"Towards Responsible Publishing" - Structured organisational feedback responses

Research Consulting and the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) were commissioned to determine to what extent the vision, mission and objectives set out in the TRP proposal serve the needs of the global research community. Through a consultative approach, we sought to assess whether there is appetite for the type of change proposed by cOAlition S in the TRP proposal. In addition, we aimed to understand how the ‘Towards Responsible Publishing’ proposal may be modified or refined to ensure it resonates with the research community and sees broad adoption; identify any showstoppers or unintended consequences and propose proactive measures to mitigate them, ensuring successful implementation; and ascertain whether the existing scholaly communication infrastructure can support this proposal and if not, identify where research funders can strengthen the infrastructure. 

As part of our consultation, we gathered structured organisational feedback from underrepresented groups and organisations in the scholarly communication ecosystem. We received responses from a total of 10 organisations, of which 9 were willing to be named publicly in the document enclosed below and 1 opted to remain anonymous. We would like to thank our contributors, which include (in alphabetical order) Abel Laerte Packer (sciELO), Arianna Becerril García (Redalyc), Consejo Directivo LA Referencia, Red Latinoamericana y de España para la Ciencia Abierta (LA Referencia), Dominique Babini (CLASCO), Iryna Kuchma (EIFL), Kazuhiro Hayashi (NISTEP), Laura Rovelli (CLASCO), Milica Ševkušić (EIFL), Moumita Koley (IISc), Susan Veldesman (ASSAf) and Takayuki Hayashi (GRIPS).