AOSIS is celebrating Open Access Week 2023! This year’s theme, ‘Community over Commercialisation’, aligns with our mission to democratise scholarly knowledge. We’ve curated three articles on open access  for you, please select each heading to read the full article:
1. Open access: A bridge to public interest amid commercialisation
2. Community over commercialisation: Combating knowledge monopolies in scholarly publishing
3. Knowledge for all: The rise and impact of open publishing platforms
By reading these articles, you’ll expand your horizons and deepen your understanding of the open access landscape.

We are pleased to announce that the AOSIS Laureatus Awards 2023 videos are ready for viewing. This year’s awards, divided into three videos, is hosted by AOSIS’ Executive Chairman, Dr Pierre de Villiers, and our Chief Executive Officer, Cecile de Villiers. The three award categories are the Journal Indexing Awards, Journal Article Citations Awards, and the Book Downloads Awards. We invite you to join us to recognise the remarkable achievements of our editors and authors at the AOSIS Laureatus Awards (click here). We eagerly anticipate observing the remarkable accomplishments that our editors and authors will achieve this year.

Watch https://bit.ly/45ZnNGi as Dr Reina-Marie Loader, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Media and Rights, shares a bit about herself and how she became involved in this field of study. She also shares her vision for the journal and what types of articles will be accepted for the publication. Read more at https://bit.ly/46ejN4n

AOSIS is proud to announce the launch of the Journal of Media and Rights (JMR), an interdisciplinary scholarly journal that welcomes papers that investigate the linkages between media and rights from a variety of perspectives. The journal aims to provide an innovative and diverse platform for the presentation and discussion of original research linking media scholarship with rights-based scholarship.

Visit the journal website at journalmediarights.org or find out more at https://bit.ly/45wreUy.