Ohio University Libraries expand open access publishing through transformative agreements - August 4, 2025
Ohio University Libraries reports that its investment in transformative agreements with major publishers has enabled OHIO faculty to publish over 223 open access journal articles, saving more than $744,000 in Article Processing Charges (APCs) since 2022. Through partnerships with publishers including Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, Cambridge, and the… Read More
Royal Society Publishing and CAPES sign five-year Read & Publish agreement for Brazilian researchers - July 18, 2025
Royal Society Publishing has entered into a five-year Read & Publish agreement with Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), a development marking a significant step toward advancing open access publishing for researchers in Brazil. Under the agreement, authors affiliated with CAPES-supported… Read More
BSI reintroduces Read & Publish model for its family of journals - July 3, 2025
The British Society for Immunology (BSI) has reiterated its support for open access publishing by expanding awareness of the Read & Publish model available through its three journals: Clinical & Experimental Immunology, Immunotherapy Advances, and Discovery Immunology. These journals not only provide platforms for the dissemination of… Read More
IOP Publishing and University of California formalize open access agreement to broaden physics research access - July 2, 2025
IOP Publishing (IOPP) and the University of California (UC) have formalized a three-year transformative open access agreement designed to streamline publishing for UC researchers and enhance worldwide access to research in physics and related disciplines. Under this agreement, corresponding authors at all ten UC… Read More
Malaysia’s first national transformative agreement enhances access to open research - June 6, 2025
Springer Nature and the Higher Education Electronic Resources Consortium (KONSEPt) have announced the first national Transformative Agreement (TA) in Malaysia and Southeast Asia, advancing open access (OA) publishing across all of Malaysia’s higher education institutions. This development reflects a growing global shift toward open science and research,… Read More
University of North Dakota expands open access publishing through read and publish agreements - April 28, 2025
The University of North Dakota (UND) is facilitating broader access to scholarly research by entering into read and publish agreements with several academic publishers. These agreements allow UND-affiliated authors to publish open access articles without incurring individual article processing charges (APCs), as the associated costs are covered… Read More
BMJ Group expands global open access reach through new Read and Publish agreements - April 17, 2025
BMJ Group, a global provider of healthcare knowledge, is expanding its open access portfolio with a series of new and renewed Read and Publish agreements for 2025. These agreements extend the Group’s support for international knowledge dissemination by enabling researchers to publish open access, increasing the visibility… Read More
ACM joins India’s ONOS initiative through nationwide open access agreement - April 17, 2025
ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, has joined India’s One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) initiative through a comprehensive read-and-publish agreement under the ACM Open program. The agreement provides 6,500 publicly funded higher education and research institutions across India with premium access… Read More
CRUE renews transformative open access agreement with Elsevier for 2025–2028 - April 16, 2025
The Conference of Rectors of Spanish Universities (CRUE) has renewed its transformative agreement with Elsevier for the 2025–2028 period. The decision was approved during the organization’s Extraordinary General Assembly held on April 4, 2025. The agreement, which had been set to expire on December… Read More
CRKN and Royal Society of Chemistry establish read-and-publish agreement to expand open access - March 21, 2025
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) has entered into a three-year read-and-publish agreement with the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), enabling broader open access publication of Canadian chemistry research. The agreement, effective from January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2027, allows authors affiliated with… Read More
