EDP Sciences drives sustainable development through open access initiatives - September 5, 2024
In the latest update of its “Road to Open” series, EDP Sciences highlights its ongoing commitment to advancing sustainable development through innovative open access (OA) initiatives. This eighth installment of the series focuses on how the organization supports global sustainability efforts via its Diamond Open Access model… Read More
Elsevier relaunches free Mpox Information Center to aid fight against viral disease - September 4, 2024
Elsevier, a global leader in scientific information and analytics, has relaunched its Mpox Information Center to provide free access to the latest medical and scientific research related to mpox. This move comes in response to the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring mpox a Public… Read More
EIFL and Open Book Publishers sign agreement to expand access to e-books in 33 countries - September 4, 2024
EIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Open Book Publishers (OBP), enabling libraries in 33 EIFL partner countries to access OBP’s extensive collection of open access e-books. This agreement offers free membership to OBP’s Library Membership Programme for three… Read More
MIT Press’s Direct to Open (D2O) expands access to leading scholarship in 2025 - August 29, 2024
The MIT Press is set to continue its pioneering work in open access publishing with the expansion of its Direct to Open (D2O) initiative in 2025. Now entering its fourth funding cycle, D2O offers a diamond open access model for monographs, ensuring that vital… Read More
IOP Publishing and Institute of Systems Engineering launch diamond OA journal on reliability research - August 28, 2024
IOP Publishing (IOPP) has partnered with the Institute of Systems Engineering (ISE), a key division of the China Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP), to launch a diamond open access (OA) journal focused on reliability research. The new publication, titled the Journal of Reliability Science and Engineering, aims… Read More
Authors Alliance and SPARC collaborate to support legal pathways to open access for scholarly works - August 28, 2024
Authors Alliance and SPARC have announced a new collaboration aimed at addressing critical legal issues surrounding open access to scholarly publications. This initiative is particularly focused on helping federal agencies, universities, and researchers navigate the legal landscape in light of the "Nelson Memo" issued… Read More
University Libraries enable free open access publishing in Royal Society of Chemistry journals - August 28, 2024
The University Libraries are excited to announce a new agreement that allows University of Arkansas (U of A) researchers to publish in Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) journals without incurring any article processing charges (APCs). This opportunity is made possible through a collaborative agreement… Read More
PLOS and the University of South Carolina forge APC-free open-access publishing agreement - August 27, 2024
The University of South Carolina and the Public Library of Science (PLOS) have announced a three-year Open Access (OA) publishing agreement that will allow researchers from the university to publish in PLOS journals without incurring article processing charges (APC). This partnership underscores a shared… Read More
Trinity University joins PeerJ to enhance open access publishing for faculty - August 23, 2024
Trinity University has announced its partnership with PeerJ by joining the Annual Institutional Memberships (AIMs) program, furthering its commitment to open access (OA) publishing. This initiative will allow Trinity-affiliated authors to publish their research in any PeerJ journal without incurring Article Processing Charges (APCs),… Read More
Cancer Biomarkers journal transitions to Gold Open Access - August 21, 2024
Cancer Biomarkers, a leading journal in the field of oncology, has announced its transition to Gold Open Access starting January 1, 2024. With this shift, all articles published from Volume 39, Issue 1 onwards will be immediately and permanently available online for free, allowing unrestricted access to… Read More
