Elsevier and Washington State University partner to expand open access publishing - February 27, 2025
Elsevier, a global leader in scientific information and analytics, has joined forces with Washington State University (WSU) in a landmark partnership aimed at advancing open access publishing. The two institutions have announced a new Read and Publish (R&P) agreement for 2025, which will empower… Read More
Shiv Nadar University Delhi-NCR and Springer Nature expand global access to research with open access agreement - February 27, 2025
Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR, and Springer Nature have signed a Fully Open Access (FOA) Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the India Sustainability Conclave 2025. The MoU also includes a partnership with the Cureus series of journals covering engineering, computer science, business, and economics. This… Read More
Canadian Science Publishing partners with UNAM to expand open access - February 26, 2025
Canadian Science Publishing (CSP) has announced a new Open Access publishing agreement with Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), aimed at expanding access to scientific research and fostering global collaboration. Starting January 1, 2025, researchers at UNAM will have full-read access to CSP’s entire journal collection. Additionally,… Read More
Canadian Science Publishing partners with the University of Tokyo for open access agreement - February 21, 2025
Canadian Science Publishing (CSP) is pleased to announce a new Open Access publishing agreement with the University of Tokyo, effective January 1, 2025. This partnership will provide University of Tokyo researchers with enhanced access to CSP’s extensive journal portfolio and offer expanded publishing opportunities.… Read More
MDPI renews partnership with CSAL to support Swiss Universities - February 21, 2025
MDPI has announced the renewal of its partnership with CSAL (Swiss Consortium of Academic Libraries) for 2025, reaffirming its commitment to advancing open access publishing in Switzerland. This renewed agreement will benefit leading Swiss universities, including ETH Zurich and EPFL Lausanne, alongside twenty other… Read More
EIFL expands open access publishing agreements to 2,927 journals - February 21, 2025
EIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries) has significantly expanded its open access publishing agreements, offering corresponding authors from partner countries the opportunity to publish in 2,927 journals at waived or discounted Article Processing Charges (APCs). This marks a notable increase of 379 journals from 2024.… Read More
Norway renews national open access agreement with Frontiers for 2025 - February 13, 2025
Frontiers has renewed its national open access agreement with Norway for 2025, further cementing the country’s leadership in advancing open science. Originally signed in 2020 and facilitated by the Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research (Sikt), this agreement streamlines the publishing… Read More
Florida State University authors gain unlimited open access publishing and read access through new partnership with Canadian Science Publishing - February 12, 2025
Florida State University (FSU) researchers now have the opportunity to publish their work with unlimited Open Access and Read Access in Canadian Science Publishing (CSP) journals, thanks to a new partnership that eliminates Article Processing Charges (APCs). The partnership, effective from January 1, 2025,… Read More
PLOS announces 2024 price transparency update and ongoing commitment to equitable open access publishing - February 12, 2025
PLOS has released its annual Price Transparency Update, offering the academic community valuable insight into how its publication fees are allocated and used to support journal activities. This update includes reporting from the Plan S Journal Comparison Service, reflecting the publication fees for 2023 and the ways… Read More
Serbia adopts Open Science Platform 2.0, expanding commitment to open access research - February 12, 2025
The Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of Serbia has officially adopted the Open Science Platform 2.0, a comprehensive update to the country’s national open science policy. This new policy significantly broadens the scope of open science efforts, making open access (OA) mandatory for all publicly… Read More
