(11 Dec 2024) Subscribe to Open (S2O), the model by which open access publication is funded by annually renewed subscriptions, has grown exponentially since it was first implemented by Annual Reviews.* A growing number of publishers use the model to deliver equitable open access to an ever more diverse list of journals and books. Increasingly, librarians are enthusiastic to…
(14 Jun 2023) EDP Sciences and the Société de Mathématiques Industrielles et Appliquées (SMAI) have launched the Subscribe to Open (S2O) 2023 Transparency Report for their mathematics journals. As the journals continue their open access publishing in 2023, this marks the third consecutive year of issuing a comprehensive report, underscoring their unwavering dedication to transparency. By…
(Jan 2023) University of Toronto Press has partnered with C40 Cities to launch a new and innovative Subscribe to Open climate journal. The Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy (JCCPE) publishes timely, evidence-based policy and economics research that focuses on human-centered solutions to today’s most pressing climate challenges to support cities globally. An…
(27 Oct 2022) Following a year of research and community engagement funded by a planning grant from the Mellon Foundation’s Public Knowledge Program, Project MUSE is preparing a Subscribe to Open (S2O) offer across multiple journal titles and participating publishers that will begin with the 2025 calendar year subscription term. With more than 700 current journals in…
(16 Jun 2022) Starting June 14th, all Annual Reviews content published between 2013-2022 will be openly available across Australia and New Zealand. This includes all articles authored by Australian and New Zealand researchers during this period. The journals provide overviews of scientific progress across the life, biological, physical and social sciences. This agreement is…
(6 Apr 2022) Non-profit publisher Annual Reviews has announced that over the next 18 months they will make their entire portfolio of 51 academic journals freely available to everyone under a new model called Subscribe to Open. These highly cited journals cover topics across the sciences, including astronomy, environmental science, genomics, marine science, public health, and sociology.…
(28 Apr 2021) “Making the Future of Open Research Work” is one of the sessions held at the 3rd CHORUS Forum last week, which brought publishers, researchers, librarians, and research funders together to exchange ideas over scientific communication issues. The session focuses on the operationalization of the move to open access and the details of…
(28 Jan 2021) IWA Publishing, the wholly-owned publishing subsidiary of the International Water Association based in London, UK, has successfully transformed its journal portfolio of 10 subscription titles—including the flagship journal Water Science & Technology—to Open Access (OA) from 2021 onwards. In partnership with Knowledge Unlatched (KU), IWA Publishing has asked libraries and institutions currently subscribing to…
(7 Oct 2020) IWA Publishing, the wholly owned publishing subsidiary of the International Water Association based in London, UK, has announced a pilot to transform its complete journal portfolio of 10 subscription titles including the flagship journal “Water, Science and Technology” to Open Access (OA) from 2021 onwards. In partnership with Knowledge Unlatched, IWA Publishing…