Transformative Agreement Signed between the Microbiology Society and Yonsei University
09 January 2024
The Microbiology Society has signed a new Publish and Read transformative agreement with Yonsei University starting in 2024. The Publish and Read model will entitle affiliated researchers to unlimited Open Access (OA) publishing and full read access in the Microbiology Society’s six peer-reviewed titles. Yonsei University has been ranked second in the Republic of Korea for Life Sciences in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024.
Peter Cotgreave, Chief Executive of the Microbiology Society: “We are thrilled to welcome Yonsei University, one of the Republic of Korea’s leading research institutions, to our internationally established Publish and Read programme. The model is designed to facilitate OA publishing, opening research for global readership with minimal administration, increasing opportunities for impact.”
Heekyoung You, serials librarian at Yonsei University: “Publish and Read is a meaningful model in which the library supports researchers to publish OA papers, and I chose it because it was offered as an efficient option by the Microbiology Society, whose journals we have subscribed to for a long time.”
Affiliated authors with Publish and Read institutions can enjoy:
- Unlimited OA publishing: any article published in Society journals where the corresponding author is from a Publish and Read institution will be OA by default.
- Unlimited usage: any user associated with a Publish and Read institution can access the entire archive of Society content, back to 1947, for reading and for text and data mining.
Researchers can check if their institution is eligible here.
Publish and Read will be across all the Society’s six journals, including hybrid titles Journal of General Virology, Journal of Medical Microbiology and International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, and fully OA titles Microbiology, Access Microbiology and Microbial Genomics.
Microbiology Society
The Microbiology Society is a membership charity for scientists interested in microbes, their effects and their practical uses. It is one of the largest microbiology societies in Europe with a worldwide membership based in universities, industry, hospitals, research institutes and schools.
Contact: Sarah Cooper, Journals Marketing and Development Lead – [email protected]
Yonsei University
Yonsei University was founded in 1885 by pioneers who recognized the value of education that transcends racial and national borders amidst the turmoil of modern Korean history. It was the dawn of a pure passion for saving humanity and nurturing future leaders with the Christian spirit. Over the past 135 years, Yonsei University has educated 350,000 leaders who embody and manifest the values of truth and freedom.
