Over the last decade, scholarly publishing has moved toward Open Access business models, driving enormous change across all stages of the research workflow. 

In the Spring of 2022, CCC and the OA Switchboard announced a collaboration to automate the standardized exchange of Open Access payment details between publishers, institutions and funders.

The recent OSTP memo calling for zero embargo public access policies for articles resulting from research funded by US Federal agencies will increase the speed at which publishers commit to an Open Access (OA) future.

The transition to Open Access (OA) business models and subsequent funding mandates has introduced many challenges for publishers, including an additional level of complexity to their publishing workflows.

In the accelerating transition to Open Access, The Microbiology Society has concentrated great attention on making strides to streamline author workflow from submission and review to publication.