Cambridge University Press and Jisc Collections announce major UK Open Access deal - February 13, 2019
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press and the Jisc Collections have reached a progressive agreement, which will enable UK universities and colleges to make a sustainable transition to publishing more Open Access content in the publisher's journals. JISC Collections provides UK academic institutions… Read More
IWA Publishing and Knowledge Unlatched make 14 book titles Open Access - February 11, 2019
IWA Publishing has announced that through their recent partnership with Knowledge Unlatched (KU), a library crowd-funding initiative, they have made 14 of their books Open Access. Titles are available to download for free on the IWA Publishing website, the KU platform and the Directory of Open… Read More
Oxford University Press launches Crohn’s & Colitis 360 - February 8, 2019
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced the launch of Crohn's & Colitis 360, an open access, peer-reviewed, online-only forum for the publication of novel research and insights across key disciplines in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) care. Crohn's & Colitis 360, the Crohn's & Colitis… Read More
MDPI announces OA agreement with Austrian Academic Library Consortium and Austrian Science Fund - February 7, 2019
Open access publisher Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) has announced the establishment of a fully transparent open access agreement with the Austrian Academic Library Consortium (KEMÖ) and the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). Through this national agreement, the 15 Austrian institutions as well as FWF will cover… Read More
Wolters Kluwer to publish Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research and Practice under Lippincott portfolio - February 5, 2019
Wolters Kluwer, Health has announced that the Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research & Practice, the official global journal of the International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS), will be published under the Lippincott portfolio. The Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research & Practice is an open access journal focused… Read More
Learned societies engage Information Power to help transition to OA and explore Plan S-compliant business models - February 4, 2019
Wellcome, in partnership with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), have engaged Information Power to explore a range of potential strategies and business models through which learned societies can… Read More
Dutch universities give OA another boost - February 1, 2019
The Dutch universities will give open access an extra boost from 2019 by starting a pilot titled 'You share, we take care' to make publications available after six months in collaboration with researchers. In order to achieve the Dutch ambition of 100% open access in 2020, agreements have been… Read More
UCL Press launches new open access megajournal – UCL Open - January 31, 2019
UCL Press has launched its new open access megajournal - UCL Open. The journal is now accepting academic research submissions. It is the first university megajournal providing an open access and transparent end to end publishing model, enabling research to be accessible to everyone. … Read More
BMJ launches new open access journal – Family Medicine and Community Health - January 30, 2019
Healthcare knowledge provider BMJ has added a new title to its growing portfolio of more than 60 specialist journals, with the launch of Family Medicine and Community Health. Working in partnership with the Chinese General Practice Press, the journal publishes original research, editorials, reviews and… Read More
SPIE and Chinese Laser Press publish inaugural issue of Advanced Photonics - January 29, 2019
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, and Chinese Laser Press (CLP), have published the inaugural issue of Advanced Photonics, a collaborative, open-access journal, featuring the most impactful fundamental and applied research across optics and photonics technologies. Articles in the first issue cover exciting… Read More
