Pensoft launches Advances in Pollinator Research as diamond open access journal - February 20, 2026
Pensoft has launched Advances in Pollinator Research, a diamond open-access journal intended to unify pollinator science efforts. The journal was developed in collaboration with the European Union pollinator projects community. Advances in Pollinator Research (APR) is a multidisciplinary, community-driven, peer-reviewed journal focused on how… Read More
MDPI renews flat-fee publishing agreement with Universidad Católica de Valencia through 2026 - February 19, 2026
MDPI has renewed its Flat-Fee Publishing Agreement with the Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir (UCV) following the 2024–2025 agreement period. The renewal extends the agreement for the 2025–2026 year. The arrangement applies across MDPI’s portfolio of more than 500 peer-reviewed journals. Under… 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
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
Columbia University Libraries open access agreement offers 5% APC and CPC discount with IGI Global Scientific Publishing - February 17, 2026
IGI Global Scientific Publishing has entered into an open access publishing agreement with Columbia University Libraries. Through the agreement, Columbia University-affiliated authors receive a 5% discount on Article Processing Charges (APCs) and Chapter Processing Charges (CPCs) when publishing in IGI Global Scientific Publishing’s Open… Read More
JSTOR’s Path to Open titles surpass 2025 usage in five weeks, driving global open access growth - February 17, 2026
The first 100 titles made openly available through JSTOR’s Path to Open program have recorded higher usage in five weeks of open access than during the entire year of licensed access in 2025, according to new program data. According to JSTOR, the first 100… Read More
ACS and Case Western Reserve University announce new open access agreement - February 13, 2026
Authors affiliated with Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) are now able to publish open access journal articles in American Chemical Society (ACS) hybrid journals at no cost, with no yearly limits. The agreement was negotiated through OhioLINK and applies to articles… Read More
Springer Nature launches Nature Progress open access journal series within Nature Portfolio - February 12, 2026
Springer Nature has announced the launch of Nature Progress, a new Nature-branded journal series within the Nature Portfolio. The publisher has positioned the initiative as a response to community feedback, with Nature Progress journals intended to expand access to high-impact publishing for a broader range of researchers,… Read More
EMS Press confirms third year of full open access under Subscribe to Open - February 12, 2026
EMS Press, the publishing house of the European Mathematical Society (EMS), has announced a third consecutive year of full open access across all 22 of its Subscribe to Open (S2O) journals, after confirming that baseline sustainability thresholds have again been met. All articles published… Read More
University of Massachusetts Lowell enables open access publishing in Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press journals - February 11, 2026
The University of Massachusetts Lowell (UML) has announced that, effective January 2026, researchers affiliated with the institution can publish open access in gold or hybrid open access journals published by Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press without paying Article Processing… Read More
