{"id":197,"date":"2018-03-21T10:39:39","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T09:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.techlib.cz\/?p=197"},"modified":"2018-03-21T10:40:19","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T09:40:19","slug":"astroturfers-and-open-science-2020-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.techlib.cz\/index.php\/2018\/03\/21\/astroturfers-and-open-science-2020-platforms\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Astroturfers&#8221; and Open Science 2020 Platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The European Commission (EC) has assigned <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/news\/2018\/02\/one-most-powerful-science-policy-jobs-brussels-changes-hands\">Robert-Jan Smits<\/a> as head of the &#8220;open science&#8221; envoy to the European Political Strategy Centre, according to the <em>University World News<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Smits&#8217; strategic appointment, by EC President Jean-Claude Juncker, comes at a time of anticipation for how 2020 open access\/science deadlines will be met and how the EC will facilitate compliance with related mandates. Current discussion right now revolves around the next-generation EC-funded open science platforms, with the EC call for proposals for these soon to be released:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Researchers are keen to know whether we will now see for-profit companies and \u2018astroturfers\u2019 enter the open science landscape and undermine science in pursuit of their commercial interests, while claiming to support the struggle of researchers \u2013 notably those in Germany, in their fight against Elsevier \u2013 who demand more say in the publishing of scholarly articles.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Additional Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lykkja, P.M. &amp;\u00a0 Myklebust, J.P. (2018).\u00a0Open science in the EU \u2013 Will the astroturfers take over? <em>University World News. 497.<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.universityworldnews.com\/article.php?story=20180317044918836\">http:\/\/www.universityworldnews.com\/article.php?story=20180317044918836<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rabesandratana, T. (2018). One of the most powerful science policy jobs in Brussels changes hands. <em>Science News<\/em>.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/news\/2018\/02\/one-most-powerful-science-policy-jobs-brussels-changes-hands\">doi:10.1126\/science.aat4124<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Urban Dictionary. astroturf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=astroturf\">https:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=astroturf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Commission (EC) has assigned Robert-Jan Smits as head of the &#8220;open science&#8221; envoy to the European Political Strategy Centre, according to the University World News. Smits&#8217; strategic appointment, by EC President Jean-Claude Juncker, comes at a time of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.techlib.cz\/index.php\/2018\/03\/21\/astroturfers-and-open-science-2020-platforms\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,22,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.techlib.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.techlib.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.techlib.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.techlib.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.techlib.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.techlib.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199,"href":"https:\/\/blog.techlib.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197\/revisions\/199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.techlib.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.techlib.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.techlib.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}