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
Karger Publishers partners with ChronosHub to further support the Open Science movement - August 18, 2021
Karger Publishers and ChronosHub have launched a partnership to further support the Open Science movement. The partnership will play a central role in supporting the transition to Open Science for Karger Publishers’ authors and institutional customers through a simplified user experience. It will ensure that unnecessary… Read More
SCOSS Campaign: DOAB/OAPEN reaches key funding milestone - August 18, 2021
The Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) and OAPEN, jointly part of SCOSS’s second funding cycle, has met a significant milestone by reaching its three-year funding goal of 505,000 Euros in about 18 months, despite the COVID-19 challenge. A global funding community of 89… Read More
IntechOpen: one of the most significant contributors to OA book growth in DOAB - August 17, 2021
In a recent report developed by OASPA and Delta Think, a strategic consulting and advisory firm, IntechOpen was identified as one of the most significant contributors to the growth of Open Access books indexed in DOAB. Using data from OASPA,… Read More
UKRI Open Access Policy: ALPSP Copyright Committee responds - August 13, 2021
As an international trade association, ALPSP supports and represents not-for-profit organizations that publish scholarly and professional content, as well as those that work with them. ALPSP members are very supportive of open access and have already taken and continue to take significant steps to ensure that as… Read More
The Company of Biologists announces new Read & Publish agreement with the Spanish National Research Council - August 13, 2021
The Company of Biologists has announced a new Read & Publish agreement with the Spanish National Research Council. This cost-neutral agreement, which runs until December 31, 2023, enables researchers at more than 100 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) institutes to publish an uncapped number of… Read More
Taylor & Francis responds to the UKRI Policy announcement - August 9, 2021
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis is supportive of the goals of the UKRI Open Access Policy to achieve full and immediate Open Access. Over the past decade the publisher has invested heavily in OA tools and services, including OA journals, F1000 and transformative agreements which have helped… Read More
