MDPI signs first consortium agreement in North America with Canadian federal science libraries - July 16, 2025
The Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), a fully open access publisher, has signed its first North American consortium agreement with the Federal Science Libraries Network (FSLN) of Canada. The two-year agreement enables five Canadian federal agencies to participate in MDPI’s Institutional… Read More
Eindhoven University of Technology and JMIR Publications establish unlimited open-access publishing agreement - July 11, 2025
The Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and JMIR Publications, a leading open-access publisher in digital health research, have entered into an agreement granting TU/e faculty and affiliated researchers unlimited open-access publishing rights across JMIR’s complete journal portfolio. Under this landmark two-year arrangement, beginning July 1, 2025,… Read More
B17 outcomes reinforce open access goals and collective publishing reform - July 10, 2025
The OA2020 Initiative has released a summary report outlining key outcomes from the 17th Berlin Open Access Conference (B17), held earlier this year. The event convened national delegations from research institutions and libraries to assess global progress in open access transition… Read More
NIH to introduce cap on publisher fees to promote open access - July 9, 2025
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) will introduce a cap on how much publishers can charge NIH-supported scientists to make their work publicly accessible. Scheduled to take effect in Fiscal Year 2026, the move aims to curb excessive article processing charges (APCs), promote transparency, and ensure… Read More
University of Miami enters flat fee open access publishing agreement with Frontiers - July 2, 2025
The University of Miami has entered into a flat fee open access publishing agreement with Frontiers. Under this model, researchers affiliated with the University can publish in selected peer-reviewed journals from Frontiers without incurring article processing charges (APCs), as these costs will be fully… Read More
DIAMAS outputs positioned to reshape Diamond open access across Europe - June 30, 2025
The DIAMAS project concluded with a final conference in Brussels on June 3, 2025, where nine core outputs were formally integrated into the European Diamond Capacity Hub (EDCH). These outputs are designed to support the implementation, scalability, and long-term sustainability of the Diamond open… Read More
PASCAL partners with DOAJ to support open access infrastructure in South Carolina - June 30, 2025
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) has formalized a new support agreement with the Partnership Among South Carolina Academic Libraries (PASCAL), creating a streamlined path for 55 academic libraries across South Carolina to contribute to DOAJ’s long-term sustainability. The partnership reflects a growing… Read More
University of California and BioOne establish five-year agreement to support open access and nonprofit publishing - June 26, 2025
The University of California (UC) and BioOne, a content aggregator in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences, have finalized a five-year agreement, extending through 2029, that grants researchers at nine UC campuses and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory access to BioOne Complete. The arrangement… Read More
Frontiers becomes first publisher to contribute metadata to Open Life Science Publication Database - June 25, 2025
Frontiers, a Gold open access publisher, has deepened its collaboration with ZBMed, the German center for life sciences, by agreeing to deposit its article metadata into the newly launched Open Life Science Publication Database (OLSPub). As the first publisher to commit metadata to… Read More
IOP Publishing and Couperin establish unlimited open access agreement to enhance visibility of French research - June 25, 2025
IOP Publishing has entered into a three-year open access agreement with Couperin, the French national consortium of higher education and research institutions. The arrangement adopts a 'read and publish' model and enables affiliated researchers from participating institutions to publish an unlimited number of articles open access across… Read More
