EMS Press has announced that all 22 journals in its Subscribe To Open (S2O) programme will be published as open access for the 2024 subscription period. This means that for the first time the Press’s annual journal output will be entirely open access, with a blend of S2O and Diamond publications.
EMS Press once again utilised its unique “solidarity model” which distributes shared package revenues to support titles with lower incomes, thus allowing them to achieve their sustainability thresholds. The team will then work to make these titles independently sustainable in future years. The model has been updated for the 2024 calculation to allow flexible packages - a revised version can be accessed here.
Details of the 2025 S2O round will be announced later this year. In the meantime, libraries, consortia, funders and other national groups are encouraged to get in touch if they would like to hear more about how they can proactively support the S2O initiative.
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