IGI Global and Guangdong Pharmaceutical University (China) partner to launch new platinum OA medical journal - May 16, 2022
Academic publisher IGI Global and the Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, China are partnering to launch a new peer-reviewed platinum (fully funded) open-access journal, Glucolipid Metabolic Disease (GMD). This innovative journal aims to present peer-reviewed, clinical, and scientific research on the identification, prevention, control, and… Read More
Wiley and French Consortium COUPERIN sign OA agreement - May 12, 2022
Global research and education leader Wiley has announced a new three-year agreement with COUPERIN, a consortium of higher education and research institutions in France. This agreement is the first of its size signed by COUPERIN. Researchers from 130 member institutions across France will… Read More
AIP Publishing and Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas announce new Read & Publish agreement - May 12, 2022
AIP Publishing, a not-for-profit scholarly publisher in the physical sciences, has announced a partnership with Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), in a three-year Read and Publish agreement. The agreement, which will be in effect through the end… Read More
Springer Nature’s partnership with the Max Planck Society is its largest open access book agreement - May 11, 2022
Springer Nature has signed its largest institutional OA book deal with the Max Planck Society through the Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL). The agreement covers all Springer Nature book imprints, across a broad range of disciplines, providing OA funding to affiliated… Read More
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