MIT Press journal Open Mind will now become a diamond OA journal - October 26, 2022
The MIT Press has announced that Open Mind is now a diamond open access journal, eliminating all article processing fees for scholars. By embracing the diamond open access (OA) model, the Journal strives to encourage the publication of new research by more diverse voices… Read More
De Gruyter and Ubiquity partner to accelerate the transformation towards open access and research - October 25, 2022
Open research publisher and service provider Ubiquity is joining the Berlin-based academic publisher De Gruyter. Moving forward, the two companies will work together closely to advance both publishers’ mission to make academic research globally accessible and discoverable by offering excellent publishing services. Ubiquity… Read More
Journal of Parkinson’s Disease transitioning to Gold OA in 2023 - October 20, 2022
The Journal of Parkinson’s Disease (JPD), published by IOS Press, has announced that beginning in January 2023, JPD will transition to a Gold Open Access publication. This means that all articles published after that date will be immediately and permanently freely available online for… Read More
Max Planck Society and Brill sign three year agreement for Open Access books and chapters - October 19, 2022
Brill has announced a new collaboration with the Max Planck Society on Open Access for books. Within this agreement, Brill offers a discount on the book and chapter publication charge for all affiliates of the Max Planck Institutes. Coordinated by the Max Planck Digital… Read More
PeerJ and the University of Kansas announce three year membership program, providing an alternative to APCs for Open Access publishing - October 14, 2022
PeerJ has announced an agreement with University of Kansas (KU) Libraries to join its Three-Year Memberships Program, giving their faculty a high-quality and sustainable Open Access publishing option. Under the agreement, which provides an alternative to Article Processing Charges (APCs) for OA, KU Libraries… Read More
Fondazione MultiMedica Onlus announces publishing agreement with Frontiers - October 12, 2022
Fondazione MultiMedica Onlus has formed an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. This institutional agreement means that eligible Fondazione MultiMedica Onlus researchers may publish in any Frontiers journal at no cost to them and with a simplified process. Articles may benefit from a 10%… Read More
Pensoft’s ARPHA publishing platform integrates with OA Switchboard to streamline reporting to funders of open research - September 30, 2022
By the time authors – who have acknowledged third-party financial support in their research papers submitted to a journal using the Pensoft-developed publishing platform: ARPHA – open their inboxes to the congratulatory message that their work has just been published and made available to… Read More
Plan S Journal Comparison Service now open for libraries and library consortia to register and access price and service data - September 28, 2022
cOAlition S has released the end-user portal of the Journal Comparison Service (JCS). This secure, free, online service aims to shed light on publishing fees and services and enable those who procure publishing services to better understand how journals and publishers compare on a… Read More
CAUL welcomes the NHMRC revised open access policy - September 22, 2022
The NHMRC recently announced a revised open access policy that represents a major step forward for open access to publicly funded research outputs in Australia. The policy mandates full and immediate open access to research outputs from all grants funded from this point onwards, and for… Read More
The National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia joins cOAlition S - September 21, 2022
Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) is the first Australian organization to join cOAlition S and the country’s first funding agency to introduce the requirement that scholarly publications arising from the research it funds must be made freely available and accessible. … Read More
