SAGE launches portal to streamline open access publishing process
SAGE Publishing announces the launch of a new portal that enables authors, consortia, libraries, and funders to manage the open access publishing workflow. Named the SAGE Open Access Portal, the platform currently supports SAGE Choice, the publisher’s hybrid Open Access (OA) publishing option, for 900+ journals. Later in 2020, it will be extended to support SAGE’s 180+ pure Gold OA journals.
American Chemical Society signs its first North American ‘read and publish’ agreement with Louisiana...
The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the Louisiana State University (LSU) today announced a transformative open access agreement.
Forschungszentrum Jülich and Frontiers develop world’s largest pure open access framework agreement
A successful outcome has been reached in the negotiations between Forschungszentrum Jülich and leading open access publisher Frontiers. The two partners signed a Memorandum of Understanding at Forschungszentrum Jülich for a pilot project that will enable researchers to publish in Frontiers’ journals through a simplified publishing process with university libraries managing the publication costs centrally.
Wiley and FinELib sign transitional agreement continuing expansion in open access
John Wiley & Sons, 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.
SAGE signing a transformative agreement with Sweden’s Bibsam Consortium
SAGE Publishing is signing a new open access publishing agreement with Bibsam Consortium, serving 42 of the member institutions including universities, university colleges, and government funded research institutions.
Upcoming 2020 conferences, events and training courses from ALPSP.
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) has announced their upcoming 2020 conferences, events and training courses.
De Gruyter and nine universities in the Netherlands sign read and publish agreement
UKB, the consortium of university libraries in the Netherlands and De Gruyter have signed an agreement to provide default open access publishing in 305 hybrid journals to nine Dutch universities. Subscription access to the complete De Gruyter eJournal collection (347 journals) is also included.
Open Research Library launches, aiming to bring together Open Access content in one platform
Open Access (OA) content on one seamless and easy-to-use platform: that is the goal of the Open Research Library (ORL), which has officially launched today at www.openresearchlibrary.org.
Major Boost to Open Access Publishing as Norway Signs New National Agreement
A landmark national agreement has today been signed by the Norwegian Directorate for ICT and Joint Services in Higher Education & Research (Unit) and the leading open access publisher Frontiers.
Elsevier creates free information center to bring together latest clinical research on novel coronavirus...
For the benefit of healthcare professionals, medical researchers and the public, Elsevier, a global information analytics business specializing in science and health, has created a Novel Coronavirus Information Center with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV.
Springer Nature and OpenAIRE collaborate to further Open Science
Springer Nature and OpenAIRE have signed an agreement to build an Open Science-driven scholarly communication record that brings research and data closer together
American Chemical Society names Dr. James Milne head of its Publications Division
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has named James Milne, Ph.D., president of the ACS Publications Division. He has served as acting president since September 2019, when Brian Crawford, Ph.D., retired.