IntechOpen and Zendy collaborate to enhance access to open access content in developing nations - May 17, 2023
IntechOpen, a leading open access publisher, has joined forces with Zendy, an online library platform developed by Knowledge E, to enhance the accessibility of open access content in developing countries. Through this collaboration, IntechOpen aims to expand the reach of its scholarly publications, particularly in the Middle… Read More
Frontiers and Slovenian National Laboratory announce OA publishing agreement - May 8, 2023
The Slovenian National Laboratory of Health, Environment and Food has recently formed a publishing agreement with the open access publisher Frontiers. This agreement means that eligible researchers from the National Laboratory of Health, Environment and Food may publish their articles in any Frontiers journal… Read More
Taylor & Francis announces support for open access publishing through Knowledge Unlatched - May 5, 2023
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis has pledged its support to convert over 50 book titles to open access in collaboration with Knowledge Unlatched (KU) in 2023. These titles will cover various humanities and social science disciplines and topical areas, such as climate change, global… Read More
The University of Central Florida Partners with IGI Global to Support Open Access Publishing - May 5, 2023
IGI Global has announced a new partnership with the University of Central Florida (UCF) to support Open Access (OA) publishing. UCF has invested in an OA fund to enable its faculty and staff to publish their research through IGI Global's OA agreement. The agreement… Read More
Astronomy & Astrophysics reaffirms commitment to Open Access publishing with Subscribe to Open model - May 4, 2023
Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A) has announced that it will continue to publish its research in open access for the second consecutive year under the Subscribe to Open (S2O) model. This decision reaffirms A&A's commitment to making its high-quality research easily accessible to the global… Read More
UK universities strike new open access deal with Springer Nature - May 3, 2023
UK universities have recently agreed to a new, three-year open access publishing deal with Springer Nature, following a year-long negotiation led by Jisc. The deal meets the sector's requirements to expedite full and immediate open access in over 2,500 Springer Nature titles, including Nature,… Read More
Increasing access to open access books: SPARC Europe joins Open Book Futures (OBF) project - May 3, 2023
SPARC Europe recently announced its participation in the Open Book Futures (OBF) project, which aims to increase access to Open Access (OA) books. The project, funded by Arcadia and the Research England Development (RED) Fund, intends to significantly increase the quantity,… Read More
ASME and IEEE raise concerns over White House open access proposal - April 26, 2023
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) declared last August that researchers who want to continue to receive federal grants must make all scientific publications resulting from those grants publicly available. While this proposal sounds simple and even laudable, it has far-reaching consequences. Under… Read More
Educational Research Institute of Slovenia and Frontiers form publishing agreement - April 24, 2023
The Educational Research Institute of Slovenia has formed an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. This institutional agreement means that eligible Educational Research Institute researchers may publish in any Frontiers journal at no cost to them and with a simplified process. Articles may benefit… Read More
Taylor & Francis launches Elevate Series: new open access journals deliver fast and supported author experience - April 19, 2023
Taylor & Francis has launched the Elevate Series, a new open access journal series that promises to provide researchers with a fast and supported author experience. The series comprises broad-scope open access journals that offer streamlined publication processes and personalized support at every step.… Read More
