Open-access publishing makes research available to anyone, anywhere, from the moment it is published. Readers do not need a subscription to read, use and build on the work, subject to the terms of the ...

Open access research has transformed scholarly communication. This is because it has enabled the free flow of scientific information, both new and old, among scientists, which has been extremely ...

OASE+ (Open Access for Scholarly Empowerment +), the collective negotiating body established with Japanese government support to advance the country's national open access policy, and Elsevier, a ...

CAMBRIDGE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Over 50 percent of Cambridge University Press research articles are now published open access (OA) and so freely available to read. Having passed the 50 percent ...

When scholarship is made freely available, it allows researchers worldwide to engage with it, resulting in a much larger reach and impact. Over the past year, the University of Delaware Library, ...

Canada’s federal research granting agencies recently announced a review of the Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications, with the goal of requiring immediate open and free access to all academic ...

In August, the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy released a memo directing all federal agencies to form plans to make all federally funded research publications and data publicly ...

Five years ago, when Jeffrey MacKie-Mason first joined the University of California team that negotiates with academic publishers, he asked a colleague what would happen if he failed to strike a deal.

Public access to research generates new ideas, informs policy decisions and fuels innovation and technological development. Open access to knowledge helps address social issues, enhance democracy and ...

As climate change wreaks havoc on societies and ecosystems across the world, from floods and droughts to degraded water quality caused by wildfires and anthropogenic pollution, the need for ...

Authors who publish open access in Pediatric Research are required to pay an article processing charge (APC). The APC price will be determined from the date on which the article is accepted for ...

Open access (OA) research refers to a less traditional form of publishing. This involves publishing out of pocket through a third-party source with some measure of credibility and subsequently ...