The path to open access is varied across journals, fields of research, funding bodies, and publishers, adding to the complexity.
Open Access in Italy: A New Three-Year Transformative Agreement
The newly announced agreement between IEEE and Italy’s Crui opens options to researchers at 54 universities and research hubs.
Cambridge University Press Announces a Pakistan Studies Journal
The new Pakistan-focused journal is to survey colonialism, nationalism, gender representation, devotion, popular culture, diaspora, and more.
Holtzbrinck’s Springer Nature and University of California Renew Open Access Deal
The agreement Springer Nature is touting with the University of California is an extension of its 2020 arrangement for research articles.
Berlin’s Springer Nature: Open Access Up 40 Percent in Transformative Journals
Six transformative journals achieved 75-percent open-access uptake in 2021, according to Springer Nature this month.
New York’s Cambridge Information Group Acquires the UK’s Emerald Group
England’s Emerald Group and its Emerald Publishing now are part of CIG, an investment firm based in New York City and Bethesda, Maryland.
Knowledge Unlatched: A New Funding Round and Work with FID Benelux
While in a new partnership with FID Benelux Low Countries, Knowledge Unlatched has opened its ninth round of funding.
Academic Publishing: Annual Reviews’ Journals on a ‘Subscribe to Open’ Model
The 51 journals of the California-based publisher Annual reviews are to be opened within 18 months on a Subscribe to Open model.
International Day of Education: Springer Nature Opens 17th SDG-Related Portal
The SDG publishing program from Springer Nature today releases its 17th and final Sustainable Development Goal-specific portal, on education.
Springer Nature Plants Trees in India, One for Each Employee
Citing some 20 percent of its workforce being based in India, Springer Nature chooses the state of Meghalaya for its tree-planting project.