Two new OA titles to join Oxford University Press’s flagship OA journal series - May 11, 2022
Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced the launch of two new Open Access journals in its Oxford Open series. Oxford Open Infrastructure and Health, the seventh journal in the series, is a transdisciplinary title, covering a broad range of topics including (inter)planetary health, climate change, and global… Read More
The Company of Biologists and the Bibsam Consortium announce new Read & Publish Open Access agreement - May 11, 2022
The Company of Biologists has announced a three-year Read & Publish Open Access agreement with the Bibsam Consortium which runs from January 1, 2022, to December 31, 2024. Corresponding authors at participating institutions in Sweden can publish an uncapped number of research articles… Read More
SIS Benelux/Low Countries Studies and Knowledge Unlatched develop successful collaboration - May 9, 2022
The Specialised Information Service Benelux / Low Countries Studies (FID Benelux) has provided funding to make 28 titles from the field of Dutch, Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg studies available Open Access. The e-books have been made openly accessible in partnership with Knowledge Unlatched (KU)… Read More
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers launches new OA journal – Gene x Environment (GxE) - May 5, 2022
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers has launched Gene x Environment (GxE), an academic peer-reviewed gold open access journal with a mission to serve as a foundational resource to the burgeoning field of gene by environment. This new journal will encompass all facets of gene by environment research… Read More
EIFL and OUP sign free publishing agreement - May 5, 2022
EIFL has signed an agreement with Oxford University Press (OUP) that provides free publishing for corresponding authors from 29 countries. The agreement is valid until the end of this year - 31 December 2022. Until then, corresponding authors can publish accepted research articles in… Read More
EASTECO, the PLOS, and TCC Africa collaborate to implement open science principles in seven partner states - May 4, 2022
The East African Science and Technology Commission (EASTECO), the Public Library of Science (PLOS), and the Training Centre in Communication (TCC Africa) will collaborate in the implementation of Open Science and Open Access principles for the EAC Partner States, which include Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, United… Read More
ACS partners with Jisc to enable open access publishing for researchers across the UK - April 29, 2022
The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced a landmark transitional agreement with the Jisc consortium that will serve researchers in the U.K. across all fields of chemistry. The three-year agreement, which will last through 2024, provides the ability for all scientific articles published… Read More
Thieme and Dutch Library Consortium UKB sign OA Read-and-Publish agreement - April 28, 2022
Thieme and the Dutch Library Consortium UKB have concluded a Read-and-Publish agreement, with the Dutch cooperative association for educational and research institutions SURF serving as an intermediary party. The agreement includes eleven leading Dutch universities and provides members of the participating institutions with unlimited read access to… Read More
ACS Publications’ entire portfolio of hybrid journals set to become transformative journals - April 27, 2022
The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) has committed its full portfolio of more than 60 hybrid journals, which offer both open access and subscription-only content, to become Plan S-aligned transformative journals. This development represents a major step in ACS’ long-standing commitment to open science,… Read More
GOBI® now offers the open research library e-book platform from Knowledge Unlatched - April 22, 2022
GOBI® Library Solutions from EBSCO (GOBI Library Solutions) now supports the Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Open Access (OA) e-books funding model, providing the opportunity for academic libraries to support OA funding initiatives within their GOBI workflow. The addition of the Knowledge Unlatched Open Research Library E-Book… Read More
