Royal Society of Chemistry to publish fully-owned journals OA within five years - October 31, 2022
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has announced that it aims to make all fully RSC-owned journals Open Access within five years, making it the first chemistry publisher and one of the first society publishers to commit to a fully Open Access future. Open Access is at… Read More
Project MUSE offer for Subscribe to Open (S2O) journals targeted for 2025 - October 31, 2022
Following a year of research and community engagement funded by a planning grant from the Mellon Foundation’s Public Knowledge Program, Project MUSE is preparing a Subscribe to Open (S2O) offer across multiple journal titles and participating publishers that will begin with the 2025 calendar… Read More
Karger now piloting a new open access model: Subscribe to Open - October 27, 2022
To help pave the way for a broader Open Science ecosystem, Karger Publishers is introducing Subscribe to Open (S2O), converting two subscription journals to Open Access, and making three additional publications ’Transformative Journals.’ Karger Publishers takes its ‘Open for Open’ approach to the… Read More
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia announces open access publishing agreement with Frontiers - October 27, 2022
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) has formed an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. This institutional agreement means that eligible IIT authors will benefit from a 10% membership discount when publishing in Frontiers journals. This may be combined with any… Read More
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
