American Chemical Society announces the launch of a new fully OA journal, JACS Au - January 17, 2020
The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced the launch of its latest open access journal, JACS Au. The journal (pronounced “JACS Gold”) represents a bold new step toward open science for the global chemistry community. The fully open access journal will… Read More
Cambridge University Press and Spanish National Research Council announce transformative Open Access agreement - January 16, 2020
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press has reached a transformative Open Access agreement with the Spanish National Research Council (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC). The three-year ‘read and publish’ deal is the first such agreement between a university press and Spanish research institutions, and the first… Read More
CMAJ drops paywall, all new CMAJ content is now freely accessible - January 15, 2020
All new CMAJ content is now freely accessible to everyone. All new Canadian Medical Association Journal content is now freely available online, with older material becoming available on March 1, 2020, effective immediately. Previously, CMAJ research articles, editorials and news stories were freely available, and other… Read More
Karger Publishers flips five journals to OA and concludes transformative agreements in the Czech Republic, Germany, and Switzerland - January 14, 2020
Scientific and medical publisher Karger Publishers continues to work actively toward a transition to Open Access (OA), including plans to ‘flip’, or convert, more journals from the subscription model to OA. By January 2020, five Karger journals have already become OA: Lifestyle Genomics, Gastrointestinal Tumors, Liver… Read More
Penn State joins major research universities to enact an open access policy to expand public accessibility of its research - January 14, 2020
Penn State has joined a growing list of major research universities to enact an open access policy to expand the public availability and accessibility of its research. Penn State's new open access policy will expand the public visibility and accessibility of University scholarship. The new open… Read More
IGI Global waives open access article processing charges throughout January 2020 - January 13, 2020
As researchers face a lack of funding to support publishing under open access and struggle with having their work widely discoverable, IGI Global is waiving article processing charges (APCs) when an author’s article is submitted and accepted under open access (OA) to a select list of… Read More
Springer Nature and Germany’s Projekt DEAL sign world’s largest transformative Open Access agreement - January 9, 2020
Springer Nature and MPDL Services GmbH on behalf of Projekt DEAL has announced that the formal contract for the world’s largest transformative Open Access (OA) agreement to date has been signed. Dated January 1, 2020, the agreement provides OA publishing services and full reading access to… Read More
National Science Review to now publish as a fully Open Access journal - January 6, 2020
Academic publisher Oxford University Press and China Science Press have announced that the National Science Review (NSR) will now publish as a fully Open Access journal. Launched in 2014, NSR is a scientific journal published in English under the auspices of the Chinese Academy of Sciences… Read More
Wiley and Bibsam sign OA agreement to include 45 Swedish Institutions - December 18, 2019
John Wiley & Sons Inc., a global leader in research and education, and Bibsam, a consortium of 85 higher education and research institutions, have announced a combined open access and subscription agreement that will take effect January 1, 2020. This 3-year agreement will provide 45 participating… Read More
Springer Nature urges cOAlition S not to lose the opportunity Transformative Journals offer to speed up the transition to OA - December 17, 2019
As the largest OA publisher, and the publisher that first floated the idea of Transformative Journals, Springer Nature is appealing to cOAlition S in an open letter not to lose the opportunity Transformative Journals offer to speed up the transition to OA. Unless changes are made… Read More
