The following sites provide inspiration and opportunities for FAB members
Publishing for an Ethical and Equitable Environment in Research (PEEER)
PEEER’s mission is “to foster a culture in which authors, editors, and reviewers choose publication venues that support affordable and equitable access plus a healthy scientific and research community.”
https://peeer.net
Biogeography.News
a blog providing news to the biogeography community from across a broad swathe of society-owned biogeography, ecology, and evolutionary biology journals
https://biogeographynews.org/
The Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA)
“recognizes the need to improve the ways in which the outputs of scholarly research are evaluated.” DORA’s mission is “to advance practical and robust approaches to research assessment globally and across all scholarly disciplines.”
https://sfdora.org/about-dora/
Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (COARA)
presents 10 commitments, establishing a common direction for research assessment reform, while respecting organisations’ autonomy. The Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment sets a shared direction for changes in assessment practices for research, researchers and research performing organisations, with the overarching goal to maximise the quality and impact of research.
https://coara.eu/
Linguistics in Open Access (LingOA)
advocates for five “Fair Open Access Principles” including commitments regarding ownership, copyright, readability, accessibility, and affordability.
https://www.lingoa.eu/about/mission/
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