Journal of Applied Sports Sciences joins ARPHA platform to expand open access reach - August 25, 2025
The Journal of Applied Sports Sciences (JASS) has transitioned to the ARPHA science publishing platform, adopting its digital publishing infrastructure to enhance accessibility and visibility of research in sports sciences. Published by the National Sports Academy “Vassil Levski” (NSA) in Sofia,… Read More
Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser and Springer Nature collaborate to advance research integrity and open access in Tier 2 and Tier 3 institutions - August 21, 2025
The Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the Government of India and Springer Nature have announced a collaboration aimed at strengthening awareness of research integrity, open access, and evolving scholarly publishing practices across India’s Tier 2 and Tier 3 academic institutions. The partnership is anchored… Read More
OSC issues guidance on revised NIH public access policy - August 21, 2025
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has implemented a revised public access policy, effective for all NIH-funded articles accepted for publication after July 1, 2025. Given NIH’s role as a major funder of research at the University of California, the changes are expected to affect many UC-affiliated… Read More
UA Little Rock joins MDPI open access program - August 20, 2025
The Ottenheimer Library at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has joined MDPI’s Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP), providing researchers with discounted publishing options. MDPI publishes 478 open access journals, including 469 peer-reviewed journals and 9 conference journals across multiple disciplines. Under the agreement, UA Little… Read More
EIFL and Mathematical Sciences Publishers renew agreement for three years - August 19, 2025
EIFL has renewed its agreement with Mathematical Sciences Publishers (MSP) for another three years. The agreement provides free access to 19 peer-reviewed journals for institutions in 29 EIFL partner countries. MSP, a scholar-led non-profit publisher, issues journals in mathematics and engineering and automatically includes… Read More
IReL supports over 10,000 open access publications - August 18, 2025
Ireland’s IReL has enabled the open access publication of more than 10,000 research articles, marking a significant milestone in advancing open scholarship. According to data contributed to OpenAPC, 10,382 articles have been supported under agreements negotiated with 69 academic publishers. The Higher Education Authority… Read More
Frontiers and Delft University of Technology sign flat fee open access agreement for 2025 - August 13, 2025
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) and Frontiers have expanded their partnership with a 2025 flat-fee open access publishing agreement. In place since 2014, the collaboration supports open science, research accessibility, and sustainable academic publishing. Under the agreement, TU Delft researchers can publish unlimited… Read More
CABI and Agricultural Research Council sign three-year publication agreement - August 11, 2025
CABI, a not-for-profit scientific research and publishing organization, has entered into a three-year publication agreement with South Africa’s Agricultural Research Council (ARC). The arrangement covers author fees in full for publishing in CABI’s open access journals and includes read access to several additional publications. The agreement enables… Read More
OpenAIRE helps shape global Open Science monitoring principles - August 8, 2025
The newly released Principles of Open Science Monitoring outline a global framework for tracking and supporting Open Science practices through inclusive, transparent, and responsible monitoring approaches. Developed by the Open Science Monitoring Initiative (OSMI), the Principles were shaped by input from nearly 200 experts across six continents… Read More
Royal Society to transition all journals to open access in 2026 via Subscribe to Open - August 7, 2025
The Royal Society has approved plans to make its entire journal portfolio fully open access in 2026 by adopting the Subscribe to Open (S2O) model. Under the agreement reached in July 2025, institutional subscribers will be invited to continue their subscriptions in 2026 in… Read More
