Springer Nature’s revised application for Jisc-approved transformative journal status accepted - August 1, 2022
Following feedback from the content expert group on its author facing communications and workflows, Springer Nature submitted a revised application for Jisc-approved transformative journal status for their Nature Research and Palgrave titles. The application, which includes revisions to the author journey and communications,… Read More
UKRI publishes updated information to support funded research organizations and researchers to meet its new OA policy - July 28, 2022
UKRI has published updated information to support funded research organizations and researchers to meet its new open access policy. Peer-reviewed research articles that acknowledge UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding have been required to comply with UKRI’s open access policy since April 1, 2022. The following guidance… Read More
Read & Publish Open Access initiative: number of participating institutions doubles in a year - July 28, 2022
The Company of Biologists has announced that the number of institutions participating in its cost-neutral Read & Publish Open Access (OA) initiative has more than doubled since June 2021, increasing from 235 to 522. The number of countries represented has also risen by more than 50% over… Read More
Springer Nature and the University of California in deal to provide UC authors the option to publish their research OA in Nature titles - July 27, 2022
Building on the success of their 2020 landmark agreement, Springer Nature and the University of California (UC) have announced that UC authors will now have the option to publish their research open access (OA) in the prestigious Nature titles. Through an extension of the… Read More
PLOS and OA Switchboard announce partnership - July 25, 2022
The Public Library of Science (PLOS) and the OA Switchboard have announced a partnership that will enable PLOS to better manage its Open Access publishing agreements with institutions, while also providing greater transparency and metadata to stakeholders, including consortia, libraries and funders. PLOS… Read More
IOP Publishing offers authors discounted OA publishing across its journals - July 25, 2022
Researchers from countries with lower-middle income economies, as categorised by the World Bank, can now choose open access (OA) publishing in any of IOP Publishing’s (IOPP) journals for a flat charge of £500. The policy builds on IOPP’s existing approach that enables researchers from countries with low-income… Read More
Journal of Food Protection to be published fully open access from January 2023 - July 22, 2022
The International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) has announced that the Journal of Food Protection will be published as a fully open access publication beginning in January 2023. The journal will be published as an open access journal with Netherlands-based academic publishing company, Elsevier.… Read More
EIFL’s renewal agreement with the MSP provides free access to 17 journals in 29 countries - July 21, 2022
EIFL has signed a renewal agreement with Mathematical Science Publishers (MSP) journals. This agreement provides for free access to 17 peer-reviewed journals in 29 countries. MSP is a scholar-led non-profit publisher, with a mission to serve the maths community through high-quality publishing. Journals… Read More
Bioscientifica launches new OA journal – Redox Experimental Biology - July 20, 2022
Redox Experimental Medicine is a new, fully open-access, peer-reviewed journal publishing research aimed at advancing understanding of the effects that redox processes have on human health and disease. Aberrations in redox processes can have a profound impact on our normal physiology, with implications for many diseases.… Read More
Radioprotection to adopt S2O and OA model from 2023 - July 20, 2022
The journal Radioprotection has become the eighth journal published by EDP Sciences to move to Subscribe-to-Open (S2O) and will also be online-only from 2023. Under the terms of this transformative model, Radioprotection will be open access in 2023 if it receives the required level of support… Read More
