Open Scholarship & Scholarly Publishing

“Open Scholarship” is an umbrella term for open access, open data, open educational resources, open research, and open science. The UMass Amherst Libraries has a longstanding commitment to open scholarship aimed at increasing sustainable systems of open infrastructure and open access for barrier-free use and re-use of scholarly works.

Please see our guide on Open Scholarship & Scholarly Publishing for a more in-depth explanation of these and other topics:

• UMass Open Access Publisher Agreements & Advocacy with author benefits
• ORCiD unique researcher identifiers, a platform for sharing comprehensive, validated researcher data about their education, funding, works and publications, peer review activities, professional associations, invited positions and distinctions, and more.
• Choosing your publisher, predatory publishers and peer review 
• Research impact indicators, how to maximize your impact and use metrics responsibly.