JMIR Publications and University of California extend open access partnership - April 29, 2026
JMIR Publications and the University of California (UC) have announced a multi‑year extension of their institutional membership agreement, managed through the California Digital Library (CDL). The renewal extends the partnership through December 31, 2026, reinforcing a shared commitment to advancing open science. The agreement… Read More
JSTOR expands Path to Open program for sustainable open access monograph publishing - April 29, 2026
JSTOR has announced that Path to Open, its community‑supported open access monograph program, will continue as an ongoing initiative following the completion of its three‑year pilot phase. Launched in October 2023 to test whether a collaborative model could sustainably scale open access for humanities… Read More
Three projects strengthen no‑fee open access journals in Africa - April 28, 2026
Reports have been released from three projects aimed at improving the quality and sustainability of no‑fee open access (OA) publishing in Africa. Together, the initiatives support seven journals—five in Ghana and two in South Africa. The projects are part of the three‑year program 'Collaboration for Sustainable Open… Read More
Springer Nature and Jisc renew UK open access agreement for 2026–2028 - April 24, 2026
Springer Nature and Jisc have renewed their Open Access (OA) agreement, extending a partnership that began in 2016 and has contributed to significant growth in UK‑authored OA publishing. Since the first agreement, OA uptake among UK researchers has risen to nearly 80% in 2025.… Read More
South Africa and Australia advance National Open Science Policies - April 22, 2026
In December 2025, the South African government approved a National Open Science Policy requiring that all research outputs arising from public funding be made available through open access. The Department of Science, Technology and Innovation published details of the policy in March 2026. The policy emphasizes that… Read More
IOP Publishing and TIB renew agreement to support open access publishing - April 21, 2026
IOP Publishing (IOPP) and TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology have extended their partnership for another three years. The agreement covers read access and publishing services for researchers at 80 German institutions participating in the TIB Consortium. Under the renewed arrangement,… Read More
Global partners establish OA Forward to advance open access negotiations - April 21, 2026
DEAL Open Access Services (DEAS), in collaboration with the University of California Libraries, Consortia Colombia, the Council of Australasian University Librarians, the Max Planck Society, the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB), and the South African… Read More
De Gruyter Brill confirms 124 journals publishing open access via Subscribe to Open - April 20, 2026
De Gruyter Brill has confirmed that all 124 journals in its Subscribe to Open (S2O) program, DG2O, will publish open access in 2026. Following the annual evaluation, each participating title met its renewal threshold, marking the sixth consecutive year in which the program has… Read More
Royal Society Publishing completes transition to full open access in 2026 - April 16, 2026
Royal Society Publishing has reached its target of becoming fully open access by 2026, marking the culmination of a 20‑year process that began with the launch of its first open access journal. The transition was achieved through a combination of Read & Publish agreements… Read More
IOP Publishing and TÜBİTAK sign open access agreement covering 200+ Institutions across Turkey - April 15, 2026
IOP Publishing (IOPP) has entered into a nationwide open access agreement with the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey’s (TÜBİTAK) National Academic Network and Information Center (ULAKBİM). The three‑year ‘read and publish’ arrangement is IOPP’s first national‑level agreement in Turkey. It grants researchers across all 236… Read More
