ResearchGate expands Journal Home partnership with UC Press to 30 journals - February 19, 2026
ResearchGate and University of California Press (UC Press) have expanded their Journal Home partnership to cover 30 UC Press journals. The expansion increases coverage across disciplines including History, Sociology, Asian Studies, and Psychology. UC Press initially piloted five journals in Journal… Read More
Wiley expands Advanced Portfolio into life, health, and social sciences with eight new journals - February 18, 2026
Wiley has announced plans to significantly expand the Advanced Portfolio into life, health, and social sciences disciplines, including the launch of eight new journals by the end of 2026 and additional titles in the following years. The expansion will provide researchers in life, health,… Read More
Royal Society journals to become open access in 2026 through Subscribe to Open - February 18, 2026
The Royal Society has confirmed that its eight subscription journals will be published as open access in 2026 under its Subscribe to Open (S2O) strategy, supported by libraries. As a result, research published in journals including Proceedings of the Royal Society and Philosophical Transactions… Read More
COAR and ASAPbio form Interim Working Group to establish Publish, Review, Curate Alliance - February 18, 2026
The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) and ASAPbio have formed an Interim Working Group in January 2026 to discuss establishing a more coordinated effort to advance the Publish, Review, Curate (PRC) model. During the first six months of 2026, the group is… Read More
Registration opens for SSP’s 48th Annual Meeting in California - February 18, 2026
Registration has opened for the Society for Scholarly Publishing’s (SSP) 48th Annual Meeting, scheduled to take place May 27–29, 2026, at the Gaylord Pacific Resort & Convention Center in Chula Vista, California. This year’s program is framed around a central tension in scholarly communication: how to adapt… Read More
OA2020 working group examines financial flows to advance equitable investment in open access publishing - February 18, 2026
As the global transition to open access continues, OA2020 has launched a collaborative effort to examine how financial flows in scholarly publishing can be realigned to support equitable and transparent open dissemination. Despite substantial funds circulating within the scholarly communication ecosystem, these resources remain largely structured around… Read More
