Press release -
Oxford University Press and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology extend Read & Publish deal
Oxford University Press (OUP) has renewed its Read & Publish agreement with the King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The agreement enables scholars at KAUST to access the full Oxford Journals Collection and to publish their research via open access in hybrid journals. This renewal extends the existing agreement for a further three years until the end of 2023.
Rhodri Jackson, Publishing Director for Open Access at Oxford University Press hailed the renewal, noting that, ‘OUP is committed to providing high quality open access publishing options to support greater openness in research globally, and we’re really pleased to work with our colleagues at KAUST to do that.’
"KAUST is proud to be a pioneer of open access and to be aligned with global initiatives,” said KAUST Library Director J. K. Vijayakumar. “Through efforts like this read and publish 3 years agreement renewal with OUP, we are helping shape a sustainable, responsible approach to ensuring that our research in world-leading scientific journals is available to all." More about KAUST OA publishing options can be found here.
Topics
- Science, technology
Categories
- open access
- academic & research
- read & publish
Regions
- England
About Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press is the largest university press publisher of open access research. We publish over 80 fully open access journals, more than 100 open access monographs, and offer an open access publishing option on over 400 journals. Since 2004, we have published over 80,000 open access papers across all major subject areas and publish more than 1,250 OA articles per month.
Oxford University Press has been publishing journals for more than a century and has more than 500 years of publishing expertise.
About KAUST
Established in 2009, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) is a graduate research university devoted to finding solutions for some of the world's most pressing scientific and technological challenges in the areas of food, water, energy and the environment. With 19 research areas related to these themes and state-of-the-art labs, KAUST has created a collaborative and interdisciplinary problem-solving environment, which has resulted in over 11,000 published papers to date.
With over 100 different nationalities living, working and studying on campus, KAUST has brought together the best minds and ideas from around the world to advance science and technology through distinctive and collaborative research. KAUST is a catalyst for innovation, economic development and social prosperity in Saudi Arabia and the world. For additional information, visit: www.Kaust.edu.sa
