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
Big Ten Academic Alliance and JSTOR collaborate to make university press monographs open access through Path to Open pilot - April 17, 2023
The Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) and JSTOR have announced a multi-year agreement for Path to Open pilot, a new cost-effective, sustainable publishing model aimed at supporting university press monographs and making them open access after three years. The pilot will… Read More
Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases announces transition to Gold Open Access - April 13, 2023
The Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases (JND), published by IOS Press, is transitioning to a Gold Open Access publication starting from July 1, 2023, with the release of Volume 10, Issue 4. This move will make all articles published in the journal available online for… Read More
University of California and Wiley expand open access agreement to all 10 UC campuses - April 12, 2023
The University of California (UC) and global publisher Wiley have announced an expansion of their open access agreement, making UC research more accessible to people around the world. Under the new agreement, researchers at all 10 UC campuses and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory… Read More
Cambridge University Press to waive open access fees for scholars in 107 countries - April 12, 2023
Cambridge University Press has announced that it will waive open access fees for authors from 107 low- and middle-income countries to publish their research in over 400 Cambridge journals. This move aims to help overcome financial barriers to publishing open access research in countries where research funding… Read More
