DOAJ and Lyrasis partner to empower libraries in backing open access - September 12, 2023
In a significant move to bolster the Open Access (OA) landscape, the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and Lyrasis, prominent entities in the global scholarly communications arena, have forged a collaboration aimed at enabling libraries to provide vital financial support to DOAJ. This… Read More
British Antarctic Survey and British Geological Survey forge landmark OA publishing agreement with Frontiers - September 11, 2023
The head office of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and two of its research groups, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the British Geological Survey (BGS), via NERC Library Service, have joined the national open access deal agreed between Jisc Collections and Frontiers.… Read More
IGI Global’s Open Access Journal Program welcomes four new journals in 2024 - September 11, 2023
Academic publisher IGI Global has launched four new open access journals, expanding its impressive portfolio to nearly 200 open access journals. Demonstrating its commitment to making "Tomorrow's Research Today" accessible to all, IGI Global has taken significant strides to convert its entire collection of nearly 200 open… Read More
De Gruyter expands Subscribe to Open initiative to accelerate open access transformation - September 7, 2023
De Gruyter, a prominent academic publisher, is embarking on an ambitious mission to transition a significant portion of its journal portfolio into open access using the Subscribe to Open (S2O) model, signalling a transformative shift in scholarly publishing. Over the next five years, De Gruyter aims to… Read More
Five years of Plan S: A journey towards full and immediate open access - September 4, 2023
In September 2018, a transformative initiative known as Plan S took shape, driven by a coalition of national research funding organizations and backed by the European Commission. This visionary collective, cOAlition S, embarked on a mission to make research publications openly accessible to all,… Read More
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
