NIHR releases guidance and resources to facilitate open access policy implementation - March 28, 2022
The National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) has published a suite of guidance and resources to support stakeholders in the implementation of the revised NIHR open access publication policy, which applies to publications submitted from June 1, 2022. Following the announcement of the… Read More
Subscribe-to-Open 2022 Transparency Report for maths journals provides new metrics - March 28, 2022
EDP Sciences has released the Subscribe-to-Open (S2O) 2022 Transparency Report. The annual report details costs and prices related to the EDP Sciences-SMAI Subscribe-to-Open program for the applied mathematics journals they co-publish. As advocates of open science, both EDP Sciences and… Read More
Taylor & Francis Group collaborates with India’s Biotechnology Research Society to advance the country’s biotechnology research - March 24, 2022
Taylor & Francis Group has announced a publishing partnership with the Biotech Research Society, India (BRSI), a non-profit, scientific, professional society dedicated to promoting excellence and competence in the field of biotechnology. The aim is that BRSI members promote their biotechnology research to a wider audience by… Read More
Journal Comparison Service: cOAlition S extends the deadline for publisher registrations - March 24, 2022
cOAlition S is set to launch the Journal Comparison Service (JCS) in the Summer of 2022. JCS is a secure online platform that will help registered users from the research community better understand if the publishing fees they pay are commensurate with the services… Read More
University of Sussex becomes first UK institution to join PeerJ’s Three Year Membership Program - March 24, 2022
PeerJ has welcomed the University of Sussex to a Three Year Fixed Term Memberships Program. The University becomes the first UK institution to sign up for the program, which offers a low-cost alternative to Article Processing Charges for Open Access. Under the agreement, the… Read More
Switzerland and Frontiers reach national Open Access agreement - March 24, 2022
The Swiss research community has announced a new national publishing agreement with the open-access publisher Frontiers. Starting on March 1, 2022, this one-year pilot supports authors from 18 institutions, including hospitals, who will now be able to publish in Frontiers’ broad portfolio of 146 journals, hosted… Read More