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MIS Quarterly Partners with Silverchair

Silverchair announced today a new partnership to host the MIS Quarterly journal on the Silverchair Platform. MIS Quarterly has been partnered with Silverchair’s ScholarOne Manuscripts product since 2007 and looks forward to the efficiencies of the new combined organization.

MIS Quarterly is a top-rated peer-reviewed academic journal covering research in management information systems and information technology. In their search for a new hosting platform provider, MIS Quarterly sought to enhance their digital offering and streamline the user experience. The Silverchair Platform’s robust suite of self-service tools will enable MIS Quarterly staff to manage the site, access controls, deposits, and more in a cost-effective, efficient, and user-friendly manner.

“Silverchair’s client community is comprised of a wide range of publishers, spanning disciplines, business models, and sizes, and we’re pleased to welcome MIS Quarterly to that cohort,” said Silverchair CEO Will Schweitzer. “Our new partnership will deliver not only state-of-the-art technology and added efficiencies, but also opportunities for collaboration with industry-leading peers.”

“MIS Quarterly is pleased to partner with Silverchair for its content delivery to all the scholars interested in the role of information systems and technologies in business and society,” said MIS Quarterly Publisher Alok Gupta. “We look forward to providing our authors and readers with an enhanced experience and presenting content with higher fidelity by integrating our content and associated media across different platforms in a cohesive manner.”

Clarivate Unveils Transformative Subscription-Based Access Strategy for Academia

Clarivate Plc, a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, today announced a new subscription-based content access strategy. The new approach breaks down barriers through broad and affordable access to highly curated, trusted academic resources, including Ebooks and primary digital collections, enabling every library to support research, teaching and learning goals.

The way institutions purchase books, journals and other content for their users has shifted in recent years, particularly post-pandemic. Increasingly, libraries are faced with complex buying models that do not offer the content they require to support curricula and research needs. Libraries continue to prioritize solutions that offer affordability in a sustainable way.

At the same time, AI-powered chatbots are becoming ubiquitous as a method of discovery for students and researchers. The ability of academic AI tools to deliver reliable outputs depends on access to broad, vetted academic content.

Bar Veinstein, President, Academia & Government at Clarivate said: “We’re addressing libraries’ evolving needs by breaking down barriers and delivering seamless access to our curated content. Our goal is to make learning and research more accessible and affordable at a large scale, unlocking opportunities for every library, in every classroom and at every research department.

“Through this transformative approach, we’re helping institutions connect end users with academic AI tools grounded in comprehensive curated content, reinforcing libraries’ essential role in upholding academic integrity and excellence.”

The new strategy includes the introduction of two market-leading solutions that are now available.

ProQuest Ebooks offers the world’s largest subscription of high-quality, multidisciplinary scholarly Ebooks, including:

  • Over 700,000 Ebooks, across 10 core disciplines, plus additional essential interdisciplinary titles, enabling librarians to meet the needs of their faculty and students with broad discovery and access to the Ebooks they need
  • A new Ebook Central Reader app to enable students to read and bookmark on the go
  • The addition of Ebook Central Research Assistant, a powerful new AI tool designed to enhance student learning and streamline research.

ProQuest Digital Collections offers subscription to unparalleled breadth, value and access to primary sources across a rich variety of content formats:

  • Over 160 million primary source items complemented by over 2,500 full-text scholarly journals, more than 24,000 video titles, and 15 million audio tracks. The subscription builds upon over 30 years of digitizing primary sources, including many rare and unique resources.
  • Broad and interdisciplinary in scope, the subscription provides access to nine ProQuest One discipline solutions including Anthropology, Entertainment & Popular Culture, Global Studies & International Relations, History, Literature, Performing Arts, Visual Arts & Design.
  • ProQuest Research Assistant will continue to help students and researchers use academic AI responsibly, rooted in trusted academic content. The research assistant will expand over time to fully support ProQuest Digital Collections.

As part of this transformative strategy and following changes in demand from libraries, Clarivate will also phase out one-time perpetual purchases of digital collections, print and digital books for libraries. These transitions will take place throughout 2025, in close co-operation with customers. For more details see our support page.

Veinstein said: “From the introduction of Ebook subscriptions to index-based linking and discovery, creating cloud-based library management systems and academic AI research assistants, we have a proven history of pioneering and collaborating at the forefront of the industry.

“We’re now embarking on a new era in how institutions and their users access and consume content. We are committed to working as closely as ever with libraries and publishers, providing the guidance and solutions needed to meet the evolving needs of the community.”

For more information on ProQuest Ebooks, see here.

For more information on ProQuest Digital Collections click here.

California Universities and Oxford University Press Sign Landmark Open Access Agreement

The 10-campus University of California system (UC), 20 of 23 California State University (CSU) campuses, and 30 private academic and research institutions represented by the Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium (SCELC) have reached a comprehensive four-year transformative open access agreement with Oxford University Press (OUP). The agreement begins this month and will provide affiliated researchers with access to OUP’s world-leading journals and support for publishing their work open access.

“This partnership between UC, CSU and SCELC demonstrates the power of collaboration across diverse institutions,” said Mark Hanna, Associate Professor of History at UC San Diego and chair of the UC faculty Academic Senate’s systemwide committee on library and scholarly communication. “By joining forces, we are advancing open access and amplifying the global impact of California’s scholarship. I’m excited to see this significant step forward, which reflects our shared commitment to creating a more accessible, equitable, and sustainable future for scholarly communication.”

This major agreement harnesses the resources of research institutions, private liberal arts colleges, comprehensive universities, and special libraries across California by redirecting existing library subscription funds to support authors publishing open access. The agreement enables authors at the participating institutions to publish articles using an open access license at reduced or no cost in more than 500 hybrid and fully open access OUP journals. Authors with grant funds available will pay a discounted open access publishing fee across OUP’s hybrid and fully open access journals. Authors who do not have grant funds available will be able to publish open access in hybrid journals at no cost to them. 

“As a catalyst for transformative change in scholarly communication, SCELC is dedicated to forging agreements that empower libraries and their researchers,” said Teri Oaks Gallaway, SCELC executive director. “By working with Oxford University Press, we are not only expanding access to high-impact research but also driving a more sustainable and equitable publishing future for our member institutions.”

Transformative agreements provide a way for institutions to maintain access to scholarly content available only through subscription, while supporting the transition to open access publishing by their affiliated researchers. Institutions are, in effect, redirecting their expenditures on subscriptions to cover the open access article publication charges. Through this agreement, thousands of researchers at 60 institutions will be eligible for financial support when they choose to publish open access in OUP journals.

“CSU libraries are delighted to provide our students and faculty with access to more OUP journals than ever before and the opportunity to openly publish their research,” said Ann Roll, Director of Systemwide Digital Library Content at the CSU Office of the Chancellor. “Through transformative and collaborative work with our partners at UC and SCELC, CSU research can be shared openly and CSU students will have the OUP resources they need for their success, all at a sustainable cost to CSU libraries.”

The aim of this transformative agreement is to make it easier and more affordable for authors from SCELC, CSU and UC institutions to publish open access rather than behind a paywall, while also controlling the participating institutions’ journal expenditures. Like other transformative agreements at UC, CSU and SCELC, this agreement aligns with the institutions’ missions and contributes to the global shift towards sustainable open access publishing by making more research and scholarship from California freely available to the world.

The agreement demonstrates how innovative, diverse, multi-institution cooperation can play a vital role in the open access movement by ensuring that researchers at academic institutions of all types can fully engage in the benefits of open access publishing.

“We are delighted to reach this agreement with the California universities,” said Alastair Lewis, Sales Director, OUP. “The negotiations for this agreement have been positive and constructive, and we are really excited to expand access to our world-leading journals and open access publishing across these universities.”

IOP Publishing and Fudan University convene experts to explore AI and Machine Learning’s impact on the Physical sciences 

IOP Publishing and Fudan University are organising a one-day international workshop, AI-driven discoveries: Machine Learning for the Physical Sciences. The event brings together leading researchers from around the world to explore how machine learning and AI are transforming the physical sciences.  

The international workshop provides an opportunity for leading and early-career researchers to share their work and spark ideas. Distinguished experts in the field will deliver plenary talks including:  

  • Prof Kyle Cranmer, University of Wisconsin-Madison 
  • Prof Weinan E, Center for Machine Learning Research, Peking University 
  • Prof Xingao Gong, Fudan University 
  • Prof Hideki Okawa, Institute of High Energy Physics, CAS 
  • Prof Dongling Deng, Tsinghua University 

The event will be free online and will be streamed via Zoom and KouShare to ensure international accessibility. For those wishing to join in person, attendance is available for a fee. 

Topics will include: 

  • Machine learning for high-energy particle physics 
  • Quantum machine learning 
  • Machine learning and big data at large-scale facilities 
  • Discovery of new materials and molecules 

Jian Shen, Head of Institute for Nanoelectronic devices and Quantum computing and Director of State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics at Fudan University, says: “We are honoured to bring together some of the world’s leading machine learning scientists to advance this rapidly evolving research area. Machine learning is revolutionising the way we approach scientific problems, and this event will highlight the pivotal role it plays in pushing the boundaries of research.”  

Tim Smith, Head of Portfolio Development at IOP Publishing says: “Co-organising this event with Fudan University presents a unique opportunity for researchers from around the world to learn from leaders in their field and discuss some of the latest developments in how AI and machine learning are helping to advance new discovery across the physical sciences. Aligned with our recently launched Machine Learning series of journals this workshop further exemplifies IOP Publishing’s commitment to fostering global collaboration and driving new innovations through the scientific community we serve.”  

Join us for a one-day workshop on April 27, 2025, hosted at Fudan University in Shanghai. Registration opens today (February 11) via the Zoom registration page. 

For further details, visit our event website at https://ioppublishing.org/ai-driven-discoveries/. 

Sage begins 60th year highlighting progress in new Independence with Impact Report

Sage releases its annual Independence with Impact Report highlighting achievements from 2024. For 60 years, Sage has published resources that advance disciplines, cultivate critical thinking skills in the classroom, and drive social change inside and outside of our organization. This year’s report reflects the progress the company made enabling academic impact; increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion; advancing sustainability; promoting academic freedom; safeguarding research integrity; and supporting new ways of learning.   

The report reflects the company’s firm commitment to developing and widely disseminating high-quality research and resources from diverse perspectives on an array of topics that impact humanity. “The core values that guide our business activities now are the same that have shaped our company since its founding in 1965,” says Blaise Simqu, Sage CEO. “In our current era of misinformation, the need to develop media literacy and critical thinking and support academic freedom is greater now than ever.”  

Highlights include:  

  • In response to our current era of misinformation, all of our 2024 teaching resources help to foster critical thinking skills in students. Additionally, we organized the fifth annual Critical Thinking Bootcamp, and hosted a webinar featuring Dr. Tom Chatfield, bestselling author of Sage’s Critical Thinking. The events attracted more than 2,000 registrants from around the world.  
  • Sage Policy Profiles, a free, browser-based tool that enables researchers to easily find, visualize, and share their work’s citations in policy documents worldwide, gained over 19,000 users by the end of 2024.  
  • We achieved a 52 percent reduction in our global emissions across our operations using 2019 as our baseline.  
  • In the US and UK combined, the 67 percent of leadership roles held by women matches the percentage of women in sage’s workforce. 
  • We were the first publisher to adopt Dimensions Author Check, a tool that helps us review author networks and publication histories, making it easier to spot patterns of misconduct and paper mill activity. 
  • Our US and UK employees dedicated over 1600 hours to nonprofits and charities through volunteer initiatives. 
  • More than 200 participants at the annual ALA Conference read passages from their favorite banned books at the Sage-sponsored “Banned Books from the Big Chair” event in support of the freedom to read.

“Looking back at our 2024 milestones, we recognize that our independence as a publisher paved the way for these achievements — developing resources that foster sharper thinking skills in students, forging meaningful relationships with partners who share our values, publishing social science that creates a more inclusive and equitable society,” reflects Blaise Simqu. “This work starts from the inside out by operating mindfully and efficiently and making sure our workplaces are environments where people of all backgrounds belong and can thrive, and they represent incredible work from our talented staff. I am proud of what where we stand at the end of our first 60 years and look forward to the next 60 and beyond.” 

Read the full Independence with Impact Report.     

Wiley launches pilot pricing framework to support equitable OA publishing for researchers in Latin America

Wiley, one of the world’s largest publishers and a trusted leader in research and learning, today announced a pilot pricing program to provide discounts for research authors based in Latin America, reinforcing its commitment to deliver equitable publishing options for scholars across the globe.  

The pilot program, which began on January 21, 2025, supports authors across 33 countries in Latin America, including in Mexico, South America, and the Caribbean, to publish research in Wiley’s portfolio of nearly 600 gold open access journals. Discounts on Article Publication Charges (APCs) are applied in direct relationship to the Purchasing Power Index (PPI) value of each participating country, informed by data from the World Bank International Comparison Program. The anticipated timeline for the pilot is 12 months, with a mid-term review to inform future actions.  

“We are always striving to make publishing more accessible for scholars around the globe and we hope that this pilot will help us understand whether purchasing power parity helps advance a sustainable and fair approach,” said Kathryn Sharples, Wiley VP, Publishing Strategy & Policy. “Latin America is a diverse region with a variety of economies. Our aim is to provide a nuanced approach that supports authors while also helping us explore the best pathway to equitable pricing.” 

Outside of the pilot, Wiley continues to offer waivers and discounts to authors from Research4Life countries around the globe. Additionally, the publisher has a number of open access agreements in place with institutions across Latin America.  

Digital Science announces Catalyst Grant winners, rewarding innovations to safeguard research integrity

Digital Science has awarded its latest Catalyst Grants to two innovative teams, supporting their technology ideas aimed at safeguarding research integrity and strengthening trust in science.

The winners will use the funding and mentorship from Digital Science to develop their ideas, both of which include enhanced dashboards – visualizations based on available data – to flag retracted or questionable research papers.

The winning applications from Digital Science’s 2024 Catalyst Grant round announced today are:

  • PostPub – led by Dr Achal Agrawal (Founder), with Dr Moumita Koley (Senior Research Analyst, DST-Center for Policy Research, and Research Fellow, RoRI, UK)
  • VIRUS (Visualization of Irregular Research Under Scrutiny) – led by Dr Lonni Besançon, with Dr Fabrice Frank

PostPub – based in India

This team aims to address a lack of awareness of research misconduct as well as a lack of accountability for those engaged in it. PostPub, which has already established its own Retraction Dashboard, will draw on Digital Science data to extend the dashboard. The dashboard will visualize gaps in the data-sharing practices of researchers across countries and journals, and journal response times when integrity issues are flagged, and will flag irregular activity. PostPub also aims to create a notification system to alert responsible parties about these irregularities, and to track actions taken, helping to improve accountability in research.

VIRUS – based in Sweden

This team is developing a real-time visualization system and dashboard intended to be used by scientific “sleuths”, as well as research integrity teams from publishers, editorial teams in journals, and universities. The system will keep records of papers that have been flagged as questionable, as well as their impact on several scholarly measures – such as citations, altmetrics, and policy attention – to better understand the potentially harmful impact these papers could have. The team aims to move away from smaller, curated subsets of papers to using much wider databases, such as Digital Science’s own Dimensions, the world’s most complete database of linked research information.

PostPub’s Dr Achal Agrawal said: “We are honored to receive the Catalyst Grant from Digital Science, enabling us to take the research integrity work we have begun to the next stage of development. Through our work, we hope to incentivize researchers, universities and publishers to do the right thing and encourage greater responsibility for research integrity. In the long term, we hope our work will help in reducing research malpractices and increase transparency with respect to actions taken by various stakeholders.”

VIRUS’s Dr Lonni Besançon said: “We are both happy and honoured to receive this Catalyst Grant from Digital Science in what we hope to be a successful venture coordinated with the research and sleuthing of Forensics Scientometrics. We believe our system has a particularly important role to play in visually assessing and communicating the impact of questionable papers which are still cited or used in policy documents or clinical guidelines. We hope VIRUS will make it easier to prioritize investigations and editorial decisions and help provide a faster and more efficient decontamination of the scientific literature. Ultimately, we anticipate that this work will be the first of a long collaboration with Digital Science and its amazing team.”

Digital Science CEO Dr Daniel Hook said: “I congratulate our new winners of the Digital Science Catalyst Grant. Each of this year’s winners has approached a key issue of research integrity from an innovative angle, and focusing on practical solutions that have the potential to safeguard research and build people’s trust in science. I also want to thank Dr Leslie McIntosh, a prior Catalyst winner and VP Research Integrity at Digital Science, for working with our Catalyst team, headed by Steve Scott, to bring about this integrity-focussed Catalyst Grant.  We look forward to mentoring the successful teams to make the most of the Catalyst Grant and to take their ideas to wider audiences.”

Steve Scott, Director of Portfolio Development at Digital Science, said: “We’ve been impressed by the excellence of this year’s entries in the Digital Science Catalyst Grant. Our focus this year on research integrity demonstrates our commitment to addressing some of the biggest issues facing the research ecosystem today. The innovative solutions presented by our winning teams show great promise, and we’re excited to see where they will go from here.”

Sikt renews national open access agreement with Frontiers for 2025

Frontiers has renewed its national open access agreement with Norway for 2025, reinforcing a shared commitment to advancing open science. Originally signed in 2020, this agreement – facilitated by the Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research (Sikt) – streamlines the publishing process for Norwegian researchers and strengthens the country’s leadership in open access publishing. 

Through this agreement, 36 Norwegian institutions and research centers benefit from a simplified publishing model that enhances accessibility to high-quality research. New institutions are welcome to join at any time without an annual participation fee. 

Tore Nilsen, Senior Advisor at Sikt, commented:  

“Ensuring open access to Norwegian research remains a priority for our institutions. The renewal of this agreement with Frontiers aligns with our national responsibility to make scientific knowledge widely available, benefiting both academia and society at large.” 

Current participants in the agreement include leading Norwegian universities, hospitals, and research institutes, that benefit from: 

  • A national discount on article processing charges (APCs) 
  • Centralized and flexible invoicing options 
  • Transparent payment solutions 
  • A dedicated account manager to support library staff 

To be eligible under the partnership, researchers need to ensure that the corresponding author is affiliated with a Sikt participating institution and that they use their institutional email address when submitting the manuscript. Additionally, researchers are encouraged to consult their institutional library to verify eligibility and receive guidance on the submission process. 

Franck Vazquez, Director of Partnerships at Frontiers, added:  

“This renewal highlights our commitment to work with Institutions and consortia in making science open. It also strengthens our collaboration in making research more accessible, transparent, and impactful for society. We look forward to further empowering Norwegian research communities in the years to come.”  

The renewal of this agreement reinforces Norway’s continued leadership in open science initiatives, driven by strong governmental and institutional support. As the country accelerates its transition toward a fully open access research ecosystem, Norway is ensuring that publicly funded research remains freely available to researchers, policymakers, and the wider public, promoting transparency, accessibility, and the free exchange of scientific knowledge. 

ResearchGate and CSIRO Publishing announce new Journal Home partnership

ResearchGate, the professional network for researchers, and CSIRO Publishing, Australia’s leading science publisher of books, peer-reviewed journals, and magazines, today announced a new Journal Home partnership covering over half of CSIRO Publishing’s internationally respected journal portfolio.

The agreement includes 16 CSIRO Publishing journals, including hybrid and fully open access (OA) titles across the agriculture, chemistry, health, and environmental science disciplines. All titles have strong established profiles within the Australian research community and internationally. More than 77,000 articles and all newly published content will be immediately available to ResearchGate’s active community of 25m+ researchers, including access to subscription articles for researchers from institutions that subscribe to the relevant CSIRO Publishing journals.

Journal Home enables CSIRO Publishing to build brand recognition, increase international exposure for their journal content, and reach new potential authors globally. With dedicated journal profiles showcasing key title information, and prominent branding on associated article pages and other researcher-facing touchpoints, Journal Home will make it easier for researchers to understand and connect with the community around CSIRO Publishing’s journals, as well as discovering and accessing the research they publish. Journal Home’s unique data insights will also deepen CSIRO Publishing’s understanding of their journals’ readership, impact, connections, and communities, enabling them to foster those connections and support potential authors to find the right home for their research.

CSIRO Publishing’s authors also benefit through the partnership, with seamless updates to their member profiles for any new publications, which will grow engagement with their research and enable instant networking and collaboration opportunities.

“CSIRO Publishing strives to enhance the impact of science by communicating the outcomes of research and empowering decision makers. Partnering with ResearchGate enables us to further amplify the reach and influence of our publications, connecting researchers across the globe with our trusted, peer-reviewed content,” said Arend Küster, Director, CSIRO Publishing.

“CSIRO Publishing produces science and research articles with a strong focus on solutions for global health, economic, and environmental challenges that are relevant worldwide, so we are thrilled to see this partnership facilitate greater international visibility and exchange for these titles,” said Sören Hofmayer, co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at ResearchGate. “Journal Home offers a unique opportunity to grow these prestigious titles through a better understanding of who is reading and engaging with each journal. These insights empower CSIRO Publishing to activate engagement and, ultimately, submissions from highly relevant researchers.”

For more information about Journal Home, please visit www.researchgate.net/journal-home

For more information about ResearchGate, please visit www.researchgate.net

For more information about CSIRO Publishing, please visit https://www.publish.csiro.au/ 

Molecular Connections announce the acquisition of Editorial Office Ltd

Molecular Connections (MC), a global leader in technology-driven content solutions and digital transformation for the scholarly publishing industry, has announced its acquisition of Editorial Office Ltd (EOL), a premier provider of high-quality peer-review and publishing support services. This strategic move signifies the beginning of a new era for both companies, combining their expertise to create transformative editorial support services.

Editorial Office Ltd brings nearly over two decades of expertise, offering time-saving, knowledgeable, and professional services tailored to the evolving demands of the publishing sector. Renowned for its ability to adapt to advancements in peer review and online journal submission systems, EOL has consistently streamlined processes while embracing cutting-edge submission platforms and technologies. With experience managing hundreds of peer-reviewed journals across multiple publishing domains in the UK, Europe, USA, and Australia, EOL has established itself as a trusted partner for publishers and researchers alike.

By integrating Molecular Connections’ AI-powered innovations and >3000+ domain experts with EOL’s proven peer review management expertise, this collaboration promises to deliver customer-centric, technology-enabled solutions that redefine efficiency, ensure faster turnaround times, and uphold the highest standards of research integrity for journal editors.

Jignesh Bhate, CEO of Molecular Connections, shared:
“We are thrilled to welcome Editorial Office Ltd to the Molecular Connections family. Their exceptional track record in streamlining editorial processes and managing peer review workflows aligns seamlessly with our vision of offering comprehensive, end-to-end solutions for scholarly publishing. This partnership positions us to redefine the editorial landscape with innovative, scalable, and high-quality services.”

The acquisition also unlocks significant opportunities to integrate AI-powered applications into editorial workflows, driving journal specific customization and efficiency.

This collaboration follows Molecular Connections’ recent acquisition of Morressier, a peer-review workflow provider, and the synergies between these two acquisitions promise to revolutionise editorial and publishing operations for the industry.

Alice Ellingham and Gill Smith, Co-founders of Editorial Office Ltd, added:
“Joining forces with Molecular Connections marks an exciting new chapter for Editorial Office. With access to their cutting-edge technology and global expertise, we can elevate our service offerings and address the evolving needs of scholarly publishers like never before. This partnership ensures we remain at the forefront of innovation while continuing to deliver the personalized service our clients value.”

By uniting Molecular Connections’ advanced technologies and scientific expertise with EOL’s specialized services, the combined entity will empower scholarly publishers to seamlessly manage scale and volume fluctuations without compromising on quality.

ARL Publishes Annual Impact Report 2024

2024 was an eventful year for the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and its membership of research libraries and archives in major public and private universities, federal government agencies, and large public institutions in Canada and the US. ARL’s 2024 impact report enumerates the vibrant engagement of the Association’s membership that empowers and advocates for research libraries and archives to shape, influence, and implement institutional, national, and international policy and develop the next generation of leaders. The report also demonstrates the value created by and for membership in an Association that works collaboratively with many other organizations to advance equitable access to knowledge.

“In 2024, ARL and its members accomplished so much together—advancing research, education, and collaboration in meaningful ways,” said Andrew K. Pace, ARL executive director. “While challenges may be on the horizon, with the power of our collective strength, we are poised to build a resilient future for research libraries and the communities we serve. ARL remains dedicated to meeting scholars’ needs now and in the future.”

View and download ARL’s 2024 impact report.

17th Berlin Open Access Conference: Moving OA Forward

The OA2020 Initiative, coordinated by the Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL) on behalf of the Max Planck Society, will host the 17th Berlin Open Access Conference (B17) on February 5-6, 2025 at Harnack House, Berlin. The conference is entitled “Moving OA Forward: From Transformation to Collective Responsibility”.

Continuing the Max Planck Society’s leadership in making research openly accessible for the benefit of science and society, B17 will bring together negotiators and institutional leaders from over 40 countries to chart the next phase of the global open access transition in science communication. Thanks to MPDL’s leadership, over 90% of research from its institutes is now published openly, demonstrating open access negotiations as a viable open access pathway for the global community. Yet, while transformative open access agreements negotiated by institutions around the world have unlocked millions of research articles, many challenges remain. In particular, ensuring that all authors, regardless of their financial background, can publish based solely on the quality of their work—without encountering financial barriers—is a critical task. In an era where AI technologies are rapidly reshaping science communication, preserving author rights and ensuring publishing integrity also remains a core challenge.

Co-chaired by Prof. Dr. Ulrich Pöschl (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz) and Prof. Dr. Gerard Meijer (Fritz Haber Institute, Berlin), B17 will provide a platform for negotiators to align around shared principles and priorities, defining concrete actions that will drive the open access movement forward and strengthening foundations for a truly open science ecosystem.

Stay tuned for the conference outcomes, shared globally with the research community.

More Info:

17th Berlin Open Access Conference Website

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