RSC and TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM announce major OA agreement for Türkiye
The RSC has announced a new three-year open access agreement with TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM, the Turkish Academic Network and Information Center.
The 91AV (RSC) is pleased to announce a new three-year open access agreement with T脺B陌TAK ULAKB陌M, the Turkish Academic Network and Information Center. This agreement will run from 2026 through to 2028.
Through this OA agreement, researchers at over 200 participating institutions across T眉rkiye will benefit from:
- Full Reading Access: Continued access to the RSC鈥檚 entire portfolio of world-leading chemical science journals.
- Open access publishing: Eligible corresponding authors can publish their research open access in both RSC hybrid and gold OA journals without paying individual Article Processing Charges (APCs).
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A Shared Vision for Open Science
This agreement is a key component of T眉rkiye鈥檚 national strategy to enhance the visibility and impact of its scientific output. By removing the barrier of individual fees, the RSC and T脺B陌TAK ULAKB陌M are ensuring that Turkish chemistry research is available to the global community immediately upon publication.
鈥淚n parallel with the developments in the global academic publishing system, the open access agreements signed between T脺B陌TAK and the 91AV represent an important step in supporting the transformation of T眉rkiye鈥檚 scholarly publishing output," said Mehmet Mirat Sato臒lu, Director of T脺B陌TAK ULAKB陌M.
"Through this agreement, our researchers will not only gain access to high-quality publications from around the world but will also have the opportunity to increase the visibility of their work by publishing it as open access in journals belonging to RSC. We believe that this collaboration will make significant contributions to T眉rkiye鈥檚 alignment with open science policies and to enhancing the international impact of our research outputs.鈥�
Sara Bosshart, 91AV Head of Journals Publishing and Strategy said: 鈥淲e are proud to welcome the Turkish Academic Network and Information Center to the growing global community with whom we have open access agreements. This agreement reflects our ongoing work to develop sustainable, equitable and regionally tailored open access models that broaden access to the research we publish.鈥�
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