Microbiology Society and IReL enter open-access agreement for ten Irish higher education institutions - October 23, 2020
Not-for-profit Society publisher, the Microbiology Society, and Ireland’s nationally funded e-learning consortium IReL, have announced an open-access (OA) agreement for ten Irish higher education institutions. This ’Publish and Read’ deal will allow researchers at selected institutions to publish an unlimited number of… Read More
Central European University Press transits to open access monograph programme - October 23, 2020
The Central European University Press (CEUP) is transitioning to an open access (OA) monograph programme through its new library subscription membership initiative, Opening the Future. The Press will provide access to portions of their highly-regarded backlist and use the revenue from members’… Read More
Brill and EIFL sign three-year journals and open access agreement - October 22, 2020
International scholarly publisher Brill has signed a three-year journal agreement with Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL), a not-for-profit organization working with libraries worldwide to enable access to digital information for people in developing and transition countries. The agreement includes discounted access to… Read More
ASBMB’s journals to become open access in January 2021 - October 22, 2020
The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology's (ASBMB) three peer-reviewed journals — Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Lipid Research, and Molecular & Cellular Proteomics — will become fully open access in 2021. Scientists publishing in ASBMB journals already had the option for open access,… Read More
Annual Reviews announces final two journals in the 2020 pilot program for Subscribe to Open - October 21, 2020
Nonprofit publisher Annual Reviews has announced that the 2020 volumes of the Annual Review of Environment and Resources and the Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science have been converted from gated to open access. All articles in… Read More
Cambridge University Press seeks Transformative Journal status to transit journals to Open Access - October 19, 2020
Cambridge University Press seeks to request the majority of its journals be given Transformative Journal status by cOAlition S as part of a commitment to transition them to full Open Access (OA). The Press’s commitment to OA stems from its belief that a sustainable transition… Read More
Frontiers and the Institute of Marine Research form open access publishing agreement - October 16, 2020
The Institute of Marine Research form open access publishing agreement with Frontiers to support their authors in publishing open access. As part of the support, the Institute of Marine Research will cover Article Processing Charges (APCs) for eligible articles centrally for their eligible authors. As part… Read More
Wiley launches interdisciplinary open access journal Natural Sciences - October 14, 2020
John Wiley and Sons Inc. has announced the launch of its new premier open access journal, Natural Sciences. The journal, which fully embraces open research principles, is one of the mutual initiatives agreed to by Projekt DEAL and Wiley. Helmed by leading scientists in the… Read More
Jisc and PLOS agree to allow researchers to publish in PLOS journals - October 14, 2020
Jisc and the Public Library of Science (PLOS) have announced two three-year open access (OA) agreements that allow researchers to publish in PLOS journals without incurring article processing charges (APCs). This is the first time that a large university consortium has… Read More
Mechanics & Industry, the official journal of the AFM, joins the open access movement - October 14, 2020
EDP Sciences has announced that Mechanics & Industry (M&I), the official journal of the Association Française de Mécanique (AFM), will publish all articles open access from January 2021. M&I has been co-published in English with EDP Sciences since… Read More
