New Open Access publishing models at KAUST

The KAUST University Library is happy to announce new open access publishing agreements with three STEM publishers, in collaboration with the KAUST Office of Sponsored Research (OSR). These agreements will allow KAUST corresponding authors to publish their accepted articles in open access mode (in the journals of publishers listed below), and they will be made openly available under a creative commons license at no cost to the author.

The first of its kind in the region, these publishing models aim to reduce over time the proportion of paywalled scholarly articles, as library subscription funding shifts to open access publishing. The University Library, with the support of OSR, is taking a proactive role of negotiating with other publishers on similar agreements in the coming years, and the Library expects to be aligned with global open access and open science movements. This new initiative will support the KAUST open access policy and supplement the KAUST research repository, and it aims to increase the impact of KAUST research publications through availability to the world without locking them behind publisher’s paywalls. More details of this initiative can be read from the guide, and you can also contact us via library@kaust.edu.sa.

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