New Cambridge University Press journal contributes to improvements in global healthcare - March 4, 2021
A new open access journal from Cambridge University Press, Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology (ASHE), will contribute to improving the safety of global healthcare and to curbing the rise in antibiotic resistance. Published in partnership with The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), the journal… Read More
Wiley and CRUI announce four-year OA agreement to accelerate OA publishing in Italy - February 25, 2021
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced a new four-year open access agreement with the Conference of Italian University Rectors (CRUI) to step up open access publishing among a budding list of over 65 universities across Italy. The read and publish agreement offers members of… Read More
PLOS and Yale University announce publishing deal - February 24, 2021
The Yale University Library has signed two new agreements to allow Yale-affiliated authors to publish their articles in any of PLOS’ open access journals without paying article processing charges (APCs). PLOS is a non-profit, open access publisher publishing seven popular scientific and medical… Read More
CCC automates OA agreement management amongst publishers and over 800 Institutions and Funders in more than 40 nations via RightsLink® for Scientific Communications - February 24, 2021
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a leader in advancing copyright, accelerating knowledge, and powering innovation, has announced that its RightsLink for Scientific Communications (RLSC) is now being used to simplify the management of Open Access (OA) agreements between publishers and over 800 institutions and funders in more… Read More
New open access journal Biophysical Reports invites submissions - February 23, 2021
Biophysical Reports, the new fully Gold OA journal offered by the Biophysical Society (BPS), is now accepting submissions. The latest addition to the BPS’s family of journals will feature short contributions (Letters and Reports) with rapid turnarounds as well as Research Articles and Reviews.… Read More
Penn State University Libraries’ Open Publishing unit publishes first issue of the Penn State Journal of Medicine - February 22, 2021
Penn State University Libraries’ Open Publishing unit recently published the first issue of the Penn State Journal of Medicine. All of the content in the peer-reviewed journal is edited by medical students in the Penn State College of Medicine and published open access, meaning… Read More
The Big Ten Academic Alliance and DOAJ announce collective action agreement - February 19, 2021
The Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) have announced a three-year collective action agreement that provides multi-year support for DOAJ from all fifteen member libraries. DOAJ indexes and promotes quality, peer-reviewed open access journals from across the… Read More
Integration of the Ex Libris Esploro solution with Knowledge Unlatched Oable to help institutions manage APCs and OA publishing - February 18, 2021
Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, has announced a partnership with open access (OA) service provider Knowledge Unlatched. Under the deal, the Ex Libris Esploro™ research information management solution will be integrated with the Knowledge Unlatched Oable workflow management solution. This integration will provide research institutions with full… Read More
Hindawi and Maverick announce open access publishing services collaboration - February 15, 2021
Maverick Publishing Specialists and Hindawi Limited have recently entered into an open access publishing collaboration whereby a dedicated team of Maverick specialists and Hindawi's Publishing Partnerships business division will work collaboratively to broaden awareness of Hindawi's range of publishing services amongst journal publishers. … Read More
South African Government places DOAJ on list of accredited journals - February 15, 2021
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) has announced its inclusion in the recognised list of journals, lists and indexes accepted by the South African Department of Higher Education and Training. The move represents the first time that an open access listing has been recommended to South African… Read More
