Friends, Please see https://council.science/current/news/members-vote-to-reform-scientific-publi... / These are the eight principles endorsed by the International Science Council’s Membership (in October 2021): 1. There should be universal open access to the record of science, both for authors and readers, with no barriers to participation, in particular those based on ability to pay, institutional privilege, language or geography. 2. Scientific publications should carry open licences that permit reuse and text and data mining. 3. Rigorous and ongoing peer review must continue to play a key role in creating and maintaining the public record of science. 4. The data and observations on which a published truth claim is based should be concurrently accessible to scrutiny and supported by necessary metadata. 5. The record of science should be maintained in such a way as to ensure open access by future generations. 6. Publication traditions of different disciplines should be respected, while at the same time recognizing the importance of inter-relating their contributions in the shared enterprise of knowledge. 7. Publication systems should be designed so that they continually adapt to new opportunities for beneficial change rather than embedding inflexible systems that inhibit change. 8. Governance of the processes of dissemination of scientific knowledge should be accountable to the scientific community. Please help reach this message reach all involved in science and research in India (scientists, students, academic and research institutions in the public and private sectors, research councils, funding agencies, librarians ... ...). Also, it would be a good idea for this forum to discuss each one of these principles. Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.