Open Science

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As the United Kingdom Embraces Open Science, its Academic Network Signs an Agreement to Boost Open Access Journals

On October 4, 2018, Jisc Collections, a non-profit organization that negotiates the terms of access to electronic resources of British higher education and research institutions, has signed a comprehensive agreement with De Gruyter that is expected to facilitate a transition to Open Access in the sector of article and journal publishing. A Blog Article by Pablo Markin. In the framework of the agreement between Jisc and De Gruyter, research universities and institutes of the United Kingdom (UK) will be receiving access to De Gruyter journals, while transitioning their article publishing processes to Open Access. Since this agreement represents an institutional […]

An overview of the institutional membership programs offered by Open Access publishers

If you are a researcher, a librarian or an administrative worker in a research facility, you may want to suggest for your institution to enroll in one of the membership programs offered by Open Access publishers. These programs are designed to decrease the cost of publishing Open Access works and to diminish the administrative issues related to paying them. Open Access books and journals are generally funded via Processing Charges (APC or BPC), which must be paid every time a new work is being published. Usually, these are not paid by the authors themselves, but by the institution supporting the […]