Japan Alliance of University Library Consortia for E-Resources (JUSTICE) and Elsevier have established a transformative agreement for advancing global access to Japan's scholarly publications through open-access publishing.
The three-year agreement is effective from 2024 to 2026 and is the largest of its kind to date in Japan and Asia. It aims to openly share and amplify Japan’s world-class research for the benefit of society. Moreover, the read-and-publish agreement will be made available through JUSTICE to Japanese universities.
57 member universities from the JUSTICE consortium were amongst the teams that participated in the discussion of the proposal, whose collective input contributed to the development of this unique framework tailored to the specific needs of Japanese institutions.
140 universities, including those that participated in the discussions, have already expressed interest in the transformative agreement and will benefit from preferential terms if each university decides to opt into it.
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