EMS Press confirms third year of full open access under Subscribe to Open - February 12, 2026
EMS Press, the publishing house of the European Mathematical Society (EMS), has announced a third consecutive year of full open access across all 22 of its Subscribe to Open (S2O) journals, after confirming that baseline sustainability thresholds have again been met. All articles published… Read More
University of Massachusetts Lowell enables open access publishing in Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press journals - February 11, 2026
The University of Massachusetts Lowell (UML) has announced that, effective January 2026, researchers affiliated with the institution can publish open access in gold or hybrid open access journals published by Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press without paying Article Processing… Read More
Canadian Science Publishing signs open access publishing agreement with Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet - February 6, 2026
Canadian Science Publishing (CSP) and Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet (SLU) have entered into a new open access publishing agreement. The agreement provides SLU authors with unlimited open access publishing in select CSP journals. SLU authors also receive access to the CSP portfolio. The agreement is effective from January 1,… Read More
IReL members expand support for Diamond open access publishing in 2026 - February 6, 2026
Since 2025, the Irish Research eLibrary (IReL) has been promoting and coordinating member support for Diamond open access (OA) publishing, a model described as open access without barriers to participation. Under Diamond OA, content is made freely available for anyone to read or reuse, while authors anywhere… Read More
MDPI Institutional Open Access Program agreement applies to 96 institutions across Sweden - February 5, 2026
MDPI has signed a comprehensive Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP) agreement covering 96 institutions across Sweden. The announcement states that the agreement applies to researchers affiliated with participating Swedish universities, university colleges, and government research institutes. Researchers at participating institutions are able to publish in any MDPI… Read More
Ohio University researchers publish open access in ACS Journals at no cost - February 5, 2026
Ohio University researchers will now be able to publish open access articles in American Chemical Society (ACS) hybrid journals without paying article processing charges (APCs), following a new read-and-publish agreement announced by OhioLINK. Under the agreement, Ohio University faculty members and graduate students can… Read More
Max Planck Society enters five-year open access publishing agreement with Biochemical Society - February 4, 2026
The Max Planck Society has entered into a new five-year Open Access publishing agreement with Portland Press, which is the publishing subsidiary of the Biochemical Society. The agreement was negotiated by the Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL) on behalf of the… Read More
Pensoft and University of Zurich sign open access publishing agreement - February 3, 2026
Pensoft and the University of Zurich have signed a strategic open access agreement that enables researchers from participating institutions to publish their findings in Pensoft’s peer-reviewed journals without paying individual Article Processing Charges (APCs). The agreement covers five research and medical institutions: the University… Read More
AIP Publishing signs three-year AIP Fusion open access agreement with Ireland’s IReL consortium - January 28, 2026
AIP Publishing has entered into a new three-year AIP Fusion agreement with the Irish Research eLibrary (IReL), a nationally funded consortium that provides access to licensed electronic resources, open access publishing agreements, and open science infrastructure for Irish research institutions. The agreement includes eight… Read More
Canadian Science Publishing launches open access journal on Circularity in Built Environments - January 27, 2026
Canadian Science Publishing (CSP) has announced the launch of Circularity in Built Environments, a new open-access journal scheduled to open for submissions in March 2026. As built environments face growing demands for sustainability and resilience, the journal is positioned as a dedicated forum for… Read More
