Can This Open Access Publishing Platform Attract Researchers’ Attention? | Katina Magazine

"Octopus, which was launched in 2022, is an open access research dissemination platform that allows researchers across disciplines to produce multiple “micro-publications” for a given research project, offering readers a realistic, detailed portrayal of the research process. Conceived as a way of toppling roadblocks in scientific publishing while maintaining a high degree of verifiable quality, Octopus reduces the time and administrative hurdles required for researchers to publish their work while enabling in-depth reproducibility and highlighting results that are not necessarily headline-grabbing or positive.

The platform is a project of the UK agency Jisc. A not-for-profit entity dedicated to technological enhancements to education and research, Jisc is funded by UK education bodies and membership subscriptions; neither Octopus nor Jisc profits from the platform...."