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Open Scholarship


Welcome to our open scholarship portal where you will find information on our transition to open scholarship including our Read & Publish scheme.

Open Scholarship


Welcome to our open scholarship portal where you will find information on our transition to open scholarship including our Read & Publish scheme.


Our Strategy


Embedding progress made over the past six years, our 2019 – 2021 strategy places open scholarship at the forefront of our objectives, ensuring we can support the Biochemical Society’s charitable activities and serve our global research community as fully as possible.



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Open Scholarship Position Statement


The Biochemical Society and Portland Press support open scholarship, the name given to a change in the culture of scholarly research, enabled by developing technologies and new opportunities for communication and collaboration, and encompassing topics such as open access, open data, metrics, research integrity, and public engagement.


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Transformative Renewals 2020 


Marking the first step to transitioning publishing models, we’re excited to have launched a pilot transformative offering for ̴700 global subscribers. Active for 2020, our optional ‘Read & Publish’ renewal initiates a route to full open access publishing, providing an inbuilt solution to the burden of transacting individual article publishing charges.





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Learn about Read & Publish


The Biochemical Society and Portland Press are transitioning towards open access (OA). To support and accelerate this transition to OA, we are offering pilot deals to several hundred institutional subscribers through Read & Publish alternatives to regular subscriptions (i.e., transformative renewals) facing individual institutions and via ‘transformative’ agreements signed with consortia.



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Society Publishers’ Coalition 


We’re proud to be part of the Society Publishers’ Coalition alongside other learned societies and membership charities. Together, we’re working with researchers, funders, institutions, and other stakeholders as we look to co-develop publishing models for the future.


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Open Scholarship Jargon Buster


Encompassing so many elements of the research landscape, we’ve put together a definitive guide explaining the key aspects surrounding the latest developments in scholarly publishing, from Plan S to APCs to Green and Gold OA.




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