{"id":11738,"date":"2025-10-07T13:06:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T13:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/researcher.life\/blog\/?p=11738"},"modified":"2025-10-07T13:37:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T13:37:09","slug":"open-access-week-2025-who-owns-our-knowledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/researcher.life\/blog\/article\/open-access-week-2025-who-owns-our-knowledge\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Access Week 2025 &#8211; Who Owns Our Knowledge?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/international-open-access-week?utm_source=RBlog&amp;utm_medium=Blogpost%20banner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/623cc095eb20b57c419ca5b7\/t\/62a1615255c51060f10d957e\/1654743378781\/OAW-2022-Refresh-Main-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2400\" height=\"561\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Are you ready for<strong> International Open Access Week 2025?<\/strong> <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">This year, Open Access Week will be from <strong>October 20th-27th, 2025.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/international-open-access-week?utm_source=RBlog&amp;utm_medium=Blogpost%20banner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>Register Here<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s theme asks a pointed question about the present moment and how, in a time of disruption, communities can reassert control over the knowledge they produce. Here are some of the topics we want our readers to think about as we head into the week full of discussions and interactions:<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Responsible use of AI and Tech<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Should AI models that are trained on open research remain open?<\/li>\n<li>The importance of transparent training data in preventing bias<\/li>\n<li>Building reproducible AI research workflows<\/li>\n<li>Should authors be able to opt-in or opt-out of AI training datasets?<\/li>\n<li>Supporting community-led AI projects in low-resource regions<\/li>\n<li>Making research discoverable through AI-powered search while protecting privacy<\/li>\n<li>Ensuring AI does not create new \u201cknowledge silos\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Who benefits financially from AI trained on open research?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/international-open-access-week?utm_source=RBlog&amp;utm_medium=Blogpost%20banner\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>Register Here<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Policy &amp; Advocacy<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Understanding open access mandates<\/li>\n<li>Advocating for institutional open access policies<\/li>\n<li>The role of libraries in advancing open knowledge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Rethinking impact and value<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Moving beyond journal impact factors to community impact<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Equity &amp; Inclusion in Open Access<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Elevating marginalized voices through open access<\/li>\n<li>Crowdsourced research projects and citizen science<\/li>\n<li>Preprints and open peer review<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Selected Reading<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Here are some recent Editage Insights articles we have curated for you:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/how-to-format-manuscripts-for-open-access-journals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In this article<\/a>, we give you some tips on how to best format your journal article for open access.<\/p>\n<p>Here is<a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/how-to-format-manuscripts-for-open-access-journals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> a discussion<\/a> from last year&#8217;s open access week about whether a thesis should be open access (or not).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/answers-to-your-burning-questions-on-open-access-curated-faqs-from-editage-insights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This infographic<\/a> has some of our most commonly asked questions and answers around open access.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you ready for International Open Access Week 2025? 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