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IOP Publishing and University of California sign open access agreement
IOP Publishing (IOPP) and the University of California (UC) today announced a new transformative open access agreement that will accelerate publishing and expand access to high-quality research in physics and related disciplines. The three-year agreement will make it easier and more affordable for UC researchers to publish open access articles in all of IOPP’s owned journals and most of its partner journals, a total of 77 titles, and will advance the university’s efforts to empower more of its authors to share their research freely with the world. “As a global leader in open access, this new agreement enables UC to […]
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BioOne and University of California Sign 5-Year Agreement to Include Subscribe to Open Pilot
Five year agreement will deliver access to UC researchers and support sustainable open access for independent nonprofit publishers This post is a joint press release issued by BioOne and the University of California. Washington, D.C. and LOCATION, June 25, 2025 — The University of California (UC) and BioOne today announced the signing of a five-year agreement to bring the flagship BioOne Complete aggregation to 9 UC campuses and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory through 2029. Notably, this agreement includes the full term of BioOne’s Subscribe to Open (S2O) pilot from 2026 through 2028. This extended partnership advances the mutual goals of […]
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eScholarship Journal Spotlight: Parks Stewardship Forum
In this University of California (UC) Office of Scholarly Communication blog series, we highlight the successes and challenges of leading journals published by UC’s eScholarship Publishing program through interviews with journal editors. Our latest interview is with editors of Parks Stewardship Forum (PSF): Jonathan B. Jarvis (Editorial Board member), Rebecca Conard (Co-Managing Editor), and David Harmon (Co-Managing Editor). In a few sentences, describe how Parks Stewardship Forum started and the purpose it serves within your field: PSF started in 2020, when the Institute for Parks, People, and Biodiversity at UC Berkeley was launched. The Institute’s founding director has a long-standing […]
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eScholarship Journal Spotlight: Electronic Green Journal
In this new University of California (UC) Office of Scholarly Communication blog series, we highlight the successes and challenges of leading journals published by UC’s eScholarship Publishing program through interviews with journal editors. Our latest interview is with two editors of the Electronic Green Journal: Editor-In-Chief, Maria A. Jankowska (UCLA Librarian Emerita) and Managing Editor and Book Review Editor, Kelsey Brown, (UCLA Humanities and Social Sciences Librarian). The journal recently celebrated its 30th anniversary of publication! In a few sentences, describe the origin/focus/purpose of your journal: The history of the journal began in 1991, when a group of environmental enthusiasts […]
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California Universities and Oxford University Press Sign Landmark Open Access Agreement
This post is a press release issued by the University of California, California State University, the Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium, and Oxford University Press. The 10-campus University of California system (UC), 20 of 23 California State University (CSU) campuses, and 30 private academic and research institutions represented by the Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium (SCELC) have reached a comprehensive four-year transformative open access agreement with Oxford University Press (OUP). The agreement begins this month and will provide affiliated researchers with access to OUP’s world-leading journals and support for publishing their work open access. “This partnership between UC, CSU and […]
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New Open Access Agreement between the University of California and Copernicus Publications
Effective January 1, 2025, the University of California (UC) and the open access publisher Copernicus Publications entered into a 1-year open access agreement that will make it easier and more affordable for UC researchers to publish in Copernicus journals. The new agreement with Copernicus expands UC’s partnerships with native open access publishers and advances the university’s efforts to empower more of its authors to share their research freely with the world. Under the agreement, the UC Libraries will automatically cover 50% of the open access fees, also known as article processing charges (APCs), for all UC corresponding authors who choose […]
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University of California Enters Subscribe-to-Open Agreement with the American Society for Microbiology
This post is adapted from a press release issued by the American Society for Microbiology and the University of California. The University of California (UC) and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) are pleased to announce a novel multi-year Subscribe to Open (S2O) agreement that will make it easier and more affordable for UC corresponding authors to publishing open access with ASM. Under this new agreement, authors affiliated with UC’s subscribing institutions will be able to publish an unlimited number of open access articles within ASM’s 6 primary research subscription-based journals, reducing barriers to publishing. All 10 UC campuses and […]
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eScholarship Journal Spotlight: Glossa Psycholinguistics
In this new University of California (UC) Office of Scholarly Communication blog series, we highlight the successes and challenges of leading journals published by UC’s eScholarship Publishing program through interviews with journal editors. Our first interview is with the co-editors-in-chief of Glossa Psycholinguistics, Fernanda Ferreira (Distinguished Professor of Psychology, UC Davis) and Brian Dillon (Professor of Linguistics, UMass Amherst). What is the origin/focus/purpose of your journal? Glossa Psycholinguistics publishes contributions to the field of psycholinguistics, which is the scientific discipline focusing on how people process, remember, and acquire human languages. For example, in a recent issue we have several articles […]
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New tool enables UC authors to look up journals covered by UC’s open access publishing agreements
We are excited to announce the launch of the Journal Open Access Look-up Tool (JOLT), a new service designed specifically for UC authors to easily determine if a journal qualifies under one of UC’s open access publishing agreements. UC’s open access agreements provide financial support to authors for the payment of open access fees. By reducing the amount authors must pay when they choose to publish open access, these agreements make it easier and more affordable for authors to share their scholarship freely and openly with the world. With JOLT, authors can search more than 10,000 journal titles to find […]
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New resources for UC authors to help them make their articles open access
We’re happy to announce two new resources for UC authors, both of which provide easy-to-navigate guidance to making their research articles freely available. Both versions include links to related information for authors, including pages focused on the UC open access policies and UC’s publisher agreements and discounts. We know that the open access landscape can be overwhelming, especially for those new to the subject. We hope that these resources will help authors to better understand their options.
