Cranfield University renews flat fee publishing agreement with Frontiers - March 14, 2025
Cranfield University has extended its flat fee publishing partnership with Frontiers, a leading open-access publisher, for 2025. The agreement enables Cranfield researchers to publish in any Frontiers journal without article processing charges (APCs). By renewing the agreement, Cranfield ensures: • Unlimited publishing opportunities for… Read More
ASREN, TCC Africa, and PLOS launch open science initiative for North Africa - March 14, 2025
The Arab States Research and Education Network (ASREN), Training Centre in Communication (TCC Africa), and PLOS, have launched a regional open science initiative to expand research visibility and collaboration across North Africa. The initiative was introduced through a virtual webinar attended… Read More
CRKN and Érudit renew five-year agreement to advance Diamond Open Access - March 13, 2025
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and Érudit have signed a new five-year agreement (2025–2029) under the Partnership for Open Access (POA), strengthening support for non-commercial scholarly publishing in Canada. With 57 participating libraries, the agreement provides financial backing to 260 scholarly journals. Since… Read More
Global open-access initiative advances with Toluca-Cape Town Declaration - March 12, 2025
The Toluca-Cape Town Declaration marks a significant milestone in recognizing scientific knowledge as a public good, reinforcing the principles of Diamond Open Access. Adopted at the 2024 Global Summit in Cape Town, the declaration emphasizes community-led, non-commercial scholarly publishing. It highlights the importance of decolonizing research, amplifying… Read More
PKP reviews Open Monograph Press to strengthen open book publishing - March 10, 2025
The Public Knowledge Project (PKP) is undertaking a comprehensive review of Open Monograph Press (OMP), a tool developed to manage and publish open-access monographs, edited volumes, and scholarly editions. The review, led by Zoe Wake Hyde, PKP’s OMP Coordinator, aims to address the evolving needs of the… Read More
Canadian Science Publishing partners with Texas A&M University to expand open access - March 6, 2025
Canadian Science Publishing (CSP) has established a new Open Access publishing agreement with Texas A&M University, expanding publishing opportunities for researchers and increasing access to scientific knowledge. Since January 1, 2025, Texas A&M researchers have had full read access to CSP’s journal collection and… Read More
Biochemical Society journals transition to full open access in 2025 - March 5, 2025
The Biochemical Society has confirmed that all five of its journals will be published open access (OA) in 2025 under the Subscribe to Open (S2O) model. The following journals will be fully OA: • Biochemical Journal (Volume 482) • Clinical Science (Volume 139) • Biochemical Society Transactions… Read More
Frontiers and ZB MED mark second year of partnership to strengthen open access publishing in Germany - March 3, 2025
Frontiers has announced the continuation of its successful partnership with the German National Library of Medicine (ZB MED) into its second year. This renewed agreement, which builds on the collaboration established in 2024, further strengthens the commitment to advancing open science in Germany by… Read More
University of Kansas and Frontiers renew flat fee open access agreement for 2025 - March 3, 2025
The University of Kansas and open science platform Frontiers have renewed their open-access publishing partnership for an additional year. Initially established in 2024, this agreement maintains its terms to provide KU researchers with seamless, cost-free access to publish in all Frontiers journals. Through 2025,… Read More
Subscribe to Open threshold met: Journal of General Virology and Journal of Medical Microbiology now open access - February 28, 2025
The Microbiology Society has announced that it met its sustainability target for the Journal of General Virology and the Journal of Medical Microbiology under the Subscribe to Open (S2O) model for 2025. All content published in these titles in the next… Read More
