(4 Jun 2025) Springer Nature and the Higher Education Electronic Resources Consortium (KONSEPt), the Malaysian consortium for higher education and research institutions, have announced the first national transformative agreement (TA) in Malaysia and among Southeast Asia countries. The parties say this agreement demonstrates the increasing momentum across economies of all sizes for open access (OA) publishing, and the increasing global move to open science and research.
The agreement will enable researchers from all 20 of Malaysia’s public universities to publish their work OA in more than 2,000 hybrid journals across the Springer Nature portfolio. Simultaneously, students and faculty gain full reading access to more than 2,300 journal titles. With recent data from Springer Nature showing the immediate impact that TAs have on OA output, this agreement will better support affiliated researchers in publishing openly, expanding the capability, global visibility and impact of Malaysian research, and fostering greater international collaboration.
The press release in full is here.
