CCC’s OA Intelligent software solution has been recognized with the 2025 Gold Award for Excellence in Publishing, Information Technology & Communications by the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP), highlighting its role in enabling scalable and sustainable open access strategies through data automation and institutional modeling.
The award, presented at SSP’s 47th Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, acknowledges CCC’s impact in transforming how publishers manage data enrichment, affiliation disambiguation, and agreement structuring to accelerate open access (OA) negotiations. The solution is part of CCC’s broader Scholarly Communications Suite, including RightsLink for Scientific Communications, RightsLink Author Services, and Ringgold Solutions.
Designed to replace time-consuming manual processes with AI-powered analytics, OA Intelligence allows publishers to model complex OA agreements, identify institutional publishing trends, and manage funder relationships. This helps reduce administrative burden while expanding deal-making opportunities with research institutions.
By streamlining the aggregation and analysis of metadata tied to article submissions, the tool enhances transparency and scalability—key factors as the publishing community continues to transition from subscription models to OA agreements. CCC has positioned OA Intelligence as a crucial resource for publishers navigating this transformation with institutional clients across geographies.
Beyond software solutions, CCC promotes copyright awareness and licensing education through resources and public engagement. Its online hub—focused on AI, Copyright & Licensing—offers curated content for publishers, technologists, and policymakers on emerging issues in rights management.
Founded in 1978, CCC has empowered content users with streamlined licensing solutions for internal content use. CCC’s non-exclusive voluntary collective licenses, like ACL for Business, Multinational Copyright License (MCL) for Business, ACL for Higher Education, ACL for Curriculum & Instruction, and ACL for Student Assessment . Beyond licensing, CCC offers one-stop access for users to request, receive, and pay for full-text content and content reuse permissions.
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