The Company of Biologists becomes first not-for-profit publisher to commit to the Transformative Journal approach - August 5, 2020
The Company of Biologists has offered Open Access publishing options since 2004 and two of its five journals are already fully Open Access. The Transformative Journal strategy signals more clearly the journals’ commitment to move towards full Open Access, while a transition period allows the Company… Read More
Oryx set to become open access from January 2021 - August 5, 2020
Oryx – The International Journal of Conservation is to become fully open access from January 1, 2021, making it free to read by anyone with an internet connection, anywhere in the world. New research submitted after August 1 will be published Open Access from next year. Thanks to a… Read More
ERC Scientific Council decides to withdraw as a supporter of cOAlition S - July 22, 2020
The ERC Scientific Council is committed to implementing full and immediate Open Access and continues to support the principles underlying Plan S. Members of the ERC Scientific Council are participating constructively in various activities aimed at making Open Access a reality. However, during the past six… Read More
ACS Publications announces new open science resource center - July 17, 2020
In an ever-changing scholarly publishing environment, the American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications Division is deepening its commitment to open science and open access. Through a curated set of materials on its new open science resource center, ACS is leading the way for… Read More
Karger Publishers finalises open access agreement with Swiss Consortium - July 14, 2020
Four Swiss universities have accepted the Publish & Access offer for 2020 negotiated by Karger Publishers and the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries (CSAL). The contract, which will initially be concluded for a pilot year, is offering access to all Karger e-journals (including backfiles) and… Read More
WSU joins open-access publishing model with ACM to ensure publication of articles under open-access license - July 14, 2020
Washington State University (WSU) has joined an open-access publishing model with the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society. The agreement will ensure that articles and proceedings papers authored by WSU-affiliated personnel are published under an… Read More
The Royal Society signs ‘read and publish’ deal with Jisc - July 10, 2020
The Royal Society has signed an agreement that grants researchers at participating universities the ability to read and publish an unlimited number of articles. The Royal Society has for the first time agreed a ‘read and publish’ deal with Jisc. Participating universities… Read More
Successful S20 pilot paves way for ground-breaking roll out across the EDP Sciences maths portfolio - July 8, 2020
International academic publisher EDP Sciences has announced that following the successful transition of Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena (MMNP) to open access under the Subscribe to Open (S2O) pilot earlier this year, a further five maths journals will transition to open access under this model from… Read More
American Academy of Ophthalmology expands Ophthalmology family of journals to include Ophthalmology Science - July 6, 2020
The American Academy of Ophthalmology has announced plans to expand the Ophthalmology family of journals to include Ophthalmology Science, an online open access journal focused on publishing pre-clinical development, phase 1 and 2 clinical trials, laboratory-based work, ophthalmology informatics, and clinical science. Ophthalmology Science is the… Read More
KAUST and Frontiers form open access publishing agreement to support researchers - July 2, 2020
The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and Frontiers have formed an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing. KAUST, via its Library, supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. As part… Read More
