The University of Ljubljana and IOP Publishing sign unlimited OA agreement - February 18, 2022
The Central Technical Library (CTK) at the University of Ljubljana and IOP Publishing (IOPP) have signed a new three-year transformative agreement to accelerate open access (OA) research. The agreement gives users of the University of Ljubljana unlimited access to more than 90 IOPP journals and gives researchers the chance… Read More
The University of California and Portland Press sign transformative OA agreement - February 16, 2022
The Biochemical Society and its publishing arm Portland Press are delighted to announce a three-year open access agreement with the University of California (UC). This agreement will allow researchers from all ten UC campuses to publish unlimited open access articles across all Portland Press journals (five… Read More
Read & Publish agreements drive significant growth in Open Access research content - February 14, 2022
Over 400 institutions in 34 countries are now participating in The Company of Biologists’ Read & Publish Open Access initiative. Agreements have been signed with library consortia in Australia, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Spain, the UK, and the USA. A landmark agreement with EIFL (Electronic… Read More
Springer Nature announces first Transformative Agreements in Latin America and Canada - February 9, 2022
Springer Nature has agreed to two Transformative Agreements (TAs) which further pave the way for achievable and sustainable pathways to open research in the Americas. These include the first TAs for the publisher in Canada and Colombia and follows Springer Nature’s landmark agreement with the University of… Read More
The Microbiology Society and four Canadian consortia sign three-year transformative agreement - February 3, 2022
The Microbiology Society and four academic consortia across Canada have announced a three-year transformative agreement starting in 2022. The Society's Publish and Read model will allow affiliated researchers to publish an unlimited number of Open Access (OA) articles in hybrid and fully OA titles, as well as… Read More
CRKN and Cambridge University Press announce transformative agreement - January 28, 2022
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) has negotiated a transformative read and publish agreement with Cambridge University Press (CUP). This cost-neutral agreement includes unlimited reading and publishing at no charge to authors affiliated with participating institutions in nearly 400 CUP journals, including all hybrid… Read More
The Company of Biologists’ Transformative Journals exceed their Open Access targets - January 5, 2022
The Company of Biologists has offered Open Access publishing options since 2004 and two of its five journals are already fully Open Access. The other three journals – Development, Journal of Cell Science and Journal of Experimental Biology – were the very first ones to be awarded… Read More
Syracuse University Libraries in deal with PLOS to eliminate author fees for corresponding Syracuse University authors - December 22, 2021
Syracuse University Libraries has signed an agreement with PLOS that will take effect in 2022 eliminating author fees for individual corresponding Syracuse University authors. This transformative agreement is on the heels of the first one signed with the American Chemical Society in spring 2021.… Read More
ACS and Hong Kong Baptist University announce ‘read and publish’ agreement - December 20, 2021
The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) has embarked upon a new partnership with the Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU). This partnership represents an expansion of ACS’ commitment to open science in China and throughout Asia. Under this “read and publish”… Read More
Transformative deal between Springer Nature and the Egyptian Government to drive forward open research - December 15, 2021
Springer Nature, The Science, Technology and Innovation Funding Authority (STDF) and the Egyptian Knowledge Bank (EKB) have agreed a landmark Transformative Agreement (TA), increasing the momentum across global economies of all sizes for open access (OA) publishing and the wider move to open science and research. This… Read More
