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[Open Access Interview] Elisabeth de Turkheim: Open access calls for even more rigorous peer review

The former director of INRA's Delegation for Evaluation, Elisabeth de Turkheim spoke to us about the need for rigorous evaluation of open access publications.

The quality of peer review in open access publishing is the subject of some worry in the scientific community. Is the evaluation of publications as rigorous as in traditional publishing? During Open Access Week 2013, Elisabeth de Turkheim, the former director of the Delegation for Evaluation at INRA (the French National Institute for Agricultural Research) gave us her view.

The quality of peer review in open access publishing is the subject of some worry in the scientific community. Is the evaluation of publications as rigorous as in traditional publishing? During Open Access Week 2013, Elisabeth de Turkheim, the former director of the Delegation for Evaluation at INRA (the French National Institute for Agricultural Research) gave us her view.

 

The third evening of Open Access Week 2013 in Paris was held at the University Pierre and Marie Curie. It focused on the theme “Open access and new communication media”.

 

More interviews from OAW 2013:

Christine Ollendorff: “Opening science to citizens is one of the main goals of open access.”

Hervé Le Crosnier - Open Access: a vector for democracy and education for all

Agnès Henri – EDP Sciences: The Role of the Scientific Publisher Today

The complete MyScienceWork playlist - "Open Access: The Actors"