IWA Publishing successfully flips all journals to Open Access using Subscribe-to-Open
IWA Publishing, the wholly-owned publishing subsidiary of the International Water Association based in London, UK, has successfully transformed its journal portfolio of 10 subscription titles—including the flagship journal Water Science & Technology—to Open Access (OA) from 2021 onwards.
The Royal Danish Library and Elsevier agree to four-year contract for reading and...
Elsevier, a global leader in research publishing and information analytics and the Royal Danish Library have agreed on a four-year contract to support continued reading and open access (OA) publishing for Danish researchers.
Brill Reaches New Transformative Agreements with Jisc (UK) and Bibsam (Sweden)
Brill is delighted to announce that it has concluded Transformative Agreements with Jisc in the UK and Bibsam in Sweden. Brill is one of the leading academic publishers in the Humanities, Social Sciences, International Law and Biology, with a broad Open Access portfolio consisting of more than 450 books and several thousand journal articles.
PLOS and the Big Ten Academic Alliance Announce Publishing Deal
The Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) and the Public Library of Science (PLOS) today announced an agreement for BTAA members to participate in PLOS’ Community Action Publishing (CAP) program. The agreement ensures time to test and evaluate this new community-based model and allows BTAA researchers to publish in PLOS Biology and PLOS Medicine without incurring fees.
SPIE announces three-year “Read and Publish” agreement with the German National Library of Science...
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, is pleased to announce a three-year "Read and Publish" agreement with the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB Hannover).
IET Journals are now fully Open Access on the IET Research hub through the...
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has now completed the transition of its entire journals portfolio to Open Access in partnership with Wiley.
PLOS and the Canadian Research Knowledge Network Announce Community Action Publishing Deal
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and the Public Library of Science (PLOS) today announced an agreement for CRKN members to participate in PLOS’ Community Action Publishing (CAP) program, a new collective action publishing model from PLOS, enabling 19 participating CRKN institutions to publish fee-free in PLOS Medicine and PLOS Biology.
Jisc and Springer Nature extend commitment to open access publishing
Jisc and Springer Nature have extended the UK Compact agreement by including the prestigious Academic Journals (AJs) on nature.com which includes some of the world’s most internationally renowned medical titles.
AAAS announces updates on OA publication
AAAS and the Science family of journals believe in empowering authors with choice. We support open access (OA) options that are informed by the scientific community, contribute to the accurate record of published scientific content, and protect the overall integrity of that content.
New Read & Publish Open Access agreement between The Company of Biologists and the...
The Company of Biologists is delighted to announce a three-year Read & Publish Open Access agreement with the Max Planck Digital Library.
The Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research launches new interactive publishing environment
ScienceOpen and Compuscript are teaming up to create a new, interactive experience for readers and authors of the open access journal, the Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research (IJAFR) published by Teagasc, the Agriculture and Food Development Authority of Ireland.
Library consortium and Thieme conclude further contract for open access transformation
The Thieme Group has concluded a transformation agreement with ZB MED – Information Centre for Life Sciences, the Forschungszentrum Jülich and eight other specialist libraries. As part of the current agreement, which comes into effect on 1 January 2021, authors of the participating institutions receive the opportunity to publish original papers in four international specialist Thieme journals on an open access basis without additional costs.