Big Ten Academic Alliance and Wiley renew open access agreement through 2027 - August 25, 2026
The Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) and Wiley have renewed their open access publishing agreement, extending benefits for researchers through December 31, 2027. The updated terms are designed to maintain publishing opportunities while providing universities with a more predictable framework for managing costs. Under… Read More
De Gruyter Brill and Max Planck Society sign two‑year open access agreement - August 19, 2026
De Gruyter Brill and the Max Planck Society (MPG) have entered into a two‑year read‑and‑publish agreement. Under this arrangement, all 85 institutes of the Max Planck Society will have unrestricted access to De Gruyter Brill’s full journal portfolio, which includes imprints such as De… Read More
Penn Libraries establish open access agreements with Wolters Kluwer Health and Nature - August 14, 2026
The Penn Libraries has announced new open access agreements with Wolters Kluwer Health and Nature, effective July 1, 2026. The agreements, which run through 2029, expand the venues where Penn‑affiliated authors can publish open access without cost. Library leadership stated that… Read More
Taylor & Francis integrates with OA Switchboard to enhance research metadata sharing - August 12, 2026
Taylor & Francis has announced a partnership with OA Switchboard, a collaborative initiative designed to simplify the exchange of scholarly communications metadata and improve the visibility of published research. As part of the integration, Taylor & Francis will provide standardized metadata for all new… Read More
BMC launches three open access journals in clinical research - August 12, 2026
BMC has introduced three new fully open access journals—Immuno‑Oncology, Journal of Fibrosis, and Translational and Clinical Neuroinflammation—to support the translation of research into clinical practice. The journals are intended to provide dedicated platforms for fast‑moving research communities and form part of Springer Nature’s open… Read More
JMIR Publications and UMass Chan Medical School establish open access publishing agreement - August 6, 2026
JMIR Publications has entered into a partnership with the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (UMass Chan) to provide unlimited open access publishing through an institutional subscription. The agreement, funded by the Lamar Soutter Library at UMass Chan, replaces individual article processing fees with… Read More
Qassim University and Taylor & Francis sign one-year open access agreement - August 4, 2026
Qassim University in Saudi Arabia has entered into a one-year open access (OA) partnership with academic publisher Taylor & Francis. The agreement provides Qassim University researchers with support to publish OA in a wide range of journals, including those under the Taylor & Francis,… Read More
MIT Press launches open access journal on cognitive computational neuroscience - August 4, 2026
The MIT Press has announced the launch of Minds, Machines, and Brains, a new open access journal focused on cognitive computational neuroscience. The publication will cover research at the intersection of cognitive science, artificial intelligence, and neuroscience, aiming to advance theoretical and mechanistic understanding of intelligence and… Read More
De Gruyter eBound Foundation releases 2025 Annual Report on open access progress - July 30, 2026
The De Gruyter eBound Foundation has published its 2025 Annual Report, outlining progress in advancing open access book publishing and supporting bibliodiversity worldwide. The report notes that in its first two years, the foundation raised $1.6 million for the University Press Library Open (UPLOpen)… Read More
IEEE and TIB Consortium expand open access publishing for German institutions - July 28, 2026
Since late 2025, researchers at 23 German institutions have been able to publish articles in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) pure Open Access journals without directly paying article processing charges (APCs). This arrangement was made possible through a new TIB‑Consortium, which provides participating institutions… Read More
