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This new feature enables publisher partners to identify and effectively communicate with relevant researchers about funding for publishing that they are eligible for through Open Access Agreements (also referred to as Transformative Agreements, Transitional Agreements or Read & Publish Agreements) – driving greater awareness and uptake of open access publishing. 

We are excited to announce that OverDrive, the world’s largest digital content provider, has joined the OpenAthens access management federation. OverDrive took the business decision so it can more easily scale access to libraries in the education and healthcare sectors, creating a more seamless experience for users worldwide. 

KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd. (KGL), the leading provider of transformative content solutions, and DataSeer.ai, a premier resource for AI-powered Open Science compliance, have announced an agreement to embed automated checks for data sharing best practices into KGL’s Smart Review tool.

Charlesworth, a leading provider of publishing and marketing solutions in Asia, is proud to announce the expansion of its Charlesworth Gateway product to support APAC-based authors by integrating with the LINE app. Authors can now receive instant manuscript status updates directly through their personal LINE accounts, ensuring they remain informed at every stage of their submission-to-publication journey.

We are excited to announce that OverDrive, the world’s largest digital content provider, has joined the OpenAthens access management federation. OverDrive took the business decision so it can more easily scale access to libraries in the education and healthcare sectors, creating a more seamless experience for users worldwide. 

KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd. (KGL), the leading provider of transformative content solutions, and DataSeer.ai, a premier resource for AI-powered Open Science compliance, have announced an agreement to embed automated checks for data sharing best practices into KGL’s Smart Review tool.

BioOne, the leading nonprofit aggregator in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences, today announced that 71 titles from 54 global societies, museums, and research organizations will participate in its Subscribe to Open (S2O) pilot beginning in January 2026. This represents the largest number of independent publishers under a single S2O offer to date. 

Taylor & Francis has today announced its first Subscribe to Open (S2O) pilot, one of several innovative options it is trialing to accelerate open access (OA) publishing. S2O enables a journal’s subscribers to support its conversion to OA, making new articles available to readers everywhere.

This news is part of EDP Sciences’ ongoing "Road to Open" series, now in its ninth update, which highlights our commitment to transparency in open access publishing. Here we focus on the importance of transparency in open access, at the occasion of the release of our 2024 transparency report, showcasing the financial and operational details of the Subscribe to Open model for mathematics journals.

We started Signals to help build a transparent foundation for identifying problematic articles as well as trustworthy and valuable research outputs. Our greater goal...

This new feature enables publisher partners to identify and effectively communicate with relevant researchers about funding for publishing that they are eligible for through Open Access Agreements (also referred to as Transformative Agreements, Transitional Agreements or Read & Publish Agreements) – driving greater awareness and uptake of open access publishing. 

Karger Publishers, a leading provider of scientific and medical content, has joined forces with Scite, an award-winning platform within the Research Solutions (NASDAQ: RSSS) product family, used by more than one million students and researchers to discover and better understand scientific literature.

PLOS today announced that it has received a $1.5 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and a $1 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to support our mission to drive Open Science forward with meaningful change in scholarly publishing.

The Company of Biologists is delighted to announce a further three-year Open Access agreement with the University of California (UC). This agreement, which follows on...

The Microbiology Society, one of the largest microbiology societies in Europe, is pleased to announce a new three-year Publish and Read offering with German consortium ZB MED – Information Centre for Life Sciences, available to its 400 member institutions and 2,000 hospitals. This agreement was established in partnership with HARRASSOWITZ, the Society’s representative agency in Germany.