Acta Acustica and CNRS conclude pure publish OA deal - May 12, 2020
Acta Acustica and the CNRS (le Centre national de la recherche scientifique) have announced the successful conclusion of a pure publish open access agreement which enables corresponding authors affiliated with selected CNRS laboratories to publish open access in Acta Acustica free of charge. The agreement with the CNRS is the… Read More
Amsterdam University Press launches OA Journal of European Landscapes on ARPHA - May 12, 2020
The Amsterdam University Press (AUP) has launched an openly accessible peer-reviewed academic outlet Journal of European Landscape (JEL), with the aim to bridge the gap between heritage and future-proof landscapes, between local and international perspectives, and between what is and what is only in the eye… Read More
AAP submits comments to administration concerning open access policy for peer-reviewed journals - May 8, 2020
The Association of American Publishers has submitted public comments in response to a White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Request for Information on ‘Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications, Data and Code Resulting From Federally Funded Research.’ As… Read More
More open access for CERN authors with a new agreement with IOPP - May 7, 2020
CERN has signed a ‘publish and read’ agreement with IOP Publishing (IOPP) to make open-access (OA) share in scientific information gain more ground in 2020. All research articles by corresponding authors with a primary or secondary affiliation to CERN, including articles… Read More
Qatar National Library Consortium and Elsevier sign combined reading and publishing pilot agreement - May 6, 2020
Qatar National Library Consortium and Elsevier, a global leader in information analytics, specialising in science and health, have announced a new pilot agreement for fully open access publishing in Qatar, which represents the company's first combined reading and… Read More
University of Arizona and Frontiers extend open access publishing agreement - May 5, 2020
University of Arizona (UA) Libraries held an institutional membership trial agreement with Frontiers, enabling UA-affiliated corresponding authors to benefit from a 7.5 percent membership discount on article processing charges (APCs) until the end of 2019. The collaboration has now been further formalised and extended. Starting… Read More
IAVS and Pensoft launch open-access journal on vegetation classification on ARPHA platform - May 5, 2020
The International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS) decided to launch a gold open-access academic journal, titled Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS), last summer. IAVS, at that time, signed a contract with scientific publisher and technology provider Pensoft and its self-developed innovative, fast-track… Read More
The International Journal of Public Health transitions to Open Access - May 4, 2020
The International Journal of Public Health has announced its transition from a subscription model to Gold Open Access, effective January 2021. The journal, which celebrates its 100th anniversary soon, is owned by the Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+). The journal will also be transferring from its current publisher… Read More
Oxford University Press unveils new OA journal series - May 1, 2020
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced the first two titles in the new flagship open access journal series. The Oxford Open series launches with Oxford Open Immunology and Oxford Open Materials Science. This is seen as an important step forward in OUP’s open access… Read More
Biochemical Society and Portland Press suspend paywalls on all published content - May 1, 2020
Portland Press is suspending paywalls on all content published across the Biochemical Society’s seven journals until further notice to support the global research community during the current Covid-19 pandemic. This means access to articles will be freely available to all, whether working remotely or in a… Read More
