Jisc and American Psychological Association announce open access publishing agreement - August 16, 2022
The American Psychological Association has signed an agreement with Jisc offering participating UK authors capped open access publishing in its journals. According to Anna Vernon, Jisc’s head of portfolio, content licensing, Jisc offer the sector an agreement that will benefit psychology-based researchers to… Read More
NLM leverages its information resources to enhance access to literature and research on Monkeypox - August 10, 2022
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is working to accelerate the global monkeypox response through initiatives that expand access to scientific literature, sequence data, clinical trial information, and consumer health information related to monkeypox. NLM’s efforts follow on declarations by the World Health Organization and U.S.… Read More
Nuclear Fusion set to become fully open access - August 4, 2022
IOP Publishing (IOPP) has announced that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) journal Nuclear Fusion (NF) will become fully open access to reflect the increasing demand for more accessible and open science and funders’ mandates requiring authors to publish their work… Read More
Wolters Kluwer makes monkeypox content free to clinicians worldwide in response to global health emergency - August 1, 2022
The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) has declared monkeypox a global health emergency. To fulfill the global need for evidence-based information amid this outbreak, Wolters Kluwer has made monkeypox content on UpToDate® free, and created a monkeypox resource page that includes links… Read More
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
