Open Access

Open access (OA) and the broad sharing of research outputs has been empirically shown to accelerate scientific progress and benefit society and individuals at scale through improved health outcomes, socioeconomic mobility, and environmental well-being, to name a few.

To better drive scientific innovation and apply lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, federal policymakers are exploring methods to increase access to published scientific research and data that is federally funded. Yet the policies meant to ensure public access for readers are increasingly affecting publishing opportunities for researchers, creating hidden financial and career consequences, according to a new survey released by AAAS.

The digitization of scientific content is a revolution that has yet to reach its full potential. In this opening keynote Rob Terry – TDR - World Health Organisation will make the case for open science and the need for systems thinking which may require a complete re-set for how science is undertaken in order to tackle the global challenges of climate change, food security and future pandemics.

PLOS has recently joined our network, bringing with it a prestigious new collection on Climate Change and Human Health. Our users will be able to access research outputs that address all aspects of the intersection of climate and health, from the changing burden of communicable and noncommunicable disease to the effects of extreme events on health systems,

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) announced today that it aims to make all fully RSC-owned journals Open Access within five years, making it the first chemistry publisher and one of the first society publishers to commit to a fully Open Access future.

Annual Reviews has selected LibLynx to generate open access (OA) usage analytics to better understand the global impact of publishing open content in their journals and Knowable magazine.

The transition to open access is the driving force in research today. Publishers have an important role to play in ensuring that all findings are widely accessible from the moment they are published to better enable solutions to real-world problems – of which there are no shortage. With higher demand for peer-reviewed research fueled by the pandemic, the climate crisis, and other issues threatening public health and wellbeing, Wiley is proud to deliver more research more openly than ever before.

More than 100 academic monographs are to be included in an expanded open access scheme from Cambridge University Press. They will be part of the publisher’s Flip it Open programme, which turns conventional publishing models on their head by making academic monographs that sell the most copies available open access.

Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA) is pleased to announce two new Read and Publish agreements, one with the Irish Research eLibrary (IReL) and another with Jisc, the UK higher, further education and skills sectors’ not-for-profit organization for digital services and solutions.

We are delighted to announce an agreement with University of Kansas (KU) Libraries to join our Three-Year Memberships Program, giving their faculty a high-quality and sustainable Open Access publishing option. Under the agreement, which provides an alternative to Article Processing Charges (APCs) for OA, KU Libraries will cover the cost of Three-Year Memberships in their entirety.

SciencePOD proudly introduces its latest innovation: ScioWirebeta, at the 2022 Frankfurt Book Fair. Using artificial intelligence (AI), ScioWire helps any knowledge economy professional – from scientists to publishers – access the evidence they need, quickly.

In the run-up to the Frankfurt Book Fair, Wiley (NYSE: WLY), a global leader in research and education, today announced Wiley Partner Solutions, a new division within its Research business. Wiley Partner Solutions serves associations, scientific publishers, societies and corporations as they transform their business strategies and publishing processes in the open research era.