Social media sites about OA

From OAD

This list is part of the Open Access Directory.

• This is list of social media sites focusing on open access.

• When possible, please indicate when a given site was launched and who manages or moderates it. If a site's primary language is not English, then please indicate what it is.

• Alphabetical by category, and alphabetical within each category.

• Related lists in OAD: (1) Discontinued social media sites about OA, (2) Blogs about OA and (3) Discussion forums.

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Contents 1 Facebook 2 Google+ 3 LinkedIn 4 Twitter

[edit] Facebook

• Access to Research Now! A Facebook group from the student-run Right to Research Coalition.

• BioMed Central. Facebook group.

• Communia. Facebook group.

• Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR). Facebook group.

• Creative Commons. Facebook group.

• EIFL. Facebook group.

• My Open Archive. Facebook group.

• Open Access India. Facebook group.

• Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association. Facebook group, created by Caroline Sutton.

• Open Data. A Facebook group. In English and Japanese.

• Open Knowledge Foundation Network. Facebook group.

• Open Science. Facebook group.

• PLoS. Facebook group.

• Right to Research Coalition. Facebook group.

• Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition. Facebook group.

[edit] Google+

• BioMed Central. Google+ page.

• Creative Commons. Google+ page.

• EIFL. Google+ page.

• Omega Alpha Open Access. Google+ page.

• Open Access Foundation. Google+ page.

• Open Access India. Google+ page.

• Open Access Tracking Project (OATP). A Google+ page launched November 11, 2011, by Peter Suber.

• Open Science Federation. Google+ page.

• PLoS. Google+ page.

[edit] LinkedIn

• Archives*Open Network. A LinkedIn group launched December 24, 2008, by David Kemper.

• BioMed Central (BMC). A LinkedIn group launched September 19, 2008, by Bryan Vickery.
  • Authors and Editors. A LinkedIn group launched February 26, 2010, by BMC.
  • Libraries, Research Funders and Open Access. A LinkedIn group launched April 29, 2010, by BMC.
  • Technology for Publishing. A LinkedIn group launched March 4, 2010, by BMC.

• Conservation Commons. A LinkedIn group launched July 31, 2009, by Asghar Fazel.

• Digitale Bibliotheek. A LinkedIn group launched March 14, 2009, by Karolien Selhorst.

• HealthForge - the Open Access Health Informatics Community. A LinkedIn group launched January 29, 2010, by John Jones.

• ICAR Scientists Forum for Open Access. A LinkedIn group launched January 8, 2009, by Sridhar Gutam. "ICAR" stands for Indian Council of Agricultural Research.

• iCommons. A LinkedIn group launched April 18, 2008, by Diane Cabell.

• Information Systems and Organizations Research (ISOR). A LinkedIn group launched November 13, 2009, by Jesus Marcelo Ramirez Arias. The discussion forum for an OA journal.

• NDLTD - Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations. A LinkedIn group launched June 12, 2009, by Edward Fox.

• Open Access India. A LinkedIn group launched February 29, 2012 by Sridhar Gutam.

• Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA). A LinkedIn group launched October 7, 2009, by Caroline Sutton. Converted from private to public August 2011.

• Open Knowledge Foundation. A LinkedIn group launched August 4, 2008, by Jonathan Gray.

• The Open Group. A LinkedIn group launched October 28, 2008, by Carolina Grimm.

• Open Science Supporters. A LinkedIn group launched January 2, 2010, by Jonathan Eisen.

• Readers, Authors, Editors, and Peer-Reviewers of JMIR. A LinkedIn group launched January 16, 2008, by Gunther Eysenbach. "JMIR" stands for Journal of Medical Internet Research.

• Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition. A LinkedIn group launched November 21, 2011, by Jennifer McLennan.

• Sciyo.com. A LinkedIn group launched May 6, 2010, by Drazen Prastalo.

• SPARC Europe. A LinkedIn group launched August 12, 2010, by Lars B.

• Surgical Neurology International. A LinkedIn group launched June 1, 2010, by Pieter Kubben. The discussion forum for an OA journal.

• VOA3R . A LinkedIn group launched June 11, 2010, by Alberto Abián Belmonte. "VOA3R" stands for Virtual Open Access Agriculture & Aquaculture Repository.

[edit] Twitter

• Alliance for Taxpayer Access (ATA). Twitter feed.

• BioMed Central. Twitter feed.
  • Open Access Africa. Twitter feed related to BioMed Central-sponsored conference, launched in 2010.

• Communia EU Network. Twitter feed.

• Confederation of Open Access Repositories. (COAR). Twitter feed.

• Creative Commons. Twitter feed.

• DuraSpace Community. Twitter feed.

• EIFL. Twitter feed.

• My Open Archive. Twitter feed.

• OA EU Infrastructure. Twitter feed.

• OA-Netzwerk. Twitter feed. In German.

• Open Access Directory. Twitter feed.

• Open Access Now. Twitter feed, curated by Andrew Spong.

• Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA). Twitter feed, by Caroline Sutton.

• Open Access Publishing in European Networks (OAPEN). Twitter feed.

• Open Access Tracking Project (OATP). Twitter feed.

• Open Book Alliance. Twitter feed.

• Open Humanities Press. Twitter feed.

• Open Science Federation. Twitter feed.

• PLoS. Twitter feed.
  • PLoS Biology. Twitter feed.
  • PLoS Blogs. Twitter feed.
  • PLoS Computational Biology. Twitter feed.
  • PLoS Currents: MD. Twitter feed.
  • PLoS Medicine. Twitter feed.
  • PLoS ONE. Twitter feed.
  • PLos Pathogens. Twitter feed.

• Repositories Support Project (RSP). Twitter feed.

• Right to Research Coalition. Twitter feed.

• Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC_NA). Twitter feed.

• SHERPA Services. Twitter feed, from Centre for Research Communications, University of Nottingham.

• SPARC Europe. Twitter feed.

• Springer Open. Twitter feed.

• VOA3R. Twitter feed.

• Wiley Open Access. Twitter feed.