Operas Advocacy White Paper
Creators: name: Heinemann, Elisabeth
name: Bertino, Andrea
name: Donato, Francesca Di
name: Ekanger, Aysa
name: Giglia, Elena
name: Jędraszko, Barbara
name: Kaiser, Michael
name: Matthias, Lisa
name: Smaniotto, Alessia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Open Access
Open Science
advocacy
social sciences and humanities

description: This White Paper has been prepared by the OPERAS (Open Access in the European Research Area<br>
through Scholarly Communication) Working Group on Advocacy for Open Access Publishing in the<br>
Social Sciences and Humanities. OPERAS is a European research infrastructure for the development<br>
of open scholarly communication, particularly in the social sciences and humanities (SSH). The<br>
consortium comprises 36 organisations from 13 European countries and is coordinated by a core<br>
group of nine members. OPERAS’ members come from diverse backgrounds and include publishers<br>
and publication platforms, infrastructure providers, libraries, universities, and research organisations.

The paper addresses the importance of Open Science for the SSH, highlighting the role of a distributed<br>
research infrastructure like OPERAS in advocating for Open Access publishing models. Furthermore,<br>
the paper discusses the importance of the SSH in Open Science, showing how Open Science itself<br>
benefits from considering and accommodating the needs of researchers from different disciplinary<br>
backgrounds. While OPERAS does not endorse a specific Open Access publishing model, the<br>
infrastructure partners advocate for publication processes that can meet the present demand for<br>
Open Access, transparency, and open source tools in scholarly communication.

This document is intended for all stakeholders actively involved in Open Access in the SSH. This<br>
includes publishers and publication platforms as well as libraries and infrastructure providers.<br>
However, the White Paper ultimately focuses on advocacy targeting researchers at different career<br>
stages. In order to support stakeholders in advocating for Open Access, the White Paper presents the<br>
benefits of Open Access publishing for scholars, while also addressing common concerns in the SSH<br>
research community. These include, but are not limited to, reputation, research evaluation, financial<br>
issues, a general lack of information, intellectual property rights and other legal concerns, and the<br>
availability of Open Access publishing models.

This White Paper draws on experiences from OPERAS partners to illustrate researchers’ concerns and<br>
to develop a guide with FAQs and solutions to address these issues. The White Paper concludes with<br>
advocacy suggestion sheets tailored to different stakeholders involved in Open Access in the SSH.
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