MDPI and Bibsam Consortium renew open access publishing agreement for Swedish institutions - April 9, 2025
MDPI has renewed its national agreement with Sweden’s Bibsam Consortium, extending its partnership to support open access publishing across 22 Swedish institutions. Under the agreement, participating institutions—such as KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Linnaeus University, Linköping University, and Stockholm University—will continue to benefit from… Read More
Taylor & Francis expands open access with Subscribe to Open pilot - April 3, 2025
Taylor & Francis has confirmed that all articles in the 2025 volumes of three journals will be published open access (OA) at no cost to authors, following the success of its Subscribe to Open (S2O) pilot. The publisher announced that sufficient institutions have renewed their subscriptions to… Read More
Elsevier and the American Accounting Association launch new open-access journal - April 2, 2025
The American Accounting Association (AAA) has announced its affiliation with Accounting Open, a newly launched journal published by Elsevier. As a fully open-access publication, Accounting Open is dedicated to advancing theoretical and empirical research in accounting, focusing on the description, understanding, and prediction of… Read More
PLOS and Society of China University Journals partner to advance open science - April 2, 2025
The Public Library of Science (PLOS) and the Society of China University Journals (CUJS) have entered a three-year strategic partnership to collaborate on key topics in scholarly publishing, including open access, open science, scientific integrity, and research evaluation. CUJS, a national academic organization with… Read More
APS expands open access with Subscribe to Open for 2025 - March 28, 2025
The American Physiological Society (APS) has successfully implemented its Subscribe to Open (S2O) model, making 10 of its primary research journals fully open access in 2025. With continued support from institutional and library partners, APS has broadened free, unrestricted access to high-quality physiological research while reinforcing its… Read More
cOAlition S provides feedback on Canadian Tri-Agency open access policy consultation - March 27, 2025
cOAlition S, a consortium of research funders and institutions committed to advancing full and immediate Open Access through Plan S, has submitted its response to the Canadian Tri-Agency’s consultation on its draft Open Access policy for publications. The revised policy, introduced by the Canadian Institutes of Health… Read More
Karger Publishers expands open access through Subscribe to Open model - March 26, 2025
Karger Publishers is strengthening its Open Access (OA) portfolio for 2025 by expanding its Subscribe to Open (S2O) program, which enables journal content to be made freely accessible if sustainability thresholds are met through library subscriptions. Now in its third year, the initiative has successfully transitioned three… Read More
SIU Libraries secure Oxford University Press open access agreement - March 26, 2025
Southern Illinois University (SIU) Carbondale’s Morris Library and the SIU School of Medicine’s Medical Library have entered into a read and publish agreement with Oxford University Press (OUP), expanding open access (OA) publishing opportunities for affiliated researchers. Under this three-year agreement, SIU Carbondale’s corresponding… Read More
SCOAP3 for books program Opens 2025 call for open access submissions - March 24, 2025
The SCOAP3 for books program has announced the launch of its 2025 funding initiative, inviting scholarly publishers to submit proposals for the open-access publication of scientific monographs and textbooks relevant to the field of high-energy physics. The program supports works in physics, mathematics, engineering, instrumentation, and computer… Read More
Montclair State University expands open-access publishing options for researchers - March 21, 2025
Montclair State University Libraries has announced an expansion of open-access (OA) publishing opportunities for its researchers through new agreements with Springer Nature and Annual Reviews. These initiatives aim to broaden access to scholarly work, enabling researchers to publish without direct costs while increasing the… Read More
