FIZ Karlsruhe to start transforming zbMATH information service into an OA platform - December 17, 2019
The Federal Republic of Germany and the Federal States are to support FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure in a strategic paradigm shift - zbMATH (Zentralblatt für Mathematik), the world-renowned mathematical information service that up to now has been available for a charge, will… Read More
IOP Publishing unveils new OA journal – Nano Express - December 13, 2019
IOP Publishing has announced the launch of Nano Express, a new open access addition to its materials science portfolio, which will compliment Nanotechnology and Nano Futures as a trio of connected titles dedicated to nanoscience. Nano Express will cover all areas of nanoscale science and technology… Read More
IOP Publishing unveils new open access journal – IOP SciNotes - December 11, 2019
IOP Publishing is introducing IOP SciNotes, a new peer-reviewed, open access journal that will enable researchers across the physical and environmental sciences to publish shorter research results and other related outputs, which may not be suited to the traditional full-length journal article format. With IOP SciNotes,… Read More
Jisc and IOP Publishing announce new transitional open access agreement - December 10, 2019
Researchers at up to 58 UK universities will soon benefit from a new open access (OA) ‘read and publish’ agreement between Jisc and IOP Publishing (IOPP), a pioneer in open access physics publishing. The four-year agreement begins January 1, 2020. It enables… Read More
Frontiers and University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf announce OA publishing agreement - December 10, 2019
The University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf (Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf / UKE) has established an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. The University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. As part of this support, the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf has entered… Read More
Jisc and five UK-based society publishers sign pilot transitional OA agreements - December 9, 2019
Jisc and five UK-based society publishers have signed pilot transitional open access (OA) agreements, now available to UK universities. The agreements are the first to result from work undertaken by Jisc Collections, negotiating with smaller publishers to offer a sustainable transition to OA. The Microbiology Society,… Read More
Natures Sciences Sociétés journal to be published in open access from January 2020 - December 4, 2019
The Natures Sciences Sociétés (NSS) journal will be published in open access from January 2020. The journal will be hosted and produced by EDP Sciences, which is actively supporting the transition of journals to open access. Articles will be freely accessible and published under a Creative… Read More
Jisc Collections and Frontiers announce national open access deal, researchers from 180 universities in the UK to benefit from the deal - November 26, 2019
Researchers from 180 UK universities can now benefit from a national open access deal agreed between Jisc Collections and Frontiers, the second largest fully open access publisher in the UK. This landmark deal provides a simplified and streamlined route to open access… Read More
Carnegie Mellon Publishing deal marks open access milestone - November 22, 2019
Carnegie Mellon University, a long time proponent of open-access research, is championing an international movement to revolutionise academic publishing.
The university recently reached a transformative agreement with the scientific publishing giant Elsevier that prioritises free and public access to the university’s research.… Read MoreThe Company of Biologists and Jisc announce two-year pilot transitional OA agreement from January 2020 - November 22, 2019
The Company of Biologists and Jisc have announced a two-year pilot transitional open access (OA) agreement from January 2020. The 'Read and Publish’ deal will permit researchers at participating institutions unlimited access to all three subscription journals from The Company of Biologists,… Read More
