Participate in the PALOMERA Survey on Open Access Book Policies - September 1, 2023
The PALOMERA Project (Policy Alignment of Open Access Monographs in the European Research Area) is on a mission to ensure that academic books and monographs receive the attention they deserve in the realm of Open Science and Open Access (OA) policies. As part of their endeavor, the… Read More
Jaume I University establishes open access publishing partnership with Frontiers - September 1, 2023
Jaume I University has announced an institutional partnership agreement with Frontiers for open access publishing. This collaboration streamlines the publishing process for eligible researchers at Jaume I University, offering them the opportunity to publish their work in any Frontiers journal. Additionally, articles submitted through… Read More
Syracuse University Libraries and ACM announce open access agreement - August 31, 2023
Syracuse University Libraries has taken a significant step towards advancing open access to scholarly research by entering into a new publishing agreement with the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), effective August 2023. This transformative agreement enables all authors affiliated with Syracuse University to publish… Read More
Canadian Science Publishing and SORTEE partner to promote open science - August 30, 2023
Canadian Science Publishing (CSP) has announced a new partnership with the Society for Open, Reproducible and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (SORTEE). The partnership, which is being piloted until July 1, 2024, will further enhance open science initiatives across CSP’s portfolio of 22 journals… Read More
Brill strengthens open access initiatives by joining OA Switchboard - August 28, 2023
Academic publisher Brill has announced its collaboration with the OA Switchboard, a dynamic community-driven intermediary focused on simplifying and enhancing the transition to Open Access (OA). The partnership underscores Brill's commitment to advancing Open Access models and supporting the exchange of OA-related publication-level information… Read More
Boston Library Consortium joins forces with Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) to promote open access - August 25, 2023
A new collaborative endeavor has been unveiled between the Boston Library Consortium (BLC) and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), further fortifying the movement towards open access scholarly publishing. The alliance between BLC, representing a coalition of libraries across the north-eastern United… Read More
Frontiers collaborates with University of California in an innovative publishing pilot - August 24, 2023
Open access publisher Frontiers has marked a significant milestone with its first-ever consortium partnership in North America, teaming up with the esteemed University of California (UC). This ground-breaking one-year agreement not only solidifies Frontiers' commitment to open access but also pioneers a novel publishing… Read More
Pensoft’s response to EU’s conclusions on OA publishing - August 21, 2023
Pensoft Publishers, along with the ARPHA Platform, is issuing a statement to voice its support for the recent Conclusions on high-quality, transparent, open and equitable scholarly publishing issued by the Council of the European Union. The company expresses its alignment with… Read More
Flagship hydrology journal Water Resources Research embarks on fully open access journey - August 21, 2023
In response to the growing urgency of climate change impacts on the world's water systems, AGU is taking a monumental step towards open science and equitable accessibility. Water Resources Research (WRR), AGU's pivotal hydrology journal that disseminates pivotal insights into Earth's water movement and… Read More
IGI Global and UNC Greensboro forge open access partnership to boost research reach - August 18, 2023
IGI Global, a reputable independent publisher, and the University of North Carolina (UNC) Greensboro have joined forces to establish an Open Access Partnership, enabling faculty members to contribute their research to one of IGI Global's nearly 200 journals under the Open Access Journal Program.… Read More
