Join the Johns Hopkins Libraries to celebrate International Open Access Week 2025, Oct. 20-24, an initiative held annually to inspire global momentum toward the open sharing of knowledge to address important social issues. This year's theme, Who Owns Our Knowledge, asks a pointed question about the present moment and how, in a time of disruption, communities can reassert control over the knowledge they produce.
A collaborative team consisting of the Sheridan Libraries, Welch Medical Library, Arthur Friedheim Library, and JHURA has planned a series of events designed to help Hopkins researchers and students explore how open access can expand the reach, visibility, and impact of their scholarly work. Complete information may be found on the Open Access Week at JH Libraries web page.
Keynote presentation
Friday, Oct. 24, 11 a.m. to noon: Reimagining Scientific Publishing: The Peer Community In (PCI) Revolution
As part of Open Access Week 2025, Thomas Guillemaud and Denis Bourguet, senior scientists at INRAE and co-founders of the groundbreaking Peer Community In (PCI) initiative, will deliver a keynote exploring a bold new vision for scholarly publishing. PCI offers a free, transparent, and community-driven alternative to traditional journals by organizing disciplinary communities of researchers who evaluate and recommend preprints. Join the JH Libraries to rethink the future of scholarly communication and consider how open, inclusive, and researcher-led models like PCI can reshape academia for the better.
Since its launch in 2017, PCI has grown into a global movement with over 20 thematic communities, 2,500+ participating scientists, and support from more than 200 institutions worldwide. Each PCI community, such as PCI Evolutionary Biology, PCI Ecology, and PCI Registered Reports, operates like a journal but without the financial and accessibility barriers. Recommenders (acting as editors) oversee rigorous peer review and publish openly accessible recommendations, complete with DOIs, making preprints citable and credible
Guillemaud and Bourguet will share insights into the origins of PCI, born from their critique of the costly and opaque traditional publishing system, and discuss how PCI empowers researchers to reclaim control over the dissemination of scientific knowledge.
Open to all. Register at this link.
Classes
Open to the Hopkins community only.
Monday, Oct. 20, noon: Open Access Publishing Basics
Tuesday, Oct. 21, noon: Choosing Open Licenses for Your Research Data and Software
Thursday, Oct. 23, noon: ORCID iD and SciENcv Biosketches: Getting Started with Researcher Profiles
Thursday, October 23, noon: Preparing to Share Human Participant Data in a Repository
