AIP Publishing signs consortium agreement with Hong Kong universities
AIP Publishing (AIPP) has signed a three-year AIP Fusion agreement with the Joint University Librarians Advisory Committee (JULAC) of Hong Kong, marking its first consortium-level partnership under the model in the Asia-Pacific region.
The agreement brings together six Hong Kong universities under a single read-and-publish arrangement, providing institution-wide access to AIPP’s physical sciences portfolio alongside open access publishing opportunities for eligible researchers.
The participating institutions are The Chinese University of Hong Kong, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and The University of Hong Kong.
Faculty and students at all six universities will have access to AIPP content, while affiliated corresponding authors will be eligible to publish open access in AIPP titles and partner journals.
“As made clear in JULAC’s Position Statement on Open Scholarship, JULAC is committed to enabling open access (OA) to research publications. This agreement with AIPP is an example of the tangible support that libraries can provide to their institution’s researchers in making their work OA,” said Benjamin Meunier, JULAC Chair and University Librarian, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
The partnership is expected to support researchers working across disciplines including materials science, applied physics, photonics and quantum science, increasing the accessibility of research produced by Hong Kong institutions.
“Bringing six universities together under one AIP Fusion agreement is an important step in expanding the model across Asia-Pacific. Working with JULAC and Hong Kong Baptist University Library, we have developed an approach that combines reading access with open access publishing for researchers at all six institutions,” said Kevin Steiner, Global Head of Sales, AIP Publishing.
AIP Fusion is AIPP’s institutional open access model, developed in consultation with libraries and consortia internationally. It combines access to subscription content and open access publishing within a single agreement, helping institutions support their researchers while advancing their open scholarship objectives.
The Hong Kong agreement extends AIPP’s growing network of institutional and consortium partnerships. Existing AIP Fusion agreements include the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Ireland’s IReL consortium, the Max Planck Society, the UK’s Jisc consortium and Seoul National University, which became the programme’s first partner in Asia.
The latest agreement represents a further expansion of AIP Fusion in the Asia-Pacific region, with the consortium model enabling multiple institutions to coordinate access and publishing arrangements through a single partnership.