Jisc signs two-year open access agreement with MDPI - March 25, 2026
MDPI has entered into a new two-year agreement with the UK’s Jisc consortium, extending access to the publisher’s Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP) through the end of 2027. The agreement enables more than 60 UK institutions to participate in the program,… Read More
Ireland’s National Open Access Monitor assessed positively against OSMI principles - March 24, 2026
IReL and OpenAIRE have announced the completion of a comprehensive assessment of Ireland’s National Open Access Monitor using the OSMI Principles of Open Science Self-Assessment, marking a milestone in advancing transparent, responsible, and high-quality open science practices. The National Open Access… Read More
MDPI renews 2026 open access Article Processing Charges agreement with Norwegian Agency Sikt - March 24, 2026
MDPI has renewed Norway’s national agreement with the Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research (Sikt) for the 2026 period. The arrangement will remain in effect throughout 2026 and enables participating institutions in Norway to receive discounts on Article Processing Charges (APCs)… Read More
JMIR Publications and University of Helsinki sign flat-fee open access agreement - March 19, 2026
JMIR Publications and the University of Helsinki have entered a flat-fee unlimited open access publishing agreement effective from January 1 to December 31, 2026. The agreement replaces individual article processing charges (APCs) with an institutional publishing fee (IPF) covering all affiliated researchers, including those at Helsinki University… Read More
Penn Libraries sign two-year open access agreement with Oxford University Press - March 18, 2026
The Penn Libraries have entered a two-year open access agreement with Oxford University Press (OUP), which will run through 2027. OUP is the largest university press and publishes more than 500 hybrid and fully open access journals across humanities, social sciences, law, life sciences,… Read More
Sage and JULAC sign open access agreement to expand publishing opportunities for Hong Kong researchers - March 12, 2026
Sage and the Joint University Librarians Advisory Committee (JULAC) have announced a new open access (OA) publishing agreement intended to expand accessibility of research produced in Hong Kong. The organizations stated that the agreement is designed to increase the visibility and impact of work… Read More
SCOAP3 opens submissions for 2026 open access books program in high-energy Physics - March 12, 2026
SCOAP3 has opened submissions for the 2026 SCOAP3 Books Program, inviting publishers to apply for open access funding for books in high-energy physics. Applications must be submitted by April 15, 2026, with each book entered separately through the program’s application form. Eligible titles must… Read More
Optica Publishing Group implements Subscribe to Open for JOSA B - March 11, 2026
Optica Publishing Group has confirmed that the Subscribe to Open (S2O) pilot for the Journal of the Optical Society of America B (JOSA B) has met participation thresholds, enabling all content published in the journal’s 2026 volume to be made open… Read More
IOP Publishing has expanded article publication charge discounts and waivers for open access journals across 122 economies - March 10, 2026
IOP Publishing (IOPP) has expanded its article publication charge (APC) discount and waiver program to increase participation in open access (OA) publishing among authors globally. The expanded policy applies to IOPP’s proprietary portfolio of open access and hybrid academic journals. Under the updated structure, authors located in… Read More
JMIR Publications and University of Turku sign flat-fee open access publishing agreement - March 10, 2026
JMIR Publications and the University of Turku (UTU) in Finland have established a flat-fee open access publishing agreement that allows affiliated researchers to publish an unlimited number of articles across the publisher’s journals during 2026. The agreement, which runs from January 1 to December… Read More
