scientific world truly opened itself to Open Access? Webinar

Open Science is the rational choice to promote openness, integrity, collaboration, and reproducibility in scholarly research. Open Access (OA) supports transparency and free availability of research articles. But has the research community across disciplines and around the globe been entirely able to utilize its benefits? Open Access Week celebrates its tenth year on the theme “Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge”, join publishing industry stalwarts in the panel discussion sharing their perspectives and opinions about how Open Access has impacted the research environment globally, as well as in their respective disciplines and geographies. This panel discussion will provide researchers with an excellent opportunity to engage with our expert panelists and ask their queries. You can also share your questions with us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Panelists:
Prof. Richard de Grijs, Ph.D. Astrophysics
Published author and peer reviewer of high-ranking journals like Nature, Science

Prof. Michael Prieler, Ph.D. International Cultural Studies
Seasoned researcher with 400+ citations, 8 grants, and a book to his credit

Dr. Raffaella Gozzelino, Ph.D. Cell Biology
Distinguished medical researcher and scientific reviewer of Elsevier and PLOS

Ms. Frauke Ralf, MA Honors
Open Access academic publishing expert

Moderator:
Dr. Krishna Kumar Venkitachalam, MS (MD) ELS
Qualified Orthopaedic Surgeon and ELS- certified editor