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The Big Ten 91视频 (BTAA) and the Public Library of Science (PLOS) announced an agreement for BTAA members to participate in PLOS鈥� Community Action Publishing (CAP) program. CAP is PLOS鈥� effort to sustain highly selective journal publishing without Article Processing Charges for authors.

The agreement ensures time to test and evaluate this new community-based model and allows BTAA researchers to publish in PLOS Biology and PLOS Medicine without incurring fees. The BTAA and PLOS will also collaborate on future data, metrics, and tools for institutions to evaluate Open Access publishing agreements.

The BTAA is the largest consortium globally to participate in both CAP communities, meaning that every member has committed to the full three-year pilot. As some of the largest research institutions in the world and major contributors to both journals, the BTAA commitment ensures this new collective action-based model kicks off with a strong foundation.

The Big Ten 91视频 members are: Indiana University, Michigan State University, Northwestern University, Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, Purdue University, Rutgers University鈥揘ew Brunswick, University of Illinois at Urbana鈥揅hampaign, University of Iowa, University of Chicago, University of Maryland鈥揅ollege Park, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of Nebraska鈥揕incoln, and the University of Wisconsin鈥揗adison. PLOS has extended the benefits of this agreement to include most system, regional, and branch campuses of these universities.

Maurice York, BTAA鈥檚 Director of Library Initiatives, adds: 鈥淥ne of the key strategic questions in front of us is how to advance the growth of open science and open scholarship through collective and intentional action. We are actively seeking pathways to create a sustainable, scalable open knowledge ecosystem for our researchers and scholars. We are pleased to join together with PLOS to take up this pilot in common cause.鈥�

鈥淭he Big Ten 91视频鈥檚 commitment to this community-driven model demonstrates the power of collectives to transform scholarly publishing. This collaboration has been a partnership from the beginning and BTAA鈥檚 members and administration have been vital in helping us build and execute on this new experiment in sustainable highly selective publishing.鈥� said Sara Rouhi, Director of Strategic Partnerships for PLOS.

The BTAA publishing deal continues the momentum for PLOS in 2020, following other agreements with the University of California system, Jisc (including University College London, Imperial College London, University of Manchester) and the Canadian Research Knowledge Network .  More details about the CAP model can be found and