NIH to introduce cap on publisher fees to promote open access - July 9, 2025
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) will introduce a cap on how much publishers can charge NIH-supported scientists to make their work publicly accessible. Scheduled to take effect in Fiscal Year 2026, the move aims to curb excessive article processing charges (APCs), promote transparency, and ensure… Read More
University of Miami enters flat fee open access publishing agreement with Frontiers - July 2, 2025
The University of Miami has entered into a flat fee open access publishing agreement with Frontiers. Under this model, researchers affiliated with the University can publish in selected peer-reviewed journals from Frontiers without incurring article processing charges (APCs), as these costs will be fully… Read More
DIAMAS outputs positioned to reshape Diamond open access across Europe - June 30, 2025
The DIAMAS project concluded with a final conference in Brussels on June 3, 2025, where nine core outputs were formally integrated into the European Diamond Capacity Hub (EDCH). These outputs are designed to support the implementation, scalability, and long-term sustainability of the Diamond open… Read More
PASCAL partners with DOAJ to support open access infrastructure in South Carolina - June 30, 2025
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) has formalized a new support agreement with the Partnership Among South Carolina Academic Libraries (PASCAL), creating a streamlined path for 55 academic libraries across South Carolina to contribute to DOAJ’s long-term sustainability. The partnership reflects a growing… Read More
University of California and BioOne establish five-year agreement to support open access and nonprofit publishing - June 26, 2025
The University of California (UC) and BioOne, a content aggregator in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences, have finalized a five-year agreement, extending through 2029, that grants researchers at nine UC campuses and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory access to BioOne Complete. The arrangement… Read More
Frontiers becomes first publisher to contribute metadata to Open Life Science Publication Database - June 25, 2025
Frontiers, a Gold open access publisher, has deepened its collaboration with ZBMed, the German center for life sciences, by agreeing to deposit its article metadata into the newly launched Open Life Science Publication Database (OLSPub). As the first publisher to commit metadata to… Read More
IOP Publishing and Couperin establish unlimited open access agreement to enhance visibility of French research - June 25, 2025
IOP Publishing has entered into a three-year open access agreement with Couperin, the French national consortium of higher education and research institutions. The arrangement adopts a 'read and publish' model and enables affiliated researchers from participating institutions to publish an unlimited number of articles open access across… Read More
De Gruyter Brill expands open access programs through new journal, book, and institutional agreements - June 20, 2025
De Gruyter Brill has announced a series of new agreements and initiatives aimed at advancing open access publishing across journals and books, including expanded support for diamond open access models, new transformative agreements, and the continuation of Subscribe-to-Open (S2O) transitions. As part of its diamond open access… Read More
British Psychological Society to launch new journal on environmental psychology in 2026 - June 13, 2025
The British Psychological Society (BPS), in collaboration with Wiley, will launch a new open access journal titled Environmental Psychology Research in 2026. The journal will focus on psychological dimensions of human interaction with both natural and built environments, aiming to advance… Read More
ResearchGate and Tech Science Press expand open access partnership to boost journal visibility - June 12, 2025
ResearchGate and Tech Science Press have announced a significant expansion of their Journal Home partnership, more than doubling the number of journals participating in the collaboration. The updated agreement will see 12 journals from Tech Science Press integrated into the ResearchGate platform, up from… Read More
