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This list is part of the Open Access Directory.
- This is 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.
- Related lists in OAD: (1) Discontinued social media sites about OA, (2) Blogs about OA and (3) Discussion forums.
- Access to Research Now! A Facebook group from the student-run Right to Research Coalition.
- Beall's List of Predatory Open-Access Publishers. Facebook group.
- BioMed Central. Facebook group.
- Communia. Facebook group.
- Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR). Facebook group.
- Creative Commons. Facebook group.
- EIFL. Facebook group.
- De Gruyter Open. Facebook group.
- My Open Archive. Facebook group.
- Open Access India. Facebook group.
- F1000Research. Facebook group.
- Science Open. Facebook group.
- eLife. Facebook group.
- Frontiers. Facebook group.
- PeerJ. 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.
Google+
- Academic Publishing. Google+ community.
- Altmetrics. Google+ community.
- Berlin 10 Open Access Conference. Google+ page.
- BioMed Central (BMC). Google+ page.
- Center for Digital Research and Scholarship. Google+ page.
- Creative Commons (CC). Google+ page.
- Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL). Google+ page.
- Free Law. Google+ community.
- ImpactStory. Google+ page.
- InTech Open Access Publisher. Google+ page.
- Libertas Academica. Google+ page.
- Knowledge Unlatched. Google+ page.
- Mendeley. Google+ community.
- MDPI - Open Access Publishing. Google+ page.
- Omega Alpha Open Access. Google+ page.
- Open Access. Google+ community.
- 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 Access Yarn. Google+ page.
- Open Government. Google+ community.
- Open Knowledge. Google+ page.
- Open Knowledge United States. Google+ page.
- Open Science. Google+ community.
- Open Science Federation. Google+ page.
- Open Science Sweden. Google+ community.
- Office for Scholarly Communication, Harvard University. Google+ page.
- OSTI: Office of Scientific & Technical Information. Google+ page.
- PubChase. Google+ page.
- Public Library of Science (PLoS). Google+ page.
- ScholRev Page. Google+ page.
- ScienceOnline. Google+ community.
- UC Davis ICIS. Google+ page.
- 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. A LinkedIn group launched November 1, 2010 by Abby K.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Academic Commons. Twitter feed from Columbia University.
- @ccess Initiative. Twitter feed.
- AccesstoScience. Twitter feed.
- Acesso Livre Brazil. Twitter feed.
- Akada Network. Twitter feed.
- Alliance for Taxpayer Access (ATA). Twitter feed.
- Altmetric. Twitter feed.
- ANDS. Twitter feed.
- AnvilAcademic. Twitter feed.
- Authors Alliance. Twitter feed.
- bepress. Twitter feed.
- BioMed Central. Twitter feed.
- Open Access Africa. Twitter feed related to BioMed Central-sponsored conference, launched in 2010.
- BMJ_Open. Twitter feed.
- bouchout declaration. Twitter feed.
- Bristol Open Access. Twitter feed from the University of Bristol.
- Cambridge OpenAccess. Twitter feed.
- Closed Access J. Twitter feed.
- Communia EU Network. Twitter feed.
- Communia Association. Twitter feed.
- Confederation of Open Access Repositories. (COAR). Twitter feed.
- Connexions Twitter feed.
- Creative Commons. Twitter feed.
- CORE. Twitter feed.
- Coursera. Twitter feed.
- De Gruyter Open. Twitter feed.
- depositMOre. Twitter feed.
- Digital Commons Library. Twitter feed.
- Digital Initiative at Harvard Business School. Twitter feed.
- Digital Scholarship @ Harvard. Twitter feed.
- DigitalKoans. Twitter feed.
- DigitalMedia&Science. Twitter feed.
- DM2E. Twitter feed.
- DOAJ. Twitter feed.
- DPLA. Twitter feed.
- Dryad. Twitter feed.
- DuraSpace Community. Twitter feed.
- EC Open Data Policy. Twitter feed.
- edX. Twitter feed.
- EIFL. Twitter feed.
- elife_sciences. Twitter feed.
- ESA OpenScience. Twitter feed. An Ecological Society of America section devoted to #openscience.
- The European Library. Twitter feed.
- ExploringTheOpens. Twitter feed.
- F1000Research. Twitter feed.
- Fair Use Week. Twitter feed.
- Fake Elvesier. Twitter feed.
- FakePLoS. Twitter feed.
- figshare. Twitter feed.
- Flat World Education. Twitter feed.
- Foster Open Science. Twitter feed.
- FW Open Access. Twitter feed.
- geocommons. Twitter feed.
- GigaScience. Twitter feed.
- Hack Your PhD. Twitter feed.
- Hague Declaration. Twitter feed.
- HathiTrust. Twitter feed.
- HEFCE. Twitter feed.
- HSS Open Access. Twitter feed from the Open Access Tea, at the College of Humanities and Social Science at the University of Edinburgh.
- IDCE. Twitter feed.
- I Love Open Access. Twitter feed.
- ImpactStory. Twitter feed.
- Islandora Project. Twitter feed.
- Jean Francois Dechamp. Twitter feed.
- Jisc. Twitter feed.
- JISC Collections. Twitter feed.
- Journalysis. Twitter feed.
- Kismet Press. Twitter feed.
- KN. Twitter feed.
- Knowledge Unlatched. Twitter feed.
- LIBER Europe. Twitter feed.
- LIBRE. Twitter feed.
- Libraccess. Twitter feed.
- LSE Research Online. Twitter feed from The London School of Economics.
- Massive Open. Twitter feed.
- mBio. Twitter feed.
- McDawg. Twitter feed.
- MedOANet. Twitter feed.
- Miami U Open Access. Twitter feed.
- MIT OpenCourseWare. Twitter feed.
- My Open Archive. Twitter feed.
- NCBI_PubMed. Twitter feed.
- NCIS. Twitter feed from the National Coalition of Independent Scholars.
- New Prairie Press. Twitter feed.
- NewEducationHighway. Twitter feed.
- OA EU Infrastructure. Twitter feed.
- OA-Netzwerk. Twitter feed. In German.
- oapen-uk. Twitter feed.
- OARRER. Twitter feed.
- OER Africa. Twitter feed.
- OER Commons. Twitter feed.
- OI London. Twitter feed associated with the Open Institute.
- OKCon. Twitter feed for the 2013 Open Knowledge Conference.
- OKFestival. Twitter feed.
- OKFN. Twitter feed.
- OKFN Labs. Twitter feed.
- Open Access. Twitter feed.
- Open Access Africa. Twitter feed.
- OAAmbassadors. Twitter feed.
- Open Access Belgium. Twitter feed.
- Open Access Button. Twitter feed.
- Open Access Directory. Twitter feed.
- Open Access Greece. Twitter feed.
- Open Access in Oz. Twitter feed.
- Open Acces HSS. Twitter feed.
- Open Access India. Twitter feed.
- Open Access Japan. Twitter feed.
- Open Access Key. Twitter feed.
- Open Access Now. Twitter feed, curated by Andrew Spong.
- Open Access Oxford. Twitter feed from Oxford University.
- Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA). Twitter feed, by Caroline Sutton.
- Open Access Project. Twitter feed.
- Open Access Publishing in European Networks (OAPEN). Twitter feed.
- Open Access SA. Twitter feed.
- Open Access Spain. Twitter feed.
- Open Access Sheffield. Twitter feed from the University of Sheffield.
- Open Access Tracking Project (OATP). Twitter feed.
- OPENatVT. Twitter feed.
- Open Access Yarn. Twitter feed.
- Open Book Alliance. Twitter feed.
- Open Book Publishers. Twitter feed.
- Open Culture. Twitter feed.
- Open Data Institute. Twitter feed.
- OpenDataMonitor. Twitter feed.
- Open Data Network. Twitter feed.
- Open Education Week. Twitter feed.
- Open Humanities Press. Twitter feed.
- Open History. Twitter feed.
- Open Journal Project. Twitter feed.
- Open Library. Twitter feed.
- Open Philosophy. Twitter feed.
- Open Praxis. Twitter feed.
- Open Repository. Twitter feed.
- Open Research Cambridge. Twitter feed.
- Open Research Exeter. Twitter feed from the University of Exeter.
- Open Science News by De Gruyter Open. Twitter feed.
- Open Science Federation. Twitter feed.
- Open Science Hulk. Twitter feed.
- Open Science Info. Twitter feed.
- Open Science Radio. Twitter feed.
- Open Science Reviewed. Twitter feed.
- Open Source Science. Twitter feed.
- Open.Michigan. Twitter feed.
- OpenAccessHulk. Twitter feed.
- OpenAccessArchives. Twitter feed.
- OpenAccessPress. Twitter feed.
- OpenCon 2014. Twitter feed.
- OpenData. Twitter feed.
- OpenDOAD. Twitter feed for The Directory of Open Access Repositories.
- OpenEdition. Twitter feed.
- OpenGenAlliance. Twitter feed.
- OpenLibHums. Twitter feed.
- OpenScienceLink. Twitter feed.
- OSC Harvard. Twitter feed.
- PASTEUR40A. Twitter feed from Open Access Policy Alignment Strategies for European Union Research.
- Peerage of Science. Twitter feed.
- PeerJ. Twitter feed.
- PeerLibrary. Twitter feed.
- PLoS. Twitter feed.
- PLoS Biology. Twitter feed.
- PLoS Blogs. Twitter feed.
- PLoS Computational Biology. Twitter feed.
- PLoS Currents: MD. Twitter feed.
- PLoS Labs. Twitter feed.
- PLoS Medicine. Twitter feed.
- PLoS ONE. Twitter feed.
- PLos Pathogens. Twitter feed.
- Press Forward. Twitter feed.
- PsychOpen. Twitter feed.
- Publons. Twitter feed.
- PubMed Commons. Twitter feed.
- RECODE. Twitter feed.
- Repositories Support Project (RSP). Twitter feed.
- Research Data Alliance. Twitter feed.
- Research Publishing. Twitter feed.
- Right to Research Coalition. Twitter feed.
- rOpenSci. Twitter feed.
- Rubriq News. Twitter feed.
- Sage Commons. Twitter feed.
- The SAI Organization. Twitter feed.
- scielo spain. Twitter feed.
- SHERPA/REF. Twitter feed.
- Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC_NA). Twitter feed.
- Science 2.0. Twitter feed.
- ScienceOnline. Twitter feed
- ScienceOpen. Twitter feed from Tibor Tscheke and Liz Allen.
- Search Engine BASE. Twitter feed.
- SHARE. Twitter feed.
- 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.
- SPARC Europe. Twitter feed.
- Springer Open. Twitter feed.
- SSRN. Twitter feed.
- SWORD Project. Twitter feed.
- Texas Digital Library. Twitter feed.
- TheCostOfKnowledge. Twitter feed.
- the Winnower. Twitter feed.
- Ubiquity Press. Twitter feed.
- UFScholComm. Twitter feed from the UF Libraries Scholarly Communications Office.
- UKCORR. Twitter feed.
- UKPMC. Twitter feed.
- UKOER. Twitter feed.
- UKRepNet. Twitter feed.
- Unglue.it. Twitter feed.
- VOA3R. Twitter feed.
- The Wikipedia Library. Twitter feed.
- Wiley Open Access. Twitter feed.
- ZENODO. Twitter feed.