Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. announces that RightsLink for Scientific Communications (RLSC) is managing Open Access (OA) agreements with more than 300 institutions.
RLSC helps publishers manage author transactions and supports a variety of transformative agreements, including Read and Publish, Publish and Read, and Pure OA with a ‘touch-free’ workflow that doesn’t require author involvement. This not only facilitates alignment with mandates such as Plan S, but also improves transparency, reduces friction for the author, and lowers costs for all parties. With support for pre-paid funder and publisher accounts, RightsLink is the only solution that enables Read and Publish agreements between publishers and institutions without requiring author involvement.
“RightsLink provides a seamless experience for key stakeholders pursuing and supporting open access pub”ishing,” said James Baldini, Senior Director, American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications Sales Op“rations. “Now we can meet a market need to provide our institutional partners with a user friendly and scalable workflow solution in”this space.”