JMIR Publications and Jisc renew open access agreement for 2026–2027 - April 2, 2026
JMIR Publications and Jisc have renewed their flat-fee unlimited open access publishing agreement for 2026–2027, extending a model that removes individual Article Processing Charges (APCs) for researchers at participating UK institutions. Since its launch in 2022, the agreement has eliminated individual APCs for researchers… Read More
Frontiers joins OA Switchboard to simplify open access metadata exchange - April 1, 2026
Frontiers has announced its integration with OA Switchboard, a global initiative that facilitates the exchange of open access publication data among publishers, institutions, and funders. The integration enables automated metadata sharing and reduces administrative processes associated with open access workflows. By connecting institutional and… Read More
SPARC Europe launches AEGIS‑OA project to strengthen Diamond Open Access Publishing - April 1, 2026
The AEGIS-OA project has been launched as a two-year project funded by the European Commission under the Horizon Europe call “Enhancing the European R&I system.” The project aims to support the development of a high-quality, non-profit scholarly publishing ecosystem by expanding the European Diamond Capacity Hub (EDCH) to include books… Read More
AIP Publishing signs AIP Fusion agreement with Seoul National University to expand open access publishing in Asia - April 1, 2026
AIP Publishing has announced a three-year AIP Fusion agreement with Seoul National University (SNU), marking the first AIP Fusion partnership in Asia. The agreement supports the university’s objective to expand the global reach and impact of its research through open access publishing while providing… Read More
HARRASSOWITZ partners with Purchase to Open to expand open access for academic books - March 31, 2026
HARRASSOWITZ has partnered with the Purchase to Open (P2O) initiative to support the transition of academic monographs to open access through collaborative funding models involving libraries, publishers, and booksellers. P2O operates as a community-based model that integrates established acquisition workflows with a pledging mechanism,… Read More
EMS Press launches open access model ‘Launch to Open’ for community‑led publishing - March 31, 2026
EMS Press has introduced Launch to Open (L2O), a community-based model designed to support the transition of established journals to open access through transparent cost structures and shared institutional responsibility. The model distributes financial responsibility across subscribing institutions while disclosing full publication costs, funding targets, and the… Read More
CERN to host Open Research Europe (ORE), open access publishing platform - March 27, 2026
Approval for CERN to host Open Research Europe (ORE), a non-profit open access scientific publishing platform, has been granted by the CERN Council in December 2025. The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) will host the platform beginning in autumn 2026. Open Research Europe provides a free… Read More
APS opens 10 journals in 2026 under Subscribe to Open model - March 27, 2026
The American Physiological Society has met the 2026 target for its Subscribe to Open program, allowing 10 primary research journals to be made open access worldwide without article processing charges for authors. APS stated the result was made possible by continued support from institutional library partners that… Read More
Taylor & Francis expands Diamond Open Access model with six new journals through Collective Pathway to Open Publishing - March 26, 2026
Taylor and Francis has expanded its diamond open access model, Collective Pathway to Open Publishing (CPOP), through agreements with Jisc in the United Kingdom and the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) in Australasia. That collective support has… Read More
JMIR Publications and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas announce flat-fee unlimited OA agreement - March 26, 2026
JMIR Publications and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) have announced a Flat-Fee Unlimited Open Access Publishing Agreement. The agreement replaces individual Article Processing Charges (APCs) with a single Institutional Publishing Fee (IPF), with APC expanded here as Article Processing Charge and IPF… Read More
