OASPA launches ‘Next 50%’ initiative to advance the future of open access - May 28, 2025
The Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA) has launched the ‘Next 50%’ initiative, introducing a foundational primer to prompt renewed dialogue on the future direction of open access publishing. This effort arises at a time when growth in open access outputs appears to be decelerating, prompting the… Read More
UNAM signs open access agreement with Taylor & Francis to expand global reach of research - May 22, 2025
Researchers at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) will gain increased global visibility for their work under a new three-year open access (OA) agreement with academic publisher Taylor & Francis. The arrangement allows UNAM-affiliated authors to publish OA articles in more than 2,400… Read More
Oxford University Press marks 20 years of open access publishing with expanded initiatives across journals and books - May 16, 2025
Oxford University Press (OUP) is marking two decades of open access (OA) publishing in 2025, following the conversion of Nucleic Acids Research to a fully open access model in 2005, alongside the introduction of hybrid OA options. Since then, the publisher has steadily expanded its OA portfolio… Read More
Duke University Press to join MIT Press’s Direct to Open program in 2026 - May 7, 2025
Beginning in 2026, Duke University Press will participate in the MIT Press’s Direct to Open (D2O) initiative, marking the first collaboration of its kind between D2O and another university press. The partnership expands the scope of openly accessible monographs in the humanities and social… Read More
CRKN submits feedback on Tri-Agency draft open access policy - May 6, 2025
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) has submitted a response to the draft revision of the Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications, emphasizing its importance in establishing open access as the default for Canadian-funded research. In preparing its feedback, CRKN consulted its member institutions across the academic… Read More
COS invites developers to enhance Open Science Framework through NSF-backed initiative - May 5, 2025
The Center for Open Science (COS) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking contributions from open-source developers to advance the functionality and interoperability of the Open Science Framework (OSF). The initiative is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under its Pathways to… Read More
Taylor & Francis journals in collective funding pilot transition to full open access - April 28, 2025
Taylor & Francis has announced that both journals participating in its Collective Pathway to Open Publishing (CPOP) pilot will transition to full open access (OA) for 2025. Launched in November 2024, CPOP was developed as an alternative OA model for Humanities and Social Sciences… Read More
Grant call launched to support no-fee open access publishing in Africa - April 28, 2025
EIFL, in collaboration with African Journals Online (AJOL) and the West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN), has opened a call for proposals aimed at enhancing the quality and sustainability of Diamond open access (OA) publishing in Africa. The initiative targets African legal entities that… Read More
IReL collaborates on new models for open access publishing - April 24, 2025
IReL is working with two academic publishers to explore new open access (OA) business models that address limitations in current transformative publishing agreements. This collaboration aligns with the objectives set out in Ireland’s National Open Research Forum (NORF) Action Plan, which envisions a fully open access publishing… Read More
Mathematics journals to remain open access in 2025 under Subscribe to Open model - April 17, 2025
EDP Sciences has confirmed that all six mathematics journals co-published with the Société de Mathématiques Appliquées et Industrielles (SMAI) will continue to be available in Open Access in 2025 through the Subscribe to Open (S2O) model. This renewal, achieved under increasingly difficult conditions, reflects… Read More
