UK Open Access Negotiations and the Future of Academic Publishing: a brief update

TY - GEN

T1 - UK Open Access Negotiations and the Future of Academic Publishing

T2 - a brief update

AU - Open Research & Publishing

AU - Duncan, Michael

PY - 2025/8/22

Y1 - 2025/8/22

N2 - By the end of 2025, many of the current read and publish agreements between UK universities (negotiated by Jisc) and the “Big Five” academic publishers (Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, and Sage) will expire. This is a key moment of opportunity (and risk) for reshaping how research is accessed, shared, and paid for in the UK. This brief overview has been produced to give an understanding the negotiations and what the possible outcomes could mean for academia. 

AB - By the end of 2025, many of the current read and publish agreements between UK universities (negotiated by Jisc) and the “Big Five” academic publishers (Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, and Sage) will expire. This is a key moment of opportunity (and risk) for reshaping how research is accessed, shared, and paid for in the UK. This brief overview has been produced to give an understanding the negotiations and what the possible outcomes could mean for academia. 

KW - Publishing

KW - Academic publishing

KW - JISC

KW - University libraries

KW - UK HEIs

KW - Negotiation

KW - Rights Retention

KW - Open Access and Publishing

KW - Open Research

U2 - 10.15132/5vha-9y23

DO - 10.15132/5vha-9y23

M3 - Other contribution

PB - University of Dundee

ER -