MDPI and Jisc Consortium Extend Open Access Agreement for 2025
We are delighted to announce that MDPI has extended its agreement with the Jisc consortium in the UK for 2025. This renewal reaffirms our strong partnership with UK institutions, emphasizing our shared commitment to advancing open access publishing and ensuring broad accessibility to high-quality research.
Currently, 62 UK institutions are members of the Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP) through this agreement. A full list of participating institutions can be found here.
The agreement offers significant benefits to authors from participating institutions, including substantial discounts on article processing charges (APCs). Institutions that centrally fund APCs benefit from even higher discounts, providing additional support for their researchers and simplifying the publishing process.
"Extending our agreement with the Jisc consortium is a reward for the strong partnership we’ve built with research institutions throughout the UK," said Becky Castellon, Institutional Partnerships Manager at MDPI. "We’re proud to continue providing innovative solutions that support open access publishing, reduce administrative burdens, and enable researchers to focus on their work."
MDPI remains committed to promoting the advantages of gold open access publishing both in the UK and internationally. By fostering accessibility and reducing administrative burdens, we aim to empower authors and facilitate the dissemination of research for the global academic community.
Contact
Partnership Inquiries (IOAP): Becky Castellon, Institutional Partnership Manager, MDPI (email)
Media Inquiries: MDPI Public Relations Team (email).
About Jisc
Jisc is the UK’s not-for-profit digital, data, and technology agency supporting tertiary education, research, and innovation. It provides shared digital infrastructure, services like the JANET network, and expertise to drive digital transformation. Believing technology enhances education and research, Jisc negotiates sector-wide deals, offers cyber security services, and delivers tools like eduroam and Learner Analytics to empower institutions nationwide.
About MDPI
Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, MDPI is one of the world's leading open access publishers with a current portfolio of more than 450 journals in all scientific disciplines. MDPI‘s goal is to advance open science worldwide through greater transparency, efficiency and collaboration. To date, more than 3.9 million researchers have published their results in MDPI journals. The editorial process is overseen by a large network of dedicated reviewers and editors and supported by more than 6500 MDPI employees. MDPI currently works with over 900 academic institutions and 180 scientific societies worldwide, which benefit from a wide range of MDPI services and products.