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--></style></head><body bgcolor="#FAFAFA" lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> OASPA <<a href="mailto:info@oaspa.org">info@oaspa.org</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 6, 2021 7:39 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:leti.kleyn@up.ac.za">leti.kleyn@up.ac.za</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Press release: COVID-19 research freely accessible, but research data sharing and preprinting are low</p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;background:#fafafa;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width:100.0%;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" style="width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td width="600" valign="top" style="width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="max-width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td valign="top" style="background:#fafafa;padding:6.75pt 0in 6.75pt 0in"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 0in 0in 0in"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td width="600" valign="top" style="width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#656565"><a href="https://mailchi.mp/oaspa/press-release-covid-19-research-freely-accessible-but-research-data-sharing-and-preprinting-are-low?e=968b718207" target="_blank"><span style="color:#656565">View this email in your browser</span></a> </span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="background:white;padding:6.75pt 0in 0in 0in;background:cover;background-size:cover" id="templateHeader"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;min-width:100%"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;min-width:100%"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img border="0" width="198" height="69" style="width:2.0625in;height:.7187in" id="_x0000_i1029" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/ff27c49b4cb51715a891f73a8/images/55ea6a20-185d-496a-83ce-32adc425adbf.jpg"></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid #eaeaea 1.5pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 6.75pt 0in;background:cover;background-size:cover" id="templateBody"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 0in 0in 0in;min-width:100%"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td width="600" valign="top" style="width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;max-width:100%;min-width:100%"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;word-break:break-word"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><strong><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">Sharing on behalf of RoRI and the C-19 rapid review group</span></i></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><br><br>We have seen the benefits of open science during the pandemic and a new report from RoRI and the C-19 rapid review group shows that papers on COVID-19 were published faster, and were open access, but open data and preprinting remained stubbornly low. There is no magic bullet. If society is to truly benefit from open science, all stakeholders in the scholarly publishing ecosystem need to intensify efforts to improve the situation.<br><br>Please see today's <a href="https://oaspa.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff27c49b4cb51715a891f73a8&id=03676f8c56&e=968b718207" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007c89">press release</span></a> for full information and a link to <a href="https://oaspa.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff27c49b4cb51715a891f73a8&id=cd6fcc3875&e=968b718207" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007c89">the report</span></a> as well as contact details for those involved.<br><br>Best wishes,<br>Bernie<br><br><br></span><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#666666">Bernie Folan</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><br></span><span 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