OASPA launches ‘Next 50%’ initiative to advance the open access transition - April 15, 2025
The Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA) has launched a new initiative for 2025 titled the ‘Next 50%’, intended to convene publishing organizations with the stakeholders who finance, support, and invest in scholarly communication systems. Developed in collaboration with Research Consulting, the initiative aims… Read More
Emerald Publishing and CAUL sign uncapped open access agreement across hybrid and gold journals - April 15, 2025
Emerald Publishing has established a new open access agreement with the Council of Australasian University Librarians (CAUL), aimed at expanding publishing opportunities for researchers in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. The agreement eliminates caps on the number of articles eligible for open access publishing,… Read More
Biochemical Society and Vanderbilt University Libraries establish uncapped open access publishing agreement - April 15, 2025
The Biochemical Society and Vanderbilt University’s Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries have formalized a new open access agreement that enables unrestricted, fee-free publishing for Vanderbilt researchers in all Biochemical Society journals, published by Portland Press. The arrangement also includes full read access to the… Read More
MDPI and Bibsam Consortium renew open access publishing agreement for Swedish institutions - April 9, 2025
MDPI has renewed its national agreement with Sweden’s Bibsam Consortium, extending its partnership to support open access publishing across 22 Swedish institutions. Under the agreement, participating institutions—such as KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Linnaeus University, Linköping University, and Stockholm University—will continue to benefit from… Read More
Taylor & Francis expands open access with Subscribe to Open pilot - April 3, 2025
Taylor & Francis has confirmed that all articles in the 2025 volumes of three journals will be published open access (OA) at no cost to authors, following the success of its Subscribe to Open (S2O) pilot. The publisher announced that sufficient institutions have renewed their subscriptions to… Read More
Elsevier and the American Accounting Association launch new open-access journal - April 2, 2025
The American Accounting Association (AAA) has announced its affiliation with Accounting Open, a newly launched journal published by Elsevier. As a fully open-access publication, Accounting Open is dedicated to advancing theoretical and empirical research in accounting, focusing on the description, understanding, and prediction of… Read More
PLOS and Society of China University Journals partner to advance open science - April 2, 2025
The Public Library of Science (PLOS) and the Society of China University Journals (CUJS) have entered a three-year strategic partnership to collaborate on key topics in scholarly publishing, including open access, open science, scientific integrity, and research evaluation. CUJS, a national academic organization with… Read More
APS expands open access with Subscribe to Open for 2025 - March 28, 2025
The American Physiological Society (APS) has successfully implemented its Subscribe to Open (S2O) model, making 10 of its primary research journals fully open access in 2025. With continued support from institutional and library partners, APS has broadened free, unrestricted access to high-quality physiological research while reinforcing its… Read More
cOAlition S provides feedback on Canadian Tri-Agency open access policy consultation - March 27, 2025
cOAlition S, a consortium of research funders and institutions committed to advancing full and immediate Open Access through Plan S, has submitted its response to the Canadian Tri-Agency’s consultation on its draft Open Access policy for publications. The revised policy, introduced by the Canadian Institutes of Health… Read More
Karger Publishers expands open access through Subscribe to Open model - March 26, 2025
Karger Publishers is strengthening its Open Access (OA) portfolio for 2025 by expanding its Subscribe to Open (S2O) program, which enables journal content to be made freely accessible if sustainability thresholds are met through library subscriptions. Now in its third year, the initiative has successfully transitioned three… Read More
