Research Capacity – Reality, Equality, Equity
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Announcing #FeedbackASAP by ASAPbio
ASAPbio is partnering with DORA, HHMI, and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to host a discussion on creating a culture of constructive public review and feedback on preprints. Read the full ASAPbio announcement and find out how to register for the event and to support preprint review.
Best Practice and Innovative Approaches to Peer Review
AfricArXiv, Eider Africa, TCC Africa, and PREreview are joining forces to bring together scientists from across Africa and scientists engaged in African-related research for a series of 3 virtual discussions and collaborative peer review.
PLOS and TCC Africa Partnering to Support African Researchers
We are excited to share the news that the Open Access publisher PLOS and our partner, the Training Centre in Communication (TCC Africa) are formally collaborating to promote a more inclusive Open Science future.
Launch of Translate Science
Translate Science is interested in the translation of scholarly literature. Translate Science is an open volunteer group interested in improving the translation of scientific literature. The group has come together to support work on tools, services and advocate for translating science.
TCC Africa and Eider Africa Collaborate to Mentor Early Career Researchers from Sub Sahara Africa
If you are a researcher, you are probably familiar with the research lifecycle and all the challenges and opportunities that
Support needed after fire at UCT Libraries
After the devastating fire at the Library campus of the University of Cape Town (UCT) on April 18, 2021, in
In memoriam of Florence Piron
Florence Piron was an anthropologist and ethicist, working as a professor in the Department of Information and Communication at Laval
Exploring publishing practices in Africa
The University World News released a report titled Study highlights concern about publishing practices, expressing the challenges that are faced by Sub-Saharan African researchers that consequently lead to few peer-reviewed articles published in the online publishing industry from the African continent.
The Challenge of Discoverability
AfricArXiv is working in collaboration with Open Knowledge Maps to increase the visibility of African research. In the midst of