Open Access

UNAM researchers supported to publish open access articles in over 2,400 Taylor & Francis...

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The global impact of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) research is set to increase under a new open access (OA) agreement with publisher Taylor & Francis. The three-year partnership will enable UNAM researchers to publish OA articles in more than 2,400 journals.

Frontiers supports LIBER 2025 in Lausanne – welcoming library leaders to publisher’s home city

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Lausanne-based open access publisher Frontiers is pleased to be the main sponsor of the 2025 LIBER Conference, taking place this summer in the open access publisher’s home city.

Duke University Press to publish open access monographs through MIT Press’s Direct to Open...

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The MIT Press is proud to announce that beginning in 2026, Duke University Presswill join our Direct to Open (D2O) program. This collaboration marks the first such partnership with another university press for the D2O program, and reaffirms our shared commitment to open access publishing that is ethical, equitable, and sustainable.

Next generation OA publishing deals

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The NORF Action Plan aspires that “by 2030 Ireland will have implemented a sustainable and inclusive course for achieving 100% open access to research publications.” While IReL’s current suite of over 20 transformative OA publishing agreements have been a success in rapidly accelerating the volume of Irish works make immediately open on publication, they have limitations: they may have article publishing limits; their pricing may not be adequately transparent; the transition to a pay-to-read may be unaffordable; and its not certain that the global uptake of such models will result in an ultimate transition to OA as the default.

Journals in Taylor & Francis collective funding pilot reach target for full open access...

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Taylor & Francis has confirmed both journals in its innovative pilot, Collective Pathway to Open Publishing (CPOP), will be converted to open access (OA) for 2025. Announced in November 2024, CPOP has been devised as an alternative OA model for Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) journals, particularly those focused on regions with a high uptake of OA agreements.

Journals in Taylor & Francis collective funding pilot reach target for full open access...

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Taylor & Francis has confirmed both journals in its innovative pilot, Collective Pathway to Open Publishing (CPOP), will be converted to open access (OA) for 2025.

BMJ Group expands open access reach with new Read and Publish agreements

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Global healthcare knowledge provider, BMJ Group, is expanding its open access reach by introducing new and renewed Read and Publish agreements for 2025, further reinforcing its ongoing support for enhancing global knowledge sharing. With agreements now spanning the Americas, Australia, and Europe, these partnerships enable researchers to publish their work openly, reaching a broader audience and amplifying the impact of their research.

ACM Joins India’s ONOS Initiative with Transformative ACM Open Agreement

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ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, the world’s largest computing society, has joined India’s One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) initiative through a transformative new read-and-publish agreement with the ACM Open program. This agreement provides 6,500 government-funded higher education and research institutions across India with Premium Access to the ACM Digital Library, while enabling authors in participating institutions to publish an unlimited number of Open Access research articles in ACM journals, ACM conference proceedings and ICPS Proceedings with no article processing charges (APCs).

Announcing OASPA’s ‘Next 50%’ project: a different conversation about the open access transition

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OASPA is launching a major new project for 2025, bringing together publishing organisations with those who pay for, fund and invest in scholarly communications. We’re delighted to be partnering with Research Consulting in delivering this work over the coming months.

Emerald Publishing and CAUL partner on new open access agreement

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Global academic publisher Emerald Publishing has partnered with CAUL (Council of Australasian University Librarians) on a new agreement aimed at simplifying open access (OA) publishing in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.

Biochemical Society and Vanderbilt University Libraries sign open access agreement

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The Biochemical Society and Vanderbilt University’s Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries are delighted to announce an open access agreement that supports the open sharing of research and knowledge from across the molecular biosciences.

Norway’s Sikt Renews National Partnership with MDPI

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MDPI, a leading open-access publisher, has announced the renewal of its national agreement with the Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research (Sikt). Through MDPI’s Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP), 36 institutions will receive discounts on Article Processing Charges (APCs) across MDPI’s portfolio of more than 460 journals.