Where’s the policy and financial support for OA books?
Ros Pyne explores findings from a collaborative white paper with COARD into the geographic reach of OA book scholarship
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OA books ‘have greater usage and higher citations’
Open access (OA) books are reaching more countries and have greater usage and higher citation numbers than non-OA books
Cambridge University Press and Hindawi in OA deal
Five Cambridge University Press journals will publish with Hindawi Limited under a collaborative agreement
Company of Biologists adopts transformative approach
The Company of Biologists has become the first not-for-profit publisher to commit to the transformative journal approach
MIT sticks to OA principles and ends Elsevier talks
MIT – the Massachusetts Institute of Technology – has ended negotiations with the publisher Elsevier for a new journals contract
Springer Nature commits to transition majority of journals
Approach means Plan S-funded authors will be able to continue to submit research to these publications
Academic libraries and coronavirus: a view from Italy
The pandemic has demonstrated the importance of open access and open science, writes Rossana Morriello
F1000 research wins EC open access platform bid
F1000 Research has been awarded a contract to set up and manage an open access publishing platform for the European Commission as a service…
Is a software revolution on the cards?
The open-access movement is calling into question business models in scholarly publishing, writes Sami Benchekroun
Jisc supports Subscribe to Open model
Jisc has announced its support for the global initiative ‘Subscribe to Open’ developed by the non-profit publisher Annual Reviews
OA transparency report launched at Berlin conference
An independent report aiming to improve the transparency of open access (OA) prices and services is calling for a customer-centric, collaborative and pragmatic approach…
Elsevier Netherlands agreement ‘major breakthrough for open science’
A group of research institutions in the Netherlands have reached an agreement with Elsevier that is being hailed as a 'major breakthrough for open…