Jisc Collections and Frontiers announce national open access deal, researchers from 180 universities in the UK to benefit from the deal - November 26, 2019
Researchers from 180 UK universities can now benefit from a national open access deal agreed between Jisc Collections and Frontiers, the second largest fully open access publisher in the UK. This landmark deal provides a simplified and streamlined route to open access… Read More
ScienceOpen and Brepols Publishers partner to put European humanities research in a global context - November 26, 2019
The research discovery platform ScienceOpen is partnering with Brepols Publishers to integrate two new featured collections in interdisciplinary fields spanning the humanities/science divide into a global and interactive research environment. ScienceOpen’s partnership with Brepols Publishers – an international academic publisher of research in humanities founded in… Read More
Wellcome and KU Leuven are joining forces to transform great ideas and inventions into treatments and cures for diseases - November 26, 2019
The British health research foundation Wellcome and KU Leuven are entering into a partnership to foster a vibrant knowledge translation system for leveraging KU Leuven’s research excellence to deliver benefits for society. Effective January 1, 2020, both partners will invest in a… Read More
The Bibsam Consortium and Elsevier to sign new transformative agreement - November 25, 2019
The Bibsam Consortium is signing a Read & Publish agreement with Elsevier, a global information analytics business specialising in science and health. Under the deal, Swedish researchers will gain access to the publisher's 2000 journals once more. In addition, all Swedish research articles will be published… Read More
Universities UK convene new group to govern negotiations with publishers - November 25, 2019
Universities UK has convened a new group to support and enhance the mandate of Jisc in negotiating publishing agreements with major academic publishers. The formation of this new, high-level group recognises the importance of involving senior leaders from UK institutions in order to achieve sustainable, affordable… Read More
Frontiers partners with journal policy database TRANSPOSE to make science open - November 25, 2019
Frontiers has announced a partnership with journal policy database TRANSPOSE to achieve its aim to make science open. It is expected that this partnership with TRANSPOSE will enable Frontiers’ open-access policies to reach a wider audience. TRANSPOSE is an unbiased database of journal policies on open… Read More
