EMS Press expands its Subscribe to Open programme for 2022 - August 2, 2021
EMS Press, the publishing house of the European Mathematical Society, has announced that 7 new titles will be joining its Subscribe To Open (S2O) programme for 2022, bringing the total number of journals published under S2O to 17. The new additions include journals from the national societies… Read More
IBMS to transition British Journal of Biomedical Science from hybrid access to Gold Open Access - July 30, 2021
The Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS) has announced the transition of the British Journal of Biomedical Science (BJBS) from hybrid access to gold open access in partnership with Frontiers. BJBS is the biomedical profession’s leading scientific journal; featuring peer-reviewed papers and reports on the… Read More
CCC streamlines author experience for those seeking OA publication funding via RightsLink for Scientific Communications - July 30, 2021
CCC, a leader in advancing copyright, accelerating knowledge, and powering innovation, has streamlined the author experience for those seeking Open Access (OA) publication funding through RightsLink for Scientific Communications, the most widely-adopted market solution to support OA agreements. Publishers using RightsLink can prioritize key eligibility criteria… Read More
First open research platform dedicated to ‘Digital Twin’ is now open for submissions - July 29, 2021
This first of its kind open research publishing platform dedicated to ‘Digital Twin’ is now open for submissions. Digital Twin is a rapid multidisciplinary open access publishing platform for researchers, practitioners and experts to publish state-of-the-art basic, scientific and applied research on digital twin technologies. Since… Read More
IOP Publishing announces inaugural issue of new OA journal – Neuromorphic Computing and Engineering - July 28, 2021
IOP Publishing has announced the publication of the first issue of Neuromorphic Computing and Engineering (NCE). NCE is a new, multidisciplinary, open access (OA) journal devoted to the design, development and application of artificial neural networks and brain-inspired systems towards advancing scientific discovery and realising emerging new computing technologies. The scope… Read More
ESOT partners with Frontiers to transform Transplant International from Hybrid access to Gold Open Access - July 28, 2021
The European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT), in collaboration with Frontiers, has announced the transition of Transplant International from Hybrid access to Gold Open Access. Transplant International is the premier journal publishing the key basic science and clinical developments in organ replacement medicine. The… Read More
The International Institute of Academic Research & Publications in India partners with F1000 to launch OA publishing hub - July 22, 2021
The International Institute of Academic Research & Publications (IIARP) in India has partnered with F1000, Taylor & Francis Group’s open research publishing arm, to create a dedicated open research publishing hub for IIARP researchers. The International Institute of Academic Research & Publications (IIARP)… Read More
The Big Ten Academic Alliance joins Direct to Open from the MIT Press - July 21, 2021
The MIT Press and the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) have announced a three-year collective action agreement that provides Direct to Open (D2O) access for all fifteen member libraries. An innovative, sustainable framework for open access monographs, D2O moves professional and scholarly books from… Read More
COAR announces strategy to modernize the global repository network - July 19, 2021
The trend towards open science / open scholarship is strengthening and expanding. The COVID-19 pandemic has made open scholarship a top priority for governments and the research community around the world and there is a growing recognition about the need for greater equity in scholarly communications, as underscored in the… Read More
Karger Publishers’ open access deal with German academic institutions for the years 2021-2023 - July 13, 2021
Scientific and medical publisher Karger Publishers has offered German academic institutions a Publish and Read agreement covering the years 2021-2023. The Open Access (OA) agreement was negotiated, coordinated, and signed by the Bavarian State Library (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB) on behalf of higher education and research institutions across… Read More