Wiley, a director of four universities, is a global organization leading the field of research and education: Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tohoku University, National University Corporation, Graduate University for Advanced Studies (hereinafter referred to as Sokendai), Tokyo. . : Wiley Publishing Japan Co., Ltd.) signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on January 31 regarding the publication of Open Access to Papers.“Conversion Agreement”^[用語1]It is an initiative to further promote Open Access in the publication of research results emanating from Japan with a view to an agreement aimed at transitioning from a Journal Subscription Model to the Open Access (OA) Publishing Model.

This memorandum aims at a “transformation agreement” between the four universities from April 2022, and is the first of its kind in which multiple Japanese universities and leading global publishers have participated. The four universities participating in the memorandum are diverse, including national universities, private universities, and national research institutes (Sokanda’s inter-university research institutes).Hybrid Magazine^[用語2]It also includes the rights to publish OA with approximately 1,400 titles.

Commenting on the memorandum, Liz Ferguson, Senior Vice President, Research and Publishing, Wiley, said:

In addition, the Director of the Data Analysis Policy Laboratory, National Institute of Science and Technology Policy, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Science and Technology has provided various suggestions and advice to universities to promote transformation. The OA’s research papers state, “Multiple universities of different denominations have joined together in Japan to sign such a memorandum of understanding regarding the transmission power. Trying to OA, research results from Japan will have a greater impact on the world. I’m looking forward to that. “

Wiley has already signed similar agreements with a number of research institutes, consortia and government agencies around the world. This includes agreements signed earlier this year with the National Institute of Science and Technology, the Slovenian Academic Consortium, the California Electronic Library Consortium, and the Carolina Consortium.

Glossary

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Conversion agreement : Generally, the cost of viewing a dissertation by a university or publisher is gradually converted into a dissertation’s (article processing charge), thereby publishing the dissertation’s OA. Indicates a targeted agreement. Expansion.

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Hybrid Magazine : The Journal requires a subscription agreement to view published papers, and the author pays the article processing charge to provide the option to convert his / her paper to OA.