Global research and education leader Wiley has announced a new ground-breaking, four-year agreement with SANLiC (South African National Library and Information Consortium), a consortium of public South African higher education and research institutions, with the aim to deliver more open-access research and empower scholars across the country.
The agreement allows participating member institutions in South Africa to access all of Wiley’s journals, and grants researchers the ability to publish accepted articles open access in Wiley’s hybrid journals from the start of the agreement in early 2022. From January 2023, as part of a pilot scheme, researchers will also be able to publish in Wiley’s fully gold open access portfolio, including journals published by Hindawi. To amplify inclusive scholarship across the country, and break down barriers, Wiley will work closely with SANLiC and its members to deliver additional support to researchers, including comprehensive research publishing training workshops, online access to the Wiley Researcher Academy, and bespoke editorial resources.
Wiley has open access agreements with more than 30 partners globally and remains focused on facilitating the open access movement across the globe. Most recently, Wiley has partnered with institutions including the National Research Council of Science & Technology in the Republic of Korea, the Royal Danish Library, and the University of California to deliver more open-access research and facilitate an open future.
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