PLOS and Carnegie Mellon University announce APC-free OA publishing agreement - June 9, 2020
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and the Public Library of Science (PLOS) have announced a two-year open access agreement that allows researchers to publish in PLOS' suite of journals without incurring article processing charges (APC). This partnership brings together two organisations that believe… Read More
Academic library community urge library vendors to continue free access, hold subscription prices steady during COVID-19 pandemic - June 8, 2020
The academic library community is appreciating the ways library vendors and service providers have made electronic resources freely and openly available to support the acute global response to COVID-19 and students’ and faculty members’ necessary and unanticipated shift to temporarily remote teaching, learning, and research. All library resource and service… Read More
Elsevier offers open access to over 60 carefully selected journal articles and book chapters to raise awareness on climate action and biodiversity - June 5, 2020
Elsevier, a global leader in information analytics specialising in science and health, has launched a free access special issue of curated content focused on biodiversity in recognition of World Environment Day. Consisting of journal articles and book chapters supporting the United Nation's… Read More
SAGE Publishing signs new open access publishing agreement with the FinELib Consortium - May 29, 2020
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has signed a new open access publishing agreement with the FinELib Consortium, serving member institutions including Finnish universities, universities of applied sciences, research institutes and public libraries. The three-year read and publish agreement applies to all articles received and accepted from January… Read More
Free Access to Cochrane’s COVID-19 pandemic resources guaranteed - May 28, 2020
All of Cochrane’s COVID-19 related evidence will continue to be freely available to everyone, everywhere on the Cochrane Library (full text) and at Cochrane.org. Cochrane’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic is providing high-quality, relevant and up-to-date synthesised research evidence to inform… Read More
Knowledge Unlatched and EBSCO Information Services partner to support libraries worldwide in their move to OA - May 27, 2020
Knowledge Unlatched (KU), the international initiative for Open Access (OA), and EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) have joined forces to support libraries worldwide in their move to OA. Through cooperation they will help publishers shift paywalled subscription journals to OA publications owing to… Read More
Kudos extends sign-up period for complimentary access to Kudos Pro - May 26, 2020
Kudos, the award-winning service for accelerating research impact, has extended the sign-up period for complimentary access to Kudos Pro, after more than 5,000 researchers signed up in the first wave. The company is providing the global academic community with complimentary access to its premium service to… Read More
Pathology & Oncology Research transitions to open access with Frontiers - May 20, 2020
Open access publisher Frontiers has announced that the journal Pathology & Oncology Research will be transferring to Frontiers as of January 2021. The journal will also be transitioning from a Subscription, Hybrid model to Gold Open Access. The journal is currently published by Read More
Frontiers and Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research announce open access publishing agreement - May 15, 2020
Open access publisher Frontiers and Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research have announced a partnership to support their authors in publishing open access. As part of this support, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research will cover Article Processing Charges (APCs) for eligible articles centrally for their eligible authors.… Read More
IEEE and the University of Illinois announce Open Access deal - May 14, 2020
IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organisation dedicated to advancing technology for humanity, has entered an Open Access Read and Publish agreement with the University of Illinois, one of the leading institutions for engineering research. This marks the first Read and Publish agreement for the University… Read More
