Social media sites about OA

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This list is part of the Open Access Directory.

  • This is a list of social-media sites focusing on open access. It generally omits sites for individuals, even if most of the posts or messages are about 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.

Facebook

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

Google+

LinkedIn

  • iCommons. A LinkedIn group launched April 18, 2008, by Diane Cabell.
  • Open Access. A LinkedIn group launched November 1, 2010 by Abby K.
  • The Open Group. A LinkedIn group launched October 28, 2008, by Carolina Grimm.
  • SPARC Europe. A LinkedIn group launched August 12, 2010 by Lars B.
  • Sciyo.com. A LinkedIn group launched May 6, 2010, by Drazen Prastalo.
  • SPARC Europe. A LinkedIn group launched August 12, 2010, by Lars B.

Twitter

  • Academic Commons. Twitter feed moderated by the Columbia University Center for Digital Research and Scholarship, launched February 2011.
  • Altmetric. Twitter feed launched August 2011.
  • ANDS. Twitter feed launched October 2011.
  • AOASG. Twitter feed by Ginny Barbour, launched May 2012.
  • bepress. Twitter feed launched March 2010.
  • BioMed Central. Twitter feed by Dan Caley and Alanna Orpen, launched May 2009.
    • Open Access Africa. Twitter feed related to BioMed Central-sponsored conference, launched May 2011.
  • BMJ_Open. Twitter feed launched August 2010.
  • Coursera. Twitter feed launched August 2011.
  • DM2E. Twitter feed launched March 2012.
  • DOAB. Twitter feed launched February 2012.
  • DOAJ. Twitter feed by Dominic Mitchell, launched December 2012.
  • DPLA. Twitter feed launched March 2013.
  • Dryad. Twitter feed launched December 2009.
  • edX. Twitter feed launched April 2012.
  • EIFL. Twitter feed launched December 2009.
  • ESA OpenScience. Twitter feed launched August 2013. An Ecological Society of America section devoted to #openscience.
  • FakePLoS. Twitter feed launched February 2012.
  • figshare. Twitter feed launched December 2010.
  • HEFCE. Twitter feed launched February 2009.
  • HSS Open Access. Twitter feed by the College of Humanities and Social Science at the University of Edinburgh, launched May 2013.
  • IDCE. Twitter feed launched August 2010.
  • KN. Twitter feed.
  • NCIS. Twitter feed from the National Coalition of Independent Scholars.
  • OI London. Twitter feed associated with the Open Institute.
  • OKCon. Twitter feed for the 2013 Open Knowledge Conference.
  • OpenDOAD. Twitter feed for The Directory of Open Access Repositories.
  • PASTEUR40A. Twitter feed from Open Access Policy Alignment Strategies for European Union Research.
  • Redalyc. Twitter feed (in Spanish). Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America and the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal. System developed by the University of the State of Mexico.
  • ScienceOpen. Twitter feed from Tibor Tscheke and Liz Allen.
  • SHERPA Services. Twitter feed, from Centre for Research Communications, University of Nottingham.
  • SPARC_Africa. Twitter feed, from the African Chapter of the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition.
  • UFScholComm. Twitter feed from the UF Libraries Scholarly Communications Office.