Our open access transition enters the 70’s era

As the national academy of science for the UK, the Royal Society supports open access and open science to maximise the dissemination and re-use of research outputs.

Looking back on the Royal Society journals’ progress over 2024, I am pleased to report that we have increased our open access output from 66% in 2023 to 71% across the research journals. Whilst the publishing landscape continues to change, and in many aspects consolidate, we continue to perform well in our commitment to transition to full open access.