#subscribe-to-open — Public Fediverse posts

🚀 Big news from EMS Press at #UKSG2026 🚀

Today we unveiled Launch to Open (L2O), a new open access model built around community support and financial transparency.

Launching with:
• Foundations of Computational Mathematics
• Archiv der Mathematik

Subscriptions are now open for 2027.

https://ems.press/updates/2026-03-30-ems-press-unveils-l2o

#OpenAccess #OA #LaunchToOpen #L2O #SubscribetoOpen #AcademicPublishing

Some simple spreadsheet research using @OpenAlex and the R package openalexR

Counting from 2020 to 2025, there have been over 58,000 items published under the Subscribe to Open model and it's roughly doubling every year.

#S2O #SubscribeToOpen

Fans Of Open Access, Unite: You Have Nothing To Lose But Your Chained Libraries

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2025/11/19/fans-of-open-access-unite-you-have-nothing-to-lose-but-your-chained-libraries/

Fans of open access, unite: you have nothing to lose but your chained libraries

When books were rare and extremely expensive, they were often chained to the bookcase to prevent people walking off with them, in what were known as “chained libraries”. Copyright serves a similar purpose today, even though, thanks to the miracle of perfect, zero-cost digital copies, it is possible simultaneously to take an ebook home and yet leave the original behind. For a quarter of a […]

#analogue #ao3 #archives #diamondOpenAccess #digital #fanFiction #libraries #metadata #openAccess #publishers #reputation #reviews #royalSociety #s20 #subscribeToOpen #trueFans

https://walledculture.org/fans-of-open-access-unite-you-have-nothing-to-lose-but-your-chained-libraries/

The Royal Society is committing to its values by choosing the fair and sustainable #SubscribeToOpen model for #OpenAccess publishing! More comments by me and my @ems_press colleague Laura Simonite in this Nature article https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02483-0 #s2o

Over 374 journals now using the Subscribe to Open (S2O) business model to provide open access to the research articles they publish.

https://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/Subscribe_to_Open_(S2O)_journals

It used to be true that all the S2O journals were fee-free, but unfortunately some 'variants' have arisen in which there are author-side page charges. I have added a column to the wiki to indicate which charge author-side fees.

#SubscribeToOpen #S2O

Despite major challenges, all six maths journals from EDP Sciences & SMAI will stay Open Access in 2025 through Subscribe to Open (S2O).

Many thanks to all libraries and partners who maintained support — your backing is crucial.

https://bit.ly/4jxGmYh

#OpenAccess #S2O #SubscribeToOpen #Mathematics #RoadToOpen

Thank you to @degruyter_pub for converting the _Journal of Perinatal Medicine_ to #OpenAccess under the #SubscribeToOpen model.
https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/jpm-2025-0009/html

#DiamondOA #ScholComm

#NEWS | How does #SubscribeToOpen foster equitable #OpenAccess? Our #RoadToOpen article reflects on key takeaways from OASPA’s “Wayfinders” webinar, including transparency, collaboration, and sustainability.
Learn more: https://t.co/dX8onCQYu1
#S2O #OpenScience #AcademicEquity
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#ScientificPublishing
@ScienceScholar
@academia @phdlife @phdstudents
@academicsunite @academicchatter
@ScienceAdm

The recording of the OASPA deep-dive into 'Subscribe to Open' aka S2O is now up https://www.oaspa.org/events/wayfinders-4-a-deep-dive-into-s2o-subscribe-to-open/

Really worth checking this out if you're not familiar with S2O.

The key thing to remember with S2O is that authors can make their work open access with no author-side fees under this model - it doesn't matter what your affiliation is. Enabling truly equitable open access. Diamond OA is best, but S2O is a pragmatic middle-ground and worthy of supporting too...

#S2O #SubscribeToOpen #OASPA

Taylor & Francis is trialling the Subscribe to Open model of conditional open access for 3 (out of ~2700) of its journals.

Honestly I like the binary nature of S2O. The future volume will either be entirely open access (without author-facing charges) or NOT, depending on library participation. In comparison to the really shitty 'hybrid' model where only a smattering of articles from wealthier research institutions are OA, its an improvement

https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-open-access-2024-10-big-five-publisher-pilots-new-subscribe-to-open-programme/

#SubscribeToOpen #OpenAccess

News| Equitable open access is key to knowledge sharing. Our 2024 Transparency Report highlights how the #S2O model supports non-author-paid OA in mathematics, ensuring fairness for readers and researchers alike.

Explore the details ➡️ http://bit.ly/47F74JU

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#SubscribeToOpen
#Mathematics
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#OA #ScientificPublishing
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🔓Radioprotection transitions to #OpenAccess in 2024 via #SubscribeToOpen ! ! !
Financial backing from SFRP and renewed subscriber support made thispossible. Editorial
➡️ https://bit.ly/3x057dc and news ➡️ https://bit.ly/3VoySOa
#S2O #EDPSciences
#SociétéFrançaiseDe#Radioprotection
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Retour d’expérience sur le modèle #SubscribeToOpen (#S2O)
Ce modèle permet la publication de revues en #OpenAccess sans frais pour les auteurs et les lecteurs, si un nombre suffisant d’institutions y sont abonnées.
Bilan : une contrainte budgétaire mais une hausse de niveau des revues
#VoieDiamant

➡️ https://www.insmi.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/le-modele-subscribe-open-une-reussite-dans-le-mouvement-de-la-science-ouverte

A recent article from @cnrs_insmi about #SubscribeToOpen in #Mathematics. While this model for #OpenAccess presents some challenges, there can be no question that it has so far been a success in our subject area: https://www.insmi.cnrs.fr/en/cnrsinfo/subscribe-open-model-open-science-success-story #OA

And, #medlibs and #CollectionDevelopment people -- is there something like #SubscribeToOpen, but for journalism?

I would love to see libraries, especially health sciences libraries, supporting The Sick Times.

One of many good things about working with @AnnualReviews is the top notch copy-editing. E.g., for my piece https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-linguistics-031422-124743 the copy-editor noticed some missing words in a quotation (a tracked changes mishap) *and reintroduced them* by consulting the original 1786 (!) source :TipHat:

Another good thing is that Annual Review of Linguistics is now fully open access thanks to contributing libraries & institutions (the #SubscribeToOpen model) — a pleasant surprise.

This is a huge success for @ems_press and the mathematics community!

It took less than 5 years to transform the EMS Press business from traditional journal subscriptions to a point where we publish all journals as #OpenAccess in 2024 with #SubscribeToOpen (22 journals) and #DiamondOA (4 journals). Faster, cheaper and more sustainable than any transformative agreement – and all this on a global scale! 😎

Thanks to all authors, editors, reviewers, subscribers, and of course our team for contributing to this. 🙌

@EuroMathSoc #S2O

🚨 SIGNIFICANT, POSITIVE ANNOUNCEMENT ALERT 🚨

The European Mathmatical Society, working with research libraries, have found a way to make ALL of the research journals they publish open access, without the need for author-side fees (no APCs!). Bravo @EuroMathSoc

https://ems.press/updates/2024-02-06-2024-s2o-announcement

#S2O #SubscribeToOpen #OpenAccess #NoAPCs

We're thrilled to announce another successful round of #SubscribeToOpen, making all 22 of our #S2O journals open access for 2024. Alongside our 4 #DiamondOA publications, this marks the first year that EMS Press will publish all journal content #OpenAccess https://bit.ly/EMS2024S2O

88 subscription journals across 24 publishers are aiming to convert to open access via the Subscribe to Open pathway from Jan 2025, with Project MUSE

https://about.muse.jhu.edu/news/publisher-participation-elevates-S2O

#S2O #SubscribeToOpen #OpenAccess #NoAPCs #EquitableOA

I'm attending #ape2024 at the beautiful ESMT venue in Berlin today and tomorrow. Happy to talk about anything publishing-related. 😎 Just catch me during the coffee breaks, in particular if you want to learn more about sustainable society publishing at @ems_press – for example our #subscribetoopen programme for fair #openaccess.

Also: despite -10°C, I was very lucky to use an eco-friendly mode of travel (from Kreuzberg 😅). 🚴

@EuroMathSoc #subscribe2open #s2o #publishing

New study: A survey of journal editors in the field of #LIS shows that most journals that do not publish #DiamondOA (either they charge #APCs or they do not publish OA at all) "have not discussed transitioning to a no-publishing fee OA model, and that finances are the main barrier. Most also indicated a lack of awareness of their journal’s budget. The most popular no-publishing fee OA model was #SubscribeToOpen."
https://crl.acrl.org/index.php/crl/article/view/26170

Today I'm reading: Volume 64, Issue 1 of the journal Centaurus, on "How Epidemics End"
https://www.brepolsonline.net/toc/cnt/2022/64/1

Background:

very grateful, that I _can_ read the whole issue, because the journal switched from the publisher Wiley to a new publisher - Brepols, AND changed to open access via Subscribe to Open with the change in publisher...

#OpenAccess #SubscribeToOpen #NoAPCs

fwiw De Gruyter plans to flip 270 of its paywalled journals to open access without requiring author-side charges, by 2028. Amazing!

https://www.degruyter.com/publishing/publications/openaccess/open-access-articles/subscribe-open?lang=en

#OpenAccess #S2O #SubscribeToOpen

Great to see Edinburgh University Press using the Subscribe to Open (S2O) model to enable two journals to be open access in 2024 (if enough libraries subscribe): https://www.euppublishing.com/customer-services/open-access/s2o-faqs

The two journals are:
* Afghanistan
* Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies

The latter one seems especially important to make open access given current events.

#OpenAccess #SubscribeToOpen

Further updates to the Open Access Directory listing of journals that are open access thanks to the 'Subscribe to Open' model:

* added 4 De Gruyter journals
* added 1 Mohr Siebeck journal (Religion in the Roman Empire)

https://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/Subscribe_to_Open_(S2O)_journals

Now 119 journals in total & growing by the day

#SubscribeToOpen #S2O #OpenAccess

SAGE is now also piloting the 'Subscribe to Open' model for converting journals from paywalled to open access, without author-side fees (no APCs). Starting with two law journals – 'Medical Law International' and 'Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights'

https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/subscribe-to-open

#OpenAccess #SubscribeToOpen #S2O

Kudos to the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics for choosing to go open access under "subscribe to open" and not the problematic, but commercially attractive, "gold" route adopted by MNRAS.

https://www.aanda.org/2023-press-releases/2800-astronomy-astrophysics-to-remain-in-open-access-under-subscribe-to-open-model-in-2023

#OpenAccess #Astronomy #SubscribeToOpen