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SNSF financing of articles (APCs)

— From 1 January 2025, the SNSF will change its funding instrument to cover Open Access fees for SNSF-funded publications in pure Open Access journals. The SNSF will only pay APC invoices directly to the publishers via its service provider ChronosHub. Invoices that have already been paid will no longer be reimbursed (unless submitted by 31 December 2024).

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Infoscience: 20 years of open knowledge at EPFL

— EPFL is celebrating an important milestone this year: the 20th anniversary of Infoscience, its institutional repository. Since its launch in 2004, the platform has transformed research dissemination, impacting EPFL as well as the national and international landscapes. To celebrate this anniversary, meet EPFL members who shared their Infoscience stories.

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Infoscience: new platform, new features

— A new version of Infoscience was deployed on July 22, 2024, marking a significant advancement in the evolution of EPFL’s institutional platform. True to its new slogan, "Unlocking Knowledge," Infoscience aims to support Open Science and specifically EPFL's Open Access policy through self-archiving (green route). The new interface enhances the visibility and accessibility of EPFL authors’ works and publications, thereby facilitating the wide dissemination of the institution’s knowledge and research.

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Read & Publish agreement with Elsevier 2024-2028

— In the framework of the Swiss national strategy on Open Access, swissuniversities, on behalf of the Swiss Higher Education Institutions, and Elsevier signed a second transformative agreement Read & Publish (2024-2028). This new contract covers Elsevier's entire journal portfolio, including Cell Press and the Lancet titles.

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Open Access: new Read&Publish agreements with academic publishers

— In the framework of the Swiss national strategy on Open Access, three new Read&Publish agreements have been signed by the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries with the publishers Cambridge University Press (CUP), Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) and Taylor & Francis (T&F). These agreements allow EPFL researchers to get access to the publisher’s portfolio and to publish in Open Access free of charge, according to the conditions described below.