Response to President Paul Hofheinz of The Lisbon Council regarding Elsevier and the Open Science Monitor - Green Tea and Velociraptors

"...This article is the full response to the press release from the President of the Lisbon Council. Here, I just quickly want to add that the reason that I am pursuing this is as a concerned European citizen, a strong supporter of the principles and practices of Open Science, and am receiving no support (beyond that on social media) or financial backing from any source.

As before, the original text in the press release is in italics, and my response in bold. ————–

Firstly, thank you to President Paul Hofheinz for taking the time to respond to the original article. Regarding these facts below, I am forced to highlight that two out of the five comments have been about my character, not the Open Science Monitor. Two have been relevant to the present discussion, but sadly only reiterate what we already mostly knew, without providing any answers to the numerous questions and points I have previously raised, along with other members of the global research community. The final point was about the capabilities of the Lisbon Council, something that I have never called into question. Furthermore, you have failed to demonstrate any aggression, hectoring, or innuendo, or any misinformation on my part, and have not clearly addressed any of the main points I have previously raised.

Dear Sir, Open Science is an increasingly important field, one for which the Lisbon Council for Economic Competitiveness and Social Renewal, a Brussels-based think tank, where I have the honour of serving as president, has been long committed. Our credentials and commitment to this vision are impeccable, and pre-date the time when open science became an important European objective. We are delighted that open access to publications and scientific data sharing are increasingly becoming the rule, rather than the exception. And we are prepared to continue working to make sure that the results of scientific research are properly and broadly disseminated as widely and quickly as possible – not so that we researchers might have even more to do, but so that we might all live in a society propelled towards and driven by the innovation that open science so clearly engenders...."