In our view, the EU needs holistic and functional solutions to protect public interest activities and strengthen Europes research, innovation and education ecosystem. The EU should recognise the problematic and exploitative business model of modern scientific publishing and protect academic authors through a harmonised EU Secondary Publication Right, enabling immediate open access (no embargo, VoR) to publicly…
DR
Digital Republic
NGO · Bulgaria
2
positions filed
in the 326 files tracked
2
legislative files
of 326 tracked
1
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
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Their record over time
Digital Republic filed 2 positions between 10 Sept 2025 and 25 Jun 2026, across 2 of the 326 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 1 time.
2025 · 1 filed2026 · 1 filed
What they argued
The current state of scholarly publishing presents challenges of multiple kinds, including the adequacy of established research evaluation systems. Market realities in academic publishing create difficulties for the research community, ranging from the devaluation of scientific quality in the publish or perish culture, through systemic bias in the evaluation of the humanities, social sciences and low-resource…
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Turns up on the same files
Organizations that also filed on at least two of the same consultations. A shared interest in the same dossiers — not evidence of coordination, and we do not suggest any.
- CSC - IT Center for Science · 2 files in common
- The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities · 2 files in common
- European University Association · 2 files in common
- COMMUNIA - Association for the Public Domain · 2 files in common
- ALLEA · 2 files in common
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