The Microbiology Society and the Indian Institute Of Science Bangalore sign transformative agreement - March 16, 2023
The Microbiology Society and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore have announced a transformative Publish and Read agreement that will take effect in 2023. This marks the Microbiology Society's first agreement of its kind in India, continuing its goal to support open access publishing for microbiologists… Read More
IOP Publishing secures first OA agreements in Asia - March 15, 2023
Society publisher IOP Publishing (IOPP) has announced its first transformative agreements (TAs) in Asia to deliver open access (OA) at scale globally. The three-year read and publish agreements were signed with the University of Hong Kong (HKU), the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), and The Hong… Read More
Royal Society of Chemistry and CzechELib consortium sign first unlimited OA agreement in the Czech Republic - March 10, 2023
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has signed the first unlimited Open Access agreement in the Czech Republic with the CzechELib consortium, a department of the Czech Republic's National Library of Technology. The three-year agreement will allow members of CzechELib consortium to access and… Read More
BMJ signs its Read and Publish agreement with Michigan State University Libraries, the first in the US - March 8, 2023
Global healthcare knowledge provider, BMJ, has entered into its first Read and Publish agreement in the United States with Michigan State University (MSU) Libraries. The agreement allows MSU's affiliated corresponding authors to publish their primary research open access (OA) at no cost to them.… Read More
American Chemical Society and Tokyo Institute of Technology announce ‘read and publish’ agreement - March 1, 2023
The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have announced a “read and publish” agreement. With this collaboration, ACS and Tokyo Tech aim to expand access to research and publish the largest number of open access articles in ACS… Read More
The Microbiology Society and The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences sign transformative agreement - March 1, 2023
The Microbiology Society and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences have announced a transformative agreement starting in 2023. The Publish and Read model will allow affiliated researchers at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences to publish an unlimited number of Open Access (OA) articles… Read More
Elsevier and SANLiC announce transformational OA agreement - February 27, 2023
Elsevier, a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, and SANLiC (The South African National Library and Information Consortium) have announced a transformational agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, SANLiC's member libraries will have access to Elsevier's extensive collection of scientific, technical, and medical journals,… Read More
Springer Nature continues to drive global OA transition with new transformative agreements - February 27, 2023
Springer Nature has agreed to multiple new transformative agreements (TA), which will significantly expand the global reach and support for OA publishing and increase the momentum internationally for open science. These latest agreements extend Springer Nature's support for OA across America, Asia, Europe, and Africa. Since… Read More
ACS signs transformative agreement with Nara Institute of Science and Technology - February 23, 2023
The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced a transformative, open access, “read and publish” agreement with Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST). Authors have published more than 25,000 open access articles in ACS journals, and that number grows… Read More
AIP Publishing signs Read & Publish agreement with FCCN / b-on Consortium - February 23, 2023
AIP Publishing has signed a Read & Publish agreement with the FCCN / b-on Consortium, bringing its portfolio of groundbreaking research — and the advantages of Open Access publishing — to nearly 60 institutions across Portugal. The agreement, which lasts through 2024, offers researchers at those… Read More