347 news posts in Open Access publishing agreements

Frontiers news

25 Oct 2022

Frontiers institutional partnerships update – autumn 2022

The latest news on our collaborations with research institutions, libraries, consortia and funders Welcome from Ronald Buitenhuis, Head of Institutional Partnerships This year we have had the pleasure of welcoming an ever-growing number of institutional partners to our program. Frontiers is committed to supporting institutions to build the frameworks and infrastructure necessary for a global transition to open access. We now collaborate with over 650 institutions worldwide, providing seamless and cost-effective access to Frontiers’ services. We’re excited to launch this new quarterly update with details of Frontiers most recent impact metrics. Frontiers is now the world’s 3rd most cited and 6th largest publisher. We have 51 journals with a Journal Impact Factor and 73 with Citescore. Thanks as ever to our partners for their trust and support and we look forward to seeing many of you in person at the upcoming Charleston Conference.  Find us at the Charleston Conference Frontiers Institutional Partnerships US team will be at the Charleston conference in South Carolina, USA, this November and we’d love to see you there. As a diamond sponsor of the event, we’ll be leading and participating in a range of sessions outlined below. You’ll also be able to find us at booth […]

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25 Oct 2022

Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia forms open access publishing agreement with Frontiers

Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) has formed an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. This institutional agreement means that eligible IIT authors will benefit from a 10% membership discount when publishing in Frontiers journals. This may be combined with any other applicable discounts, waivers and similar support schemes personally obtained by the authors. IIT supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. The new agreement with Frontiers will further encourage IIT researchers to publish open access, reducing costs and streamlining central invoicing process. Information for IIT researchers If you are an eligible IIT researcher, please select “Italian Institute of Technology (IIT)” in the payment information section (“Frontiers institutional members”) when submitting your article. Frontiers will verify your eligibility with the IIT Research Organization Directorate and, if confirmed, apply the discount on the article processing charges (APCs). Invoices will be addressed to IIT and sent directly to IIT corresponding author to arrange the payment. For more information on this agreement, please contact open_access@iit.it. For more information on Frontiers’ institutional agreements please visit our institutional memberships page or contact institutions@frontiersin.org to discuss the possibilities for your own organization.

Frontiers news

25 Oct 2022

Università degli Studi “Magna Graecia” di Catanzaro forms publishing agreement with Frontiers

Università degli Studi “Magna Graecia” di Catanzaro has formed an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. The university library Università degli Studi “Magna Graecia” di Catanzaro supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. This agreement will further encourage Università degli Studi “Magna Graecia” di Catanzaro researchers to publish open access, increasing the volume of research openly available. Information for researchers When submitting your article, please select Università degli Studi “Magna Graecia” di Catanzaro as the institutional payer in the payment information section. Frontiers will then verify your eligibility with Università degli Studi “Magna Graecia” di Catanzaro library, and if confirmed, an invoice for the APC minus 10% partnership discount will be sent to you via the appropriate university department. For information on whether your article is eligible under this agreement, or if you require any further details, please visit Università degli Studi “Magna Graecia” di Catanzaro open access page or contact sba@unicz.it. For more information on Frontiers’ institutional agreements please visit our institutional memberships page or contact institutions@frontiersin.org to discuss the possibilities for your own organization.

Frontiers news

21 Oct 2022

Frontiers at the Charleston Conference

Frontiers will be at the Charleston conference in South Carolina, USA, this November and we’d love to see you there. As a diamond sponsor of the event, we’ll be leading and participating in a range of sessions outlined below. You’ll also be able to find us at booth 132 throughout the conference. You can email us at institutions@frontiersin.org for more information or to arrange a meeting. Where to find us at Charleston: Tuesday, 1 November (vendor day), 11:30 AM EST in Salon 1 of the Gaillard Center. The 20-minute vendor information session led by Thomas Romano, global sales manager institutional partnerships This session will introduce Frontiers, our mission-driven, researcher-centric approach and core values. Wednesday 2 November at 1:15 pm EST at Gaillard Center Grand Ballroom 3 Hyde Park Debate ‘Resolved: Transformative Agreements Represent the Best Possible Mechanism for a Full Transition to Open Access’. Frontiers’ head of public affairs, Stephan Kuster, joins the conversation. Wednesday, 2 November, 4:00 – 4:40 PM EST at Francis Marion Hotel Colonial Ballroom Panel discussion ‘The Nelson Memo: A tipping point for open access science in the US?’: moderated by Julia Kostova, director of publishing development. See the full conference program here.

Frontiers news

18 Oct 2022

Frontiers to publish European Journal of Cultural Management and Policy

The European Network on Cultural Management and Policy (ENCATC) has announced a new partnership with open access publisher Frontiers. Frontiers will now publish ENCATC’s open access journal, the European Journal of Cultural Management and Policy, on its award-winning open access publishing platform. The partnership was finalized in May 2022. The journal’s archive will be transferred to Frontiers publishing platform and the first new articles are expected to be published by the end of the year. Photo credit: Frontiers Editor-in-chief Professor Fabio Donato said: “The European Journal of Cultural Management and Policy is fully committed to open access, a policy which will be central to scientific development in the coming years in Europe and beyond. Through this agreement, we will continue pioneering the promotion of ground-breaking research that helps advance the cultural and creative sectors.” The European Journal of Cultural Management and Policy, which aims to stimulate debate on cultural management and policy, was launched in 2011. Connecting theory and practice in the cultural sector, it is known for highlighting multidisciplinary perspectives and providing an impactful venue for experts in the field. It is currently indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)-Web of Science and ERIH Plus-European Reference Index for the […]

Santa Clara University forms publishing agreement with Frontiers

Santa Clara University has formed an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. This institutional agreement means that eligible Santa Clara University researchers may publish in any Frontiers journal at no cost to them and with a simplified process.  Articles may benefit from a 5% membership discount. The Santa Clara University Office of the Provost supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. This agreement will further encourage Santa Clara University researchers to publish open access, increasing the volume of research openly available. While this reduces costs for the researcher, it also benefits the wider research community and the public at large.   For more information on Frontiers’ institutional agreements please visit our institutional memberships page or contact institutions@frontiersin.org to discuss the possibilities for your own organization.  Information for researchers  If you are a Santa Clara University researcher, please use your university email address and select Santa Clara University in the payment information section (“Frontiers institutional members”) when submitting your article. Frontiers will verify your eligibility with the Provost’s Office and, if confirmed, the APC will be paid by Santa Clara University upon acceptance.   For information on whether your article is eligible under this agreement, or if you require […]

Frontiers news

11 Oct 2022

Fondazione MultiMedica Onlus forms publishing agreement with Frontiers

Fondazione MultiMedica Onlus has formed an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers.   This institutional agreement means that eligible Fondazione MultiMedica Onlus researchers may publish in any Frontiers journal at no cost to them and with a simplified process.  Articles may benefit from a 10% membership discount. The library Fondazione MultiMedica Onlus supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. This agreement will further encourage Fondazione MultiMedica Onlus researchers to publish open access, increasing the volume of research openly available. While this reduces costs for the researcher, it also benefits the wider research community and the public at large.   For more information on Frontiers’ institutional agreements please visit our institutional memberships page or contact institutions@frontiersin.org to discuss the possibilities for your own organization.  Information for researchers   If you are a Fondazione MultiMedica Onlus researcher, please select Fondazione MultiMedica Onlus in the payment information section (“Frontiers institutional members”) when submitting your article. Frontiers will verify your eligibility with the library and, if confirmed, the APC will be paid by Fondazione MultiMedica Onlus upon acceptance.   For information on whether your article is eligible under this agreement, or if you require any further details, please contact direzione.scientifica@multimedica.it. 

Frontiers news

07 Oct 2022

Working with societies – join us in conversation with Society Street

How can publishers best support societies in the increasingly complex landscape of scholarly publishing? Frontiers’ head of publishing partnerships, Robyn Mugridge, will join a panel of scholarly publishing experts from across the industry to discuss this, and other key questions, during an online conversation on publishing, societies, and open access on Tuesday 11 October. Organized by Society Street, a forum for leaders and future leaders of scholarly societies, the online discussion will be the second in a two-part series for and about society publishers. The panel, which also includes representatives from Elsevier, MDPI and Wiley, will reflect on the direction of society publishing, the challenges facing societies, and the ways that societies and their publishing partners can respond to these together. Frontiers’ head of publishing partnerships, Robyn Mugridge, said ‘As a representative of a fully gold open access publisher, I am pleased that Frontiers is able to contribute to this fantastic event, aimed at supporting societies. Society publishing is evolving rapidly, and it is critical for publishers to be fully and directly engaged in conversations about the issues that matter most to our society partners. Thanks both to Society Street and my co-panellists for creating a forum for this valuable […]

Harrisburg University of Science and Technology forms publishing agreement with Frontiers

Harrisburg University of Science and Technology has formed an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. This institutional agreement means that eligible Harrisburg University researchers may qualify to publish in any Frontiers journal at no cost to them and with a simplified process. See the section for researcher below for more information. The Harrisburg University Library supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. This agreement will further encourage Harrisburg University researchers to publish open access, increasing the volume of research openly available. While this reduces costs for the researcher, it also benefits the wider research community and the public at large. For more information on all Frontiers’ institutional agreements please visit our institutional partnerships page or contact institutions@frontiersin.org to discuss the possibilities for your own organization.  Information for Researchers  If you are a Harrisburg University researcher, please select Harrisburg University in the payment information section (“Frontiers institutional partners”) when submitting your article. Affiliated authors are expected to also be marked as corresponding authors during the submission process. Frontiers will verify your eligibility with the library and, if confirmed, the APC will be paid by Harrisburg University acceptance.   For information on whether your article is eligible […]

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14 Sep 2022

The National Oceanography Centre has joined the Frontiers – JISC national open access deal.

The National Oceanography Centre has joined the Frontiers – JISC national open access deal. We are delighted to announce that the National Oceanography Centre has joined the national open access deal agreed between Jisc Collections and Frontiers. This landmark deal provides a simplified and streamlined route to open access publishing for researchers in the UK, who publish 7% of the world’s research. The National Oceanography Centre supports its researchers in making their research widely available. As part of this deal, eligible authors will benefit from a streamlined invoicing process and the NOC will benefit from a discount on Article Processing Charges (APCs) for articles covered by this agreement. This agreement will further encourage National Oceanography Centre authors to publish open access, increasing uptake of open access to the results of mostly publicly funded research, to the benefit of the scholarly community and the public at large, while reducing costs. Information for authors: To submit your article under this agreement, please select ‘National Oceanography Centre’ as the payer in the invoice section when submitting your article. Frontiers will then verify your eligibility with the National Oceanography Centre and, if confirmed, the APC will be paid by the National Oceanography Centre upon acceptance. For […]

Frontiers news

08 Sep 2022

Back ‘in-person’ at the ALPSP Annual Conference and Awards

Our Publishing Partnerships team is pleased to announce that they will be attending the upcoming Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) annual conference and awards. The conference, which will take place 14 – 16 September in Manchester, UK, is the first major face-to-face event the association has held since 2019. Frontiers is proud to be sponsoring this landmark occasion as a Gold Sponsor. Since the last ALPSP conference in 2019, Frontiers Publishing Partnerships has grown significantly. We now partner with 12 societies, seven of whom we have supported through the transition to Frontiers and open access publishing. We have collaborated with five partners to launch new open access journals, including the Geological Society of London’s journal Earth Science, Systems and Society and the European Hernia Society’s journal, Journal of Abdominal Wall Surgery. We have also supported our partners to open their archive publications – representing a total of more than 10,000 articles, which were previously behind a paywall that are now available under the gold open access model with Frontiers. At the end of 2021 we announced a partnership with Zhejiang University Press, our first publishing partnership in China, and we look forward to announcing new partnerships in […]

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22 Aug 2022

University of Sao Francisco forms publishing agreement with Frontiers

University of Sao Francisco has formed an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers.  This institutional agreement means that eligible University of Sao Francisco researchers may publish in any Frontiers journal at no cost to them and with a simplified process.  Articles may benefit from a 5% membership discount.  The university library University of Sao Francisco supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. This agreement will further encourage University of Sao Francisco researchers to publish open access, increasing the volume of research openly available. While this reduces costs for the researcher, it also benefits the wider research community and the public at large.    For more information on Frontiers’ institutional agreements please visit our institutional memberships page or contact institutions@frontiersin.org to discuss the possibilities for your own organization.    Information for researchers   If you are a University of Sao Francisco researcher, please select University of Sao Francisco in the payment information section (“Frontiers institutional members”) when submitting your article. Frontiers will verify your eligibility with the library and, if confirmed, the APC will be paid by University of Sao Francisco upon acceptance.    For information on whether your article is eligible under this agreement, or if you require any further […]

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15 Jul 2022

University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover (TiHo) and Frontiers form open access publishing agreement

University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover (TiHo) has formed an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. The TiHo supports its researchers in making their research free and openly available. As part of this support, the new agreement with Frontiers will further encourage TiHo researchers to publish open access at reduced costs and under a streamlined central invoicing process. Eligible TiHo authors may benefit from a 7.5% membership discount in any Frontiers journal, which could be combined with any other applicable discounts, waivers and similar support schemes personally obtained by the authors. Information for TiHo researchers If you are an eligible TiHo researcher, please select “University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover (TiHo)” in the payment information section (“Frontiers institutional members”) when submitting your article. Frontiers will verify your eligibility with the TiHo Library and, if confirmed, apply the discount on the article processing charges (APCs). Upon receipt, the TiHo Library will forward the invoice to the responsible TiHo corresponding author to arrange the payment by the respective department or clinic. For more information on this agreement and on whether your Frontiers article can receive partial funding support by the TiHo Open Access Publication Fund please contact open.access@tiho-hannover.de. For more information on […]

Open science policy

08 Jul 2022

International Year of Basic Sciences takes center stage on sustainability in partnership with Frontiers

Hosted by UNESCO in Paris, the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development (IYBSSD), welcomes leaders from the scientific community from around the world today to its inaugural opening ceremony. Sponsored by the open access publisher Frontiers, the IYBSSD initiative welcomes leading figures from research institutions, governments, and international unions to discuss the role of basic sciences in addressing the challenges identified by the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The IYBSSD initiative harbours considerable support from the global scientific community. It is regarded as a leading advocate for the universal adoption of open science as an enabler to achieving a sustainable future for people and planet. IYBSSD has the support of 50 international organizations and unions; an international advisory committee of 100 science academies, networks, and learned societies; and 30 Nobel Laureates and Fields Medallists. The initiative is also supported by today’s host, UNESCO. As Gold sponsor of the initiative, as well as a signatory to the United Nations Publishers Compact, Frontiers’ head of public affairs Stephan Kuster emphasized the publishers’ support for strengthening the link between policy, science, and the public. “Today’s opening ceremony marks an important moment. We cannot […]

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24 Jun 2022

Anglia Ruskin University has joined the Frontiers – JISC national open access deal

We would like to announce that Anglia Ruskin University has joined the national open access deal agreed between Jisc Collections and Frontiers. This landmark deal provides a simplified and streamlined route to open access publishing for researchers in the UK, who publish 7% of the world’s research. This institutional agreement means that eligible ARU researchers may publish in any Frontiers journal at no cost to them and with a simplified process. Articles may benefit from a 10% membership discount. ARU Library and Research & Innovation Development Office supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. This agreement will further encourage ARU researchers to publish open access, increasing the volume of research openly available. While this reduces costs for the researcher, it also benefits the wider research community and the public at large. For more information on Frontiers’ institutional agreements please visit our institutional memberships page or contact institutions@frontiersin.org to discuss the possibilities for your own organization. Information for researchers If you are an eligible ARU researcher, you should make an application to the Open Access Support Fund before submitting your output to Frontiers. Further details are available here: https://myaru.sharepoint.com/sites/i-rido/SitePages/Enhancing-your-Research.aspx#aru-open-access-fund (ARU access only). Once approval has been given, please submit your article and ensure you select “Anglia Ruskin […]