Global open-access initiative advances with Toluca-Cape Town Declaration - March 12, 2025
The Toluca-Cape Town Declaration marks a significant milestone in recognizing scientific knowledge as a public good, reinforcing the principles of Diamond Open Access. Adopted at the 2024 Global Summit in Cape Town, the declaration emphasizes community-led, non-commercial scholarly publishing. It highlights the importance of decolonizing research, amplifying… Read More
PKP reviews Open Monograph Press to strengthen open book publishing - March 10, 2025
The Public Knowledge Project (PKP) is undertaking a comprehensive review of Open Monograph Press (OMP), a tool developed to manage and publish open-access monographs, edited volumes, and scholarly editions. The review, led by Zoe Wake Hyde, PKP’s OMP Coordinator, aims to address the evolving needs of the… Read More
Canadian Science Publishing partners with Texas A&M University to expand open access - March 6, 2025
Canadian Science Publishing (CSP) has established a new Open Access publishing agreement with Texas A&M University, expanding publishing opportunities for researchers and increasing access to scientific knowledge. Since January 1, 2025, Texas A&M researchers have had full read access to CSP’s journal collection and… Read More
Biochemical Society journals transition to full open access in 2025 - March 5, 2025
The Biochemical Society has confirmed that all five of its journals will be published open access (OA) in 2025 under the Subscribe to Open (S2O) model. The following journals will be fully OA: • Biochemical Journal (Volume 482) • Clinical Science (Volume 139) • Biochemical Society Transactions… Read More
Frontiers and ZB MED mark second year of partnership to strengthen open access publishing in Germany - March 3, 2025
Frontiers has announced the continuation of its successful partnership with the German National Library of Medicine (ZB MED) into its second year. This renewed agreement, which builds on the collaboration established in 2024, further strengthens the commitment to advancing open science in Germany by… Read More
University of Kansas and Frontiers renew flat fee open access agreement for 2025 - March 3, 2025
The University of Kansas and open science platform Frontiers have renewed their open-access publishing partnership for an additional year. Initially established in 2024, this agreement maintains its terms to provide KU researchers with seamless, cost-free access to publish in all Frontiers journals. Through 2025,… Read More
Subscribe to Open threshold met: Journal of General Virology and Journal of Medical Microbiology now open access - February 28, 2025
The Microbiology Society has announced that it met its sustainability target for the Journal of General Virology and the Journal of Medical Microbiology under the Subscribe to Open (S2O) model for 2025. All content published in these titles in the next… Read More
Elsevier and Washington State University partner to expand open access publishing - February 27, 2025
Elsevier, a global leader in scientific information and analytics, has joined forces with Washington State University (WSU) in a landmark partnership aimed at advancing open access publishing. The two institutions have announced a new Read and Publish (R&P) agreement for 2025, which will empower… Read More
Shiv Nadar University Delhi-NCR and Springer Nature expand global access to research with open access agreement - February 27, 2025
Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR, and Springer Nature have signed a Fully Open Access (FOA) Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the India Sustainability Conclave 2025. The MoU also includes a partnership with the Cureus series of journals covering engineering, computer science, business, and economics. This… Read More
Canadian Science Publishing partners with UNAM to expand open access - February 26, 2025
Canadian Science Publishing (CSP) has announced a new Open Access publishing agreement with Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), aimed at expanding access to scientific research and fostering global collaboration. Starting January 1, 2025, researchers at UNAM will have full-read access to CSP’s entire journal collection. Additionally,… Read More
