Morressier closes $16.5m Series B and doubles down on its research integrity focus - January 24, 2024
Morressier, the Berlin-based startup transforming scholarly communications, has announced it has attracted $16.5m in investment in a Series B round led by Molten Ventures and with the participation of existing investors including Redalpine, Owl Ventures, and Cherry Ventures. This growth investment follows the company’s Series A round… Read More
The Microbiology Society and Fudan University announce open access agreement - January 24, 2024
The Microbiology Society has announced an agreement with Fudan University in China, starting in 2024. The Publish and Read model will allow affiliated researchers to publish an unlimited number of Open Access (OA) articles in the Society’s six peer-reviewed titles, as well as having… Read More
MUSE S2O Program aims to promote equitable participation and interdisciplinary content - January 24, 2024
Project MUSE, a leading platform of humanities and social sciences scholarship from non-profit publishers, has announced the MUSE Subscribe to Open (S2O) Program, launching in 2025. This collaborative effort marks an important step towards reshaping the landscape of equitable participation and access to a wide range of… Read More
Springer Nature extends transformative agreements with Japanese universities advancing the shift towards open access - January 22, 2024
Springer Nature has expanded its innovative pilot 2023 transformative agreement (TA) in Japan from 10 to 21 universities, all of which are part of the Research Universities Consortium (RUC). Researchers affiliated with any of the participating institutions in Japan can receive funding support to… Read More
MIT Press’s Direct to Open achieves annual funding goal, unlocks access to full 2024 monograph collection - January 22, 2024
In a significant move toward sustainable open-access publishing, MIT Press's Direct to Open (D2O) has announced the attainment of its full funding goal for the year 2024. Now entering its third year of operation, D2O is set to provide open access to 79 new monographs and edited… Read More
Royal Society Publishing partners with Kriyadocs to enhance dissemination of high-quality research - January 22, 2024
Kriyadocs has announced the addition of a new member to its vibrant and distinguished community of publishers. Royal Society Publishing has partnered with Kriyadocs, with a shared vision of advancing the dissemination of high-quality research. As the publisher’s solutions partner, Kriyadocs provides a host… Read More
