ACS partners with Tokyo University of Science, announces first OA ‘read and publish’ agreement in Japan - March 11, 2021
The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and Tokyo University of Science (TUS) have announced a collaboration to usher in a new era of open access publishing in Japan. Over the next five years, this agreement will bring the possibility for all publications by TUS… Read More
Journal of Veterinary Medical Education to adopt hybrid print and online publishing model - March 8, 2021
The Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) and the University of Toronto Press have announced that the Journal of Veterinary Medical Education (JVME) will adopt a hybrid print and online publishing model which will incorporate open access of all published content, beginning in July 2021. With… Read More
Florida State University Libraries launches new OA publishing program - March 8, 2021
Florida State University Libraries is launching FSU’s first open-access publishing program. Florida State Open Publishing (FSOP) provides the university’s faculty, students and staff with the digital publishing tools and support needed to produce peer-reviewed, open scholarly publications, educational resources and other digital research outputs. Created to… Read More
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
