The National Academy of Sciences publishes inaugural issue of new open-access journal, PNAS Nexus - March 3, 2022
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has announced the publication of the inaugural issue of PNAS Nexus, a selective, open-access journal with a focus on multi-, trans-, and inter-disciplinary work across the biological, physical, and social sciences, and mathematics, particularly encompassing engineering and health sciences. The journal… Read More
cOAlition S calls on publishers to make their policies and contracts more transparent - March 2, 2022
Several publishers are making the move to increase Open Access (OA) for research publications. However, some publishers’ practices still cause difficulties for authors who wish to exercise their right to make their Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM) open access immediately on publication using the Plan S Rights Retention… Read More
Knowledge Unlatched and Laudato Si’ Research Institute make 11 Books on Integral Ecology Open Access - March 2, 2022
Knowledge Unlatched (KU) and the Laudato Si' Research Institute at Campion Hall, Oxford (LSRI) have joined forces to make 11 titles from the field of Integral Ecology Open Access (OA). This collection of e-books, the Laudato Si’ Integral Ecology Collection, is made possible as a result of… Read More
PLOS and the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries announce new publishing agreement - February 24, 2022
The Public Library of Science (PLOS) and the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries (CSAL) have announced a three-year Open Access agreement that allows researchers to publish in PLOS’ suite of journals without incurring Article Processing Charges (APCs). This partnership brings together two organizations that… Read More
Italian National Research Council and Frontiers sign OA publishing deal - February 24, 2022
The Italian National Research Council, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) has signed an Open Access publishing consortium deal with Gold OA publisher Frontiers. The agreement comes into effect one year after the signature of a similar deal with the Italian consortium of Biomedical Research… Read More
Heriot-Watt University joins the Frontiers – JISC national open access deal - February 21, 2022
The Heriot-Watt University has joined the national open access deal agreed between Jisc Collections and Frontiers. This landmark deal provides a simplified and streamlined route to open access publishing for researchers in the UK, who publish 7% of the world’s research. Heriot-Watt University… Read More
Wiley and the Big Ten Academic Alliance in deal to make more peer-reviewed research available - February 16, 2022
Global research and education leader Wiley, together with the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA), have reached an agreement for a one-year contract extension with an open access option, as a pilot in collective action toward the Big Collection. The Big Ten Academic Alliance is a premier higher… Read More
AIP Publishing and the Institute of Science and Technology Austria sign three-year Read & Publish agreement - February 16, 2022
AIP Publishing, a leading not-for-profit scholarly publisher in the physical sciences, has signed a three-year Read & Publish agreement with the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA). The agreement covers the period January 2022 – December 2024. Under the agreement, researchers affiliated with ISTA will… Read More
AIP Publishing and the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries announce Read & Publish agreement - February 11, 2022
AIP Publishing, a leading not-for-profit scholarly publisher in the physical sciences, has announced a three-year Read and Publish agreement with the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries (CSAL). Commencing in January 2022, the agreement runs until the end of 2024 and includes access to… Read More
Wiley and four Japanese institutions sign MoU for a transformational OA agreement - February 9, 2022
Global research and education leader Wiley has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on open access publishing with the library directors of Tohoku University, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, and Tokyo University of Science. This MoU is… Read More
