University Libraries announce OA agreement with Wiley - June 17, 2024
The University Libraries has announced an agreement with Wiley that will enable University of Arkansas researchers to make their journal articles open access without paying a publishing charge. Wiley, one of the world's largest publishers and a global leader in research and learning, publishes… Read More
The facets of Diamond OA across Europe - June 17, 2024
The richness of Diamond Open Access (OA) publishing is characterized by its diversity: from the wide-ranging disciplines it serves in multiple languages to the types of organizations and networks involved in developing, running, or maintaining it. The context of a country’s publishing industry and national political, social, and economic OA… Read More
Functional Ecology set to become a fully open access journal - June 12, 2024
The British Ecological Society has announced that the Functional Ecology journal is moving to a fully open-access publication. Functional Ecology (FE) publishes papers that significantly advance our mechanistic understanding of ecological patterns and processes from the organismic to the ecosystem scale. Until now, researchers… Read More
Journal Comparison Service simplifies data comparison with unified framework - June 7, 2024
The Journal Comparison Service (JCS) has announced a significant change to its data submission process, effective from November 1, 2024. Moving forward, JCS will exclusively accept data supplied using the Information Power (IP) framework, discontinuing support for the Fair Open Access (FOAA) framework. This strategic shift aims… Read More
Springer Nature simplifies open research for authors with enhanced protocols offering - June 6, 2024
Following its acquisition of protocols.io in 2023, Springer Nature has announced the migration of all protocols currently hosted on Protocols Exchange to the innovative protocols.io platform. This strategic move positions protocols.io as the new home for Springer Nature's fully open biomedical and life sciences… Read More
JMIR Publications and Swedish Consortium Bibsam announce landmark open access agreement - June 6, 2024
JMIR Publications, a leading open access publisher, in partnership with Sweden's academic consortium Bibsam, has announced a groundbreaking national agreement to eliminate article processing charges (APCs) for researchers in Sweden. This transformative arrangement, supported by sales partner Accucoms, will enable researchers at Bibsam’s 95 participating institutions to… Read More
Road to Open: Radioprotection successfully moves to open access in 2024 through S2O - June 3, 2024
EDP Sciences and the Société Française de Radioprotection (SFRP) have announced that the journal Radioprotection will transition to Open Access (OA) under the Subscribe to Open (S2O) model in 2024. This move is made possible through subscriber backing and additional financial support from SFRP.… Read More
Wiley opens door to research visibility for Tunisian scholars with landmark agreement - May 30, 2024
In a move that significantly boosts open access publishing opportunities for Tunisian researchers, Wiley, a leading global publisher, announced a landmark three-year agreement with the University National Center of Scientific and Technical Documentation (CNUDST). This first-of-its-kind deal in Tunisia, and Wiley's second in Africa,… Read More
OASPA seeks community input on draft recommendations for equitable open access - May 30, 2024
The Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) has sued a call for public feedback on its draft recommendations designed to promote equity within the Open Access (OA) publishing landscape. Feedback is welcome until July 1st, 2024. OASPA's recommendations address a broad range of concerns, encompassing all Open… Read More
Wiley partners with OA Switchboard to enhance open access data sharing - May 29, 2024
Wiley, a leading global publisher and authority in research and education, has announced a significant new partnership with OA Switchboard, a community-driven initiative dedicated to facilitating seamless information sharing about open access publications among funders, institutions, and publishers. With this partnership, Wiley becomes the… Read More
