PLOS responds to the Wissenschaftsrat (German Science Council) statement on Open Access - January 28, 2022
PLOS, a non-profit open-access STM publisher, has welcomed the January 24, 2022, statement from the German Science Council (Wissenschaftsrat) advocating that Open Access (OA), via a CC BY license, should become the default for scientific publications. The statement observes that a move to Open Access entails… Read More
Wiley announces new three-year deal with the Slovenian Academic Consortium to accelerate open access research - January 27, 2022
Global research and education leader Wiley has announced a new three-year agreement with the Slovenian Academic Consortium (CTK consortium) to accelerate open access research. The agreement allows 10 member institutions across Slovenia to access all of Wiley’s hybrid and subscription journals and grants researchers the ability… Read More
IOP Publishing and the TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology announce three-year unlimited OA publishing agreement - January 27, 2022
Not-for-profit society publisher IOP Publishing (IOPP) and TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology have established a consortium agreement which enables researchers at participating German institutions to publish unlimited articles on an open access (OA) basis in 56 hybrid and 15 fully open access (OA)… Read More
Advanced Photonics Nexus journal set to debut in 2022 - January 20, 2022
Advanced Photonics Nexus, an Open Access journal co-published by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, and Chinese Laser Press (CLP), anticipates publication of its first issue in the second half of 2022. Advanced Photonics Nexus, which will be accessible online in… Read More
The Company of Biologists and the Council of Australian University Librarians announce new Read & Publish OA agreement - January 19, 2022
The Company of Biologists has announced a new three-year Read & Publish Open Access agreement with the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL). The agreement commenced on January 1, 2022 and CAUL-member institutions in Australia and New Zealand can sign up… Read More
Open access journal renamed Drone Systems and Applications - January 17, 2022
Canadian Science Publishing (CSP) has announced that, as of January 1, 2022, the Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems is now called Drone Systems and Applications. The journal was renamed to eliminate the use of a term that is neither gender-neutral nor gender-inclusive. Changing the journal’s title… Read More
AACR expands journal portfolio with the addition of new OA journal – Cancer Research Communications - January 17, 2022
The recently launched Cancer Research Communications (CRC) is the latest addition to the AACR’s journal portfolio. The new journal is open access and covers the full spectrum of cancer science and medicine, from basic and translational scientific investigations to early- and late-phase clinical trials,… Read More
EDP Sciences and TIB renew joint Open Access agreement for 2022 - January 13, 2022
EDP Sciences and TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology have renewed their joint Open Access-Agreement for 2022, offering attractive discounts on publication charges for articles by corresponding authors affiliated with academic institutions across Germany. Under the previous… Read More
IFLA releases Statement on Open Library Data - January 13, 2022
IFLA’s new Statement on Open Library Data calls on governments to ensure, either directly or through supporting others, the collection and open publication of data about libraries and their use. Accurate and timely data is key for any sort of policy decision-making. It… Read More
GDC Difusión Científica and F1000 partner to launch first open access publishing hub in Latin America - January 13, 2022
GDC Difusión Científica has announced a partnership with open research publisher F1000 to create a dedicated open research publishing hub, GDC Open Research in Latin America. This Gateway will enable researchers to amplify the impact of their work and promote the principles of open research throughout Latin… Read More
