Springer Nature commits to transitioning majority of its journals amid revised ‘Transformative Journal’ criteria from cOAlition S - April 8, 2020
Springer Nature welcomes the decision from cOAlition S to support Transformative Journals. Subject to acceptability of the yet to be published transparency requirements, it commits to transition the vast majority of its Springer Nature-owned English language journals that are not already Open Access, including Nature and… Read More
Springer Nature announces new transformative read and publish deal with Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India - April 7, 2020
Springer Nature recently announced its first transformative read and publish deal within Asia, with the Manipal Academy of Higher Education in India. Under the terms of the arrangement researchers affiliated with the Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education and The T.A. Pai… Read More
ACM signs new transformative open access publishing agreement with IreL, the Irish e-resource licensing consortium - April 3, 2020
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has entered into a transformative open access agreement with IReL, the Irish e-resource licensing consortium. The agreement covers both access to and open access publication in ACM’s journals, proceedings and magazines for eight Irish universities, including Dublin City University, Maynooth… Read More
MDPI co-signed position statement on transformative agreements - March 20, 2020
The advantages of the open access model of scientific publishing are being increasingly recognised in the scientific community. It allows new scientific evidence to be accessed from the moment of publication for free by anyone around the globe, boosting the impact of new research. In response, many funders, libraries and… Read More
Cambridge University Press reaches transformative OA agreement with the Austrian Academic Library Consortium - March 3, 2020
Cambridge University Press has reached a transformative Open Access agreement with the Austrian Academic Library Consortium (Kooperation E-Medien Österreich, KEMÖ). The three-year ‘read and publish’ deal will cover 10 of the Consortium’s affiliated research institutions, including nine universities and one institute. Read and publish deals… Read More
ACS signs first North American ‘read and publish’ agreement with Louisiana State University - February 25, 2020
The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the Louisiana State University (LSU) have announced a transformative open access agreement. The agreement provides researchers at LSU with full access to ACS journals and allows for financial support for corresponding authors at the university to… Read More
American Chemical Society and the Bibsam Consortium in Sweden sign ‘Read and Publish’ agreement - February 24, 2020
The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the Bibsam Consortium in Sweden have announced a transformative open access agreement that supports publishing for authors affiliated at 21 academic member institutions, including universities, university colleges and government-funded research institutions. Under the three-year agreement, authors… Read More
American Chemical Society and the Austrian Academic Library Consortium (KEMÖ) announce their first ‘Read and Publish’ agreement - February 21, 2020
The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the Austrian Academic Library Consortium (Kooperation E-Medien Österreich; KEMÖ) have agreed to partner for the next three years in a transformative open access pilot agreement. This will enable corresponding authors, affiliated with 11 Austrian research… Read More
Irish Higher Education Institutions and Elsevier sign a pilot transformative agreement to support open access for research in Ireland - February 18, 2020
A consortium of publicly-funded Irish higher education institutions and Elsevier, a global leader in information analytics specialising in science and health, have agreed to the country's first open access program with a major scientific publisher towards the goal of full open access to Irish research publications.… Read More
Wiley and FinELib sign transitional agreement continuing expansion in OA - February 13, 2020
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., a global leader in research and education, and FinELib, a Finnish consortium of higher education and research institutions, have announced a new three-year license that combines an open access and subscription agreement, effective February 2020. This 3-year agreement will provide 22… Read More
