EIFL supports the Open Access Working Group to promote open access and scholarly communication in universities across Kyrgyzstan - November 30, 2022
Universities in Kyrgyzstan have established an Open Access Working Group to promote open access and advance scholarly communication across the country. The establishment of the Working Group was one of the outcomes of open access training that took place at the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) in June… Read More
Frontiers and the Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences sign a publishing agreement - November 24, 2022
The Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (JPPS) will move to gold open-access publisher Frontiers as part of an agreement signed by the Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences (CSPS). The partnership was finalized in September 2022 and the journal will open for submissions with… Read More
Cochrane launches first open access journal in partnership with Wiley - November 18, 2022
Wiley, a global leader in research and education and publisher of the Cochrane Library, has opened submissions for Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods, Cochrane’s first open-access journal. Cochrane—a global independent network of researchers, professionals, patients, carers and people interested in health—has over 100,000… Read More
Over 2000 journals share price and service data via Plan S’s Journal Comparison Service - November 17, 2022
cOAlition S has announced that 27 publishers – who publish more than 2000 journals – have embraced the Journal Comparison Service (JCS) and shared their service and price data, responding to the call for transparent pricing of publishing services. cOAlition S recognizes these publishers… Read More
Fully OA Group members unveil Fully OA blog - November 10, 2022
Fully OA Group members JMIR Publications, Frontiers, PeerJ, MDPI, Open Library of Humanities, Copernicus Publications, PLOS, and Ubiquity Press have launched a brand new initiative, the Fully OA blog. The aim of the group and… Read More
Fondazione Edmund Mach announces OA publishing agreement with Frontiers - November 10, 2022
Fondazione Edmund Mach has formed an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. This institutional agreement means that eligible Fondazione Edmund Mach researchers may publish in any Frontiers journal with a simplified process. Articles may benefit from a 5% membership discount. The university library Fondazione Edmund Mach supports… Read More
SAGE Publishing and Bibliosan announce new open access agreement - November 7, 2022
SAGE and the Italian consortium of Biomedical Research Libraries, Bibliosan, have announced a new open access agreement. The deal will provide online access for Bibliosan’s network, which includes 68 research institutions, to SAGE’s full journal collection of 114 fully open access and 240 hybrid peer-reviewed journals. … Read More
AOCS unveils new OA journal – Sustainable Food Proteins - November 3, 2022
AOCS, the premier scientific association serving the food chemistry sector, has launched a new international, open-access journal - Sustainable Food Proteins (SFP). With the world population quickly approaching 8 billion, there is a critical need to feed the human population more efficiently, especially… Read More
EDP Sciences unveils new OA journal – National Science Open (NSO) - November 3, 2022
EDP Sciences has introduced National Science Open (NSO), a new international, peer-reviewed, open access journal. NSO disseminates the most influential research of profound impact in advancing human knowledge, covering the full arc of natural sciences and engineering and is supported by the Chinese Academy… Read More
Annual Reviews selects LibLynx for open access usage analytics - November 2, 2022
Annual Reviews has selected LibLynx to generate open access (OA) usage analytics to better understand the global impact of publishing open content in their journals and Knowable magazine. Annual Reviews needed analytics to communicate the impact and value to institutions of supporting their Subscribe… Read More
