MIT Press opens 2027 funding cycle for Direct to Open - September 9, 2026
The MIT Press has announced the opening of its 2027 funding cycle for Direct to Open (D2O), following the completion of the 2026 program. The initiative invites libraries worldwide to support its diamond open access model, which provides scholarly books freely to readers. In… Read More
Knowledgespeak Editorial – AI Disclosure, Author Friction, and the Economics of Publishing - September 8, 2026
AI disclosure rates have assumed an aura of quantifiable precision. They are tracked, benchmarked, presented to editorial boards, and integrated into broader evaluations of research integrity. Yet two titles can report nearly identical figures while posing fundamentally different questions, logging responses via disparate mechanisms, and categorizing identical uses in opposing… Read More
Springer Nature white paper highlights sustained gold open access impact - September 8, 2026
Publishing research through gold open access (OA) continues to deliver the highest levels of usage, reach, and impact for authors, according to new evidence from Springer Nature. Eight years after the publisher first reported the advantages of gold OA, its latest findings confirm that… Read More
Peer Review Week 2026 to address capacity challenges in volume, speed, and quality - September 8, 2026
Peer Review Week (PRW) 2026 will be held from September 14–18, 2026, bringing together the global scholarly community to examine the theme “Peer Review Capacity: Volume, Speed, and Quality.” The theme reflects growing pressures across the research ecosystem. Rising submission volumes and expectations for faster decision‑making are… Read More
Gold open access reaches record share in 2025 - September 8, 2026
Gold open access (OA) reached its highest share in 2025, accounting for 44% of all global journal articles, reviews, and conference papers, according to the latest release of the STM Open Access Dashboard. Nearly two million research articles were published through gold OA that year, making it… Read More
Vanderbilt and Cambridge partner on open access book pilot - September 8, 2026
Vanderbilt University’s Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries and Cambridge University Press have established a new pilot program that expands Vanderbilt’s Evidence‑Based Acquisitions (EBA) ebook agreement to include open access book publishing opportunities for Vanderbilt authors. Cambridge’s EBA provides institutional access to its ebook collection… Read More
