Duke University Press to join MIT Press’s Direct to Open program in 2026 - May 7, 2025
Beginning in 2026, Duke University Press will participate in the MIT Press’s Direct to Open (D2O) initiative, marking the first collaboration of its kind between D2O and another university press. The partnership expands the scope of openly accessible monographs in the humanities and social… Read More
CRKN submits feedback on Tri-Agency draft open access policy - May 6, 2025
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) has submitted a response to the draft revision of the Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications, emphasizing its importance in establishing open access as the default for Canadian-funded research. In preparing its feedback, CRKN consulted its member institutions across the academic… Read More
COS invites developers to enhance Open Science Framework through NSF-backed initiative - May 5, 2025
The Center for Open Science (COS) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking contributions from open-source developers to advance the functionality and interoperability of the Open Science Framework (OSF). The initiative is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under its Pathways to… Read More
Taylor & Francis journals in collective funding pilot transition to full open access - April 28, 2025
Taylor & Francis has announced that both journals participating in its Collective Pathway to Open Publishing (CPOP) pilot will transition to full open access (OA) for 2025. Launched in November 2024, CPOP was developed as an alternative OA model for Humanities and Social Sciences… Read More
Grant call launched to support no-fee open access publishing in Africa - April 28, 2025
EIFL, in collaboration with African Journals Online (AJOL) and the West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN), has opened a call for proposals aimed at enhancing the quality and sustainability of Diamond open access (OA) publishing in Africa. The initiative targets African legal entities that… Read More
IReL collaborates on new models for open access publishing - April 24, 2025
IReL is working with two academic publishers to explore new open access (OA) business models that address limitations in current transformative publishing agreements. This collaboration aligns with the objectives set out in Ireland’s National Open Research Forum (NORF) Action Plan, which envisions a fully open access publishing… Read More
Mathematics journals to remain open access in 2025 under Subscribe to Open model - April 17, 2025
EDP Sciences has confirmed that all six mathematics journals co-published with the Société de Mathématiques Appliquées et Industrielles (SMAI) will continue to be available in Open Access in 2025 through the Subscribe to Open (S2O) model. This renewal, achieved under increasingly difficult conditions, reflects… Read More
OASPA launches ‘Next 50%’ initiative to advance the open access transition - April 15, 2025
The Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA) has launched a new initiative for 2025 titled the ‘Next 50%’, intended to convene publishing organizations with the stakeholders who finance, support, and invest in scholarly communication systems. Developed in collaboration with Research Consulting, the initiative aims… Read More
Emerald Publishing and CAUL sign uncapped open access agreement across hybrid and gold journals - April 15, 2025
Emerald Publishing has established a new open access agreement with the Council of Australasian University Librarians (CAUL), aimed at expanding publishing opportunities for researchers in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. The agreement eliminates caps on the number of articles eligible for open access publishing,… Read More
Biochemical Society and Vanderbilt University Libraries establish uncapped open access publishing agreement - April 15, 2025
The Biochemical Society and Vanderbilt University’s Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries have formalized a new open access agreement that enables unrestricted, fee-free publishing for Vanderbilt researchers in all Biochemical Society journals, published by Portland Press. The arrangement also includes full read access to the… Read More
