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
The Microbiology Society and the Max Planck Digital Library sign three-year transformative agreement - December 8, 2021
The Microbiology Society and the Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL) have announced a three-year transformative agreement starting in 2022. The Publish and Read model will enable researchers of 86 Max Planck Institutes in Germany to publish any article accepted for publication in the journals… Read More
WSU Libraries join PLoS Medicine, PLoS Biology model for OA publishing - November 10, 2021
The WSU Libraries have partnered with Public Library of Science’s Community Action Publishing (CAP) model, allowing WSU authors to publish open access articles accepted by PLoS Medicine and PLoS Biology journals without paying article processing charges (APCs). More libraries and library consortia worldwide… Read More
EDP Sciences and TU Delft announce publish and read transformative agreement - October 29, 2021
EDP Sciences has signed a transformative agreement with the Dutch university TU Delft. The agreement covers 2022-2024 and allows corresponding authors from TU Delft to publish a number of open access articles each year in any EDP Sciences journal without paying article processing charges (APCs). In… Read More
Cambridge University Press and the CAUL announce transformative agreement to support OA publishing in Cambridge Journals for 2022 - October 15, 2021
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press and the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) have reached a transformative agreement to support Open Access (OA) publishing in Cambridge Journals for 2022. It is one of the first major uncapped transformative agreements reached with CAUL by a… Read More
Rockefeller University Press secures Plan S compliant Transformative Journal status from cOAlition S - September 29, 2021
Rockefeller University Press (RUP) has attained Plan S compliant Transformative Journal status from cOAlition S. Authors receiving funding from members of cOAlition S may be eligible to have their Immediate Open Access (OA) fees covered in Journal of Cell Biology (JCB), Journal of Experimental Medicine (JEM), and… Read More
