ResearchGate and Premier Science expand open access journals with Journal Home partnership - January 27, 2026
ResearchGate and Premier Science have announced a new Journal Home partnership aimed at increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of Premier Science’s open access journal portfolio. Premier Science, launched in 2024, is an independent publisher focused on accelerating scientific discovery, communication,… Read More
American Podiatric Medical Association announces JAPMA’s move to open access with MDPI - January 22, 2026
The American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA) has announced that the Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association (JAPMA) will transition to an open-access publishing model through a new partnership with MDPI, effective January 1, 2026. The transition will begin with Volume 116, Issue 1… Read More
Pensoft and Bibsam Consortium sign open access agreement in Sweden - January 21, 2026
Pensoft and the Bibsam Consortium, which is operated by the National Library of Sweden, have signed a comprehensive Open Access (OA) agreement related to scholarly publishing in Sweden. The agreement applies to almost 100 institutions, including Karolinska Institutet, Lund University, Uppsala… Read More
IGI Global introduces Flat-Fee Open Access Publishing Agreement - January 21, 2026
IGI Global Scientific Publishing has launched a Flat-Fee Open Access Publishing Agreement for libraries and their affiliated institutions. The agreement allows institutions to enable faculty and researchers to publish open access without paying individual Article Processing Charges (APCs). Through a single annual fee paid by the library,… Read More
JMIR Publications and Sikt launch Flat-Fee Unlimited Open Access pilot in Norway - January 20, 2026
JMIR Publications and Sikt (Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research) have announced a new pilot partnership that brings JMIR’s Flat-Fee Unlimited Open Access Publishing model to Norway. University College of Molde (Høgskolen i Molde) is the first institution to join the… Read More
JSTOR announces first 100 Path to Open books now fully open access - January 16, 2026
JSTOR, part of the nonprofit organization ITHAKA, has announced that the first 100 books published through the Path to Open initiative are now openly available to readers worldwide. The milestone marks the completion of the program’s initial three-year… Read More
JULAC and Taylor & Francis sign open access agreement to support Hong Kong research - January 15, 2026
Joint University Librarians Advisory Committee (JULAC) and Taylor & Francis have signed a three-year open access agreement to support open access publishing for researchers in Hong Kong. The agreement enables researchers at participating institutions to publish open access articles in more than 2,000 Taylor… Read More
Milner Library and Elsevier sign open access agreement - January 12, 2026
Milner Library has entered into a new open access publishing agreement with Elsevier, expanding support for Illinois State University authors. The agreement marks the 13th open access arrangement established by the Milner Library since 2021, adding to existing agreements with publishers such as ACS,… Read More
JMIR Publications and National Library of Sweden renew flat-fee open access agreement through 2026 - January 9, 2026
JMIR Publications and the National Library of Sweden have announced the renewal and expansion of a flat-fee unlimited open access publishing agreement covering members of the Bibsam Consortium through December 31, 2026. Originally scheduled to expire at the end of 2025,… Read More
Cambridge University Press partnership enables no-cost open access publishing for SUNY New Paltz Faculty - January 8, 2026
The Sojourner Truth Library has established a partnership with Cambridge University Press that allows SUNY New Paltz faculty and staff to publish open-access scholarly articles with publication fees fully covered. Under the agreement, authors are not required to pay standard open-access charges. The agreement… Read More
