Hi all –

We’re about midway through our application period for the second year of shift+OPEN – deadline is April 30. We hope library liaisons and scholarly comms folks will share this info with editors or editorial offices who may be interested in flipping from a traditional publication to a diamond open access publication. shift+OPEN offers a journal- and scholarly-friendly way to incorporate open access with minimal out of pocket expenses for the publication. If selected, journals receive:

• Funding to cover the expenses of transitioning your journal to open access model, for a term of up to three years.
• The MIT Press’s full suite of publishing services, including production, marketing, financial management, hosting, abstracting and indexing, and manuscript management software.
• Support for developing a sustainable funding model to keep the journal publishing OA beyond the end of the term.

Please see website for additional details: https://mitpress.mit.edu/shiftopen/

The journals selected for the first year were European Societies and European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology from the European Sociological Association, and Lígia Ferro, President of the European Sociological Association, underscored the MIT Press‘s reputation as a trailblazer in open access publishing as a pivotal factor in their decision to apply: “The MIT Press leads the academic publishing field by promoting high-quality research while using knowledge as a tool to empower individuals and societies. Our confidence in making the open access transition was bolstered by the MIT Press’s recent successful journal conversions like Imaging Neuroscience or Quantitative Science Studies. Our firsthand experience with the Press’s unwavering professionalism and high standards during the bidding process cemented our decision.” 

Thanks for considering and sharing with journals.

Jessica

Jessica Pellien (she/her/hers)

Head of Communications

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