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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 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

Royal Society of Chemistry launches new gold open access journal – RSC Chemical Biology - November 20, 2019

The Royal Society of Chemistry has announced the launch of RSC Chemical Biology – a new gold open access journal for exceptionally significant findings in chemical biology. Professor Hiroaki Suga from the University of Tokyo is leading the journal’s editorial board. His… Read More

BMJ unveils new OA journal on integrated care - October 31, 2019

Healthcare knowledge provider BMJ has added a new title to its expanding portfolio of more than 70 specialist journals, with the launch of the Integrated Healthcare Journal. Integrated Healthcare Journal is a new online only Open Access journal co-owned by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) and… Read More

Thieme expands specialist journal The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon by adding new OA offering - October 25, 2019

Thieme, a leading supplier of information and services contributing to the improvement of healthcare and health, is expanding the specialist journal The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon by adding the new Open Access offering Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology. All contributions to the new supplement are freely accessible… Read More

LARRP, CLACSO, JSTOR, and García Cambeiro launch Open Access pilot for Latin American monographs - October 25, 2019

A partnership led by the Latin American Research Resources Project (LARRP) in collaboration with the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO), JSTOR, and Latin American bookseller García Cambeiro is working toward introducing a sustainable Open Access model for monographs to be developed and supported by… Read More

SAGE and UNC-Chapel Hill Libraries announce new open access publishing agreement - October 23, 2019

Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has announced an open access pilot program with the University Libraries at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Beginning in 2020, the program will grant UNC-Chapel Hill access to SAGE Journals and provide funding to cover article publishing fees… Read More

IntechOpen adds about 2,000 titles to the Directory of Open Access Books - October 23, 2019

IntechOpen has added a first batch of around 2,000 of their 4,300 titles to the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB). The directory enables the search and discovery of Open Access books, increasing visibility for authors and helping their books reach a broader audience. The DOAB… Read More

The IET unveils new OA journal on quantum communication - October 18, 2019

The IET has launched a call for papers for a new gold open access journal in the field of quantum wireless communication. IET Quantum Communication will publish novel research and original survey articles focusing on the application of quantum information science to provide the security and… Read More