FinELib Consortium agreements allow for open access to more and more scientific articles - September 16, 2021
Researchers from Finnish universities and research institutions, can now publish their articles open access owing to the FinELib Consortium agreements. A total of 2929 open articles were published in 2020. The number of open access articles increases as more and more researchers utilise the open access benefits… Read More
IntechOpen launches new publishing format: IntechOpen Book Series - September 15, 2021
Open access publisher IntechOpen has announced the launch of its new publishing format: IntechOpen Book Series with the aim to make book publishing more relevant for the digital age and offer innovative Open Access publishing options. Designed to cover fast-moving research fields in rapidly expanding areas,… Read More
Open Pharma collaboration calls for plain language summaries of peer-reviewed medical journal articles - September 13, 2021
Pharmaceutical and biotech companies who form the Open Pharma collaboration, have announced the ever-pressing need for plain language summaries in peer-reviewed medical journal publications. Published in the peer-reviewed journal Current Medical Research & Opinion, Open Pharma’s recommendations come as an aim to make the medical publishing… Read More
cOAlition S statement sets clear direction for academic books to become OA - September 9, 2021
cOAlition S has just issued its statement on Open Access (OA) for academic books. With this statement, cOAlitition S sets a clear direction for academic books to become OA. It recommends that “All academic books based on original research that was directly supported with funding from… Read More
UW Libraries and Cambridge University Press sign OA publishing agreement - September 8, 2021
Research published by corresponding authors based at the University of Wyoming will be made open access at no additional cost, owing to a new partnership between UW Libraries and Cambridge University Press (CUP). Through the read-and-publish agreement, UW authors have the opportunity to… Read More
CRKN to manage central licensing and invoicing for D2O from the MIT Press - September 3, 2021
The MIT Press and the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) have announced that CRKN will handle central licensing and invoicing for Direct to Open (D2O) for their member libraries. An innovative, sustainable framework for open access monographs, D2O moves professional and scholarly books from… Read More
American Astronomical Society to transition entire journal portfolio to gold OA - September 2, 2021
IOP Publishing (IOPP) has announced its support for the American Astronomical Society (AAS) as it transitions its entire journal portfolio to gold open access (OA). IOPP has worked in partnership with the AAS, a leading non-profit professional society for astronomers, to publish their prestigious… Read More
KU Libraries accepting nominations for 8th annual Shulenburger Award for Innovation & Advocacy in Scholarly Communication - September 2, 2021
The University of Kansas Libraries are now accepting nominations for the eighth annual Shulenburger Award for Innovation & Advocacy in Scholarly Communication. The award will be granted for exceptional efforts to advance innovations in open sharing and advocacy for positive change in the scholarly communication system. … Read More
NERL and CRL in deal to support D2O from the MIT Press - August 31, 2021
The MIT Press, the NorthEast Research Libraries (NERL), and the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) have announced that NERL will handle the central licensing and invoicing for MIT Press’ Direct to Open (D2O) for NERL and CRL member… Read More
Royal Society of Chemistry launches new Gold OA journal – Energy Advances - August 25, 2021
The Royal Society of Chemistry has announced that its new Gold OA journal Energy Advances focuses on energy science, and in particular the interdisciplinarity required for breakthroughs in the field. Energy Advances welcomes research from any related discipline including materials science, engineering, technology, biosciences… Read More
