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Live Participants

Participants are those with an active account in OA Switchboard (sending, receiving and responding to 'messages'): Consortia and multi-site participants - Research institutions/libraries - Publishers - Research funders

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An overview of our launch customers and founding partners is here.

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Live consortia and multi-site participants

​Consortia and multi-site participants (jointly representing hundreds of sites/members):

  1. Bibsam Consortium

  2. Big Ten Academic Alliance

  3. b-on

  4. California Digital Library

  5. Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN)

  6. CzechELib

  7. Claremont Colleges

  8. Columbia University Libraries

  9. Consortium Luxembourg / BNL National Library of Luxembourg

  10. EIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries)

  11. EMBL

  12. FinELib

  13. Germany: TIB Consortium

  14. Indiana University

  15. Jisc

  16. Max Planck Digital Library

  17. NERL

  18. Norwegian Sikt Consortium

  19. The Royal Danish Library

  20. University of Chicago

  21. VSNU/UKB

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All individual research institutions/libraries (participants with an active account) are listed here.

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In addition, we have various (nation-wide) consortia trialing OA Switchboard, also representing hundreds of sites/members.

Individual research institutions/libraries

  1. Bibsam Consortium (consortium account with members):

  2. --- Blekinge Institute of Technology

  3. --- Dalarna University

  4. --- Halmstad University

  5. --- Jönköping University

  6. --- Karlstad University

  7. --- Karolinska Institutet University Library

  8. --- KTH Royal Institute of Technology

  9. --- Linköping University Library

  10. --- Linnaeus University

  11. --- Luleå University of Technology

  12. --- Lund University

  13. --- Malardalen University

  14. --- Malmö University

  15. --- Mid Sweden University

  16. --- Örebro University

  17. --- Södertörn University

  18. --- Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute

  19. --- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

  20. --- Umeå University

  21. --- University of Gävle

  22. --- University of Gothenburg

  23. --- University of Skövde

  24. --- University of Stockholm

  25. --- University West

  26. --- Uppsala University
     

  27. Big Ten Academic Alliance (consortium account with members):

  28. ​--- Indiana University (multiple sites)

  29. --- Michigan State University

  30. --- Northwestern University

  31. --- Penn State University

  32. --- Purdue University

  33. --- Rutgers University

  34. --- The Ohio State University

  35. --- University of Chicago (multiple sites)

  36. --- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  37. --- University of Iowa

  38. --- University of Maryland, College Park

  39. --- University of Michigan

  40. --- University of Minnesota

  41. --- University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  42. --- University of Oregon

  43. --- University of Southern California

  44. --- University of Washington

  45. --- University of Wisconsin-Madison
     

  46. California Digital Library (multiple sites)

  47. --- University of California, Berkeley

  48. --- University of California, Davis

  49. --- University of California, Irvine

  50. --- University of California, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  51. --- University of California, Merced

  52. --- University of California, Riverside

  53. --- University of California, San Diego

  54. --- University of California, San Francisco

  55. --- University of California, Santa Barbara

  56. --- University of California, Santa Cruz

  57. --- University of California, Los Angeles
     

  58. Canadian Research Knowledge Network (consortium account with members):

  59. --- Algoma University

  60. --- Brock University

  61. --- Cape Breton University

  62. --- Concordia University

  63. --- École de technologie supérieure

  64. --- Laurentian University

  65. --- McMaster University

  66. --- Memorial University of Newfoundland

  67. --- NOSM University

  68. --- Ontario Tech University

  69. --- Polytechnique Montréal

  70. --- Université de Moncton

  71. --- Université de Montréal

  72. --- Université de Sherbrooke

  73. --- Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

  74. --- Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

  75. --- University of Alberta

  76. --- University of Calgary

  77. --- University of Guelph

  78. --- University of Manitoba

  79. --- University of New Brunswick

  80. --- University of Northern British Columbia

  81. --- University of Ottawa

  82. --- University of Prince Edward Island

  83. --- University of Regina

  84. --- University of Saskatchewan

  85. --- University of Toronto

  86. --- University of Waterloo

  87. --- University of Winnipeg

  88. --- Vancouver Island University

  89. --- Western University
     

  90. Carnegie Mellon University
     

  91. CERN
     

  92. Claremont Colleges (multiple sites)
     

  93. Columbia University Libraries (multiple sites)
     

  94. Consortium Luxembourg / BNL National Library of Luxembourg (consortium account with members):

  95. --- Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg

  96. --- Luxembourg Institute of Health

  97. --- Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology

  98. --- Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research

  99. --- Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European & Regulatory Procedural Law

  100. --- University of Luxembourg
     

  101. EIFL, Electronic Information for Libraries (multiple sites)
     

  102. European University Institute
     

  103. FinELib (consortium account with members)

  104. --- Aalto University

  105. --- Åbo Akademi

  106. --- Finnish Environment Institute

  107. --- Finnish Food Authority

  108. --- Finnish Institution of Occupational Health

  109. --- LAB University of Applied Sciences

  110. --- Lapland University of Applied Sciences

  111. --- Laurea University of Applied Sciences

  112. --- LUT University

  113. --- Savonia University of Applied Sciences

  114. --- Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences

  115. --- Tampere University including Tampere University Hospital

  116. --- Tampere University of Applied Sciences

  117. --- The Social Insurance Institution of Finland

  118. --- University of Eastern Finland

  119. --- University of Helsinki including Helsinki University Central Hospital

  120. --- University of Jyväskylä

  121. --- University of Lapland

  122. --- University of Oulu

  123. --- University of Turku

  124. --- University of Vaasa

  125. --- Vaasa University of Applied Sciences

  126. --- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
     

  127. Germany: TIB (consortium account with members)

  128. --- Braunschweig University of Art

  129. --- EMBL / EMBL-EBI / EMBL Grenoble / EMBL Rome / EMBL Hamburg / EMBL Barcelona

  130. --- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg / Universitätsklinikum Erlangen

  131. --- German Rheumatism Research Centre 

  132. --- Heidelberg University / University Hospital Heidelberg

  133. --- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf/University and State Library Düsseldorf / Düsseldorf University Hospital

  134. --- Hochschule Fresenius

  135. --- Hochschule Geisenheim University

  136. --- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

  137. --- Jade University of Applied Sciences

  138. --- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden

  139. --- Leibniz University Hannover / Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB)

  140. --- Leipzig University / University Hospital Leipzig

  141. --- Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden

  142. --- Ruhr University Bochum / University Hospitals of the Ruhr-University of Bochum

  143. --- Technische Universität Braunschweig

  144. --- Universität Greifswald / Universitätsmedizin Greifswald

  145. --- Universität Koblenz

  146. --- University of Cologne / University Hospital Cologne

  147. --- University of Freiburg / Universitäts-Herzzentrum Freiburg-Bad Krozingen / University Medical Center Freiburg

  148. --- University of Göttingen / Universitätsmedizin Göttingen / Niedersächsische Staats-und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen

  149. --- University of Kassel

  150. --- University of Mannheim

  151. --- University of Münster / University Hospital Münster

  152. --- University of Potsdam

  153. --- University of Rostock / Universitätsmedizin Rostock

  154. --- ZB MED  - Information Centre for Life Sciences
     

  155. Institute of Science and Technology Austria
     

  156. Iowa State University Library
     

  157. Jisc (consortium account with members):

  158. --- Aston University

  159. --- Bangor University

  160. --- Bath Spa University

  161. --- Brunel University London

  162. --- Coventry University

  163. --- De Montfort University

  164. --- Edge Hill University

  165. --- Falmouth University

  166. --- Francis Crick Institute

  167. --- Glasgow Caledonian University

  168. --- Hartpury University

  169. --- Imperial College

  170. --- Keele University

  171. --- Lancaster University

  172. --- London Metropolitan University

  173. --- London School of Economics and Political Science

  174. --- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

  175. --- London South Bank University

  176. --- Manchester Metropolitan University

  177. --- Middlesex University

  178. --- Queen Margaret University

  179. --- Queen’s University Belfast

  180. --- Rothamsted Research

  181. --- Royal Veterinary College

  182. --- Science and Technology Facilities Council

  183. --- Sheffield Hallam University

  184. --- University College London

  185. --- University of Bath

  186. --- University of Birmingham

  187. --- University of Bristol

  188. --- University of Cambridge

  189. --- University of Chester

  190. --- University of Edinburgh

  191. --- University of Exeter

  192. --- University of Glasgow

  193. --- University of Kent

  194. --- University of Leicester

  195. --- University of London

  196. --- University of Manchester

  197. --- University of Nottingham

  198. --- University of Northumbria

  199. --- University of Oxford

  200. --- University of Plymouth

  201. --- University of Sheffield

  202. --- University of Strathclyde

  203. --- University of Stirling

  204. --- University of Sunderland

  205. --- University of Ulster

  206. --- University of Winchester
     

  207. Max Planck Digital Library (multiple sites)
     

  208. NERL (consortium account with members)

  209. --- Boston College

  210. --- Boston University

  211. --- Brown University

  212. --- Columbia University

  213. --- Cornell University

  214. --- Dartmouth

  215. --- Duke University

  216. --- George Washington University

  217. --- Georgetown University

  218. --- Harvard University

  219. --- Howard University

  220. --- Johns Hopkins University

  221. --- Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  222. --- New York University

  223. --- Princeton University

  224. --- Rutgers University

  225. --- Stanford University

  226. --- Syracuse University

  227. --- Temple University

  228. --- University of Connecticut

  229. --- University of Delaware

  230. --- University of Maryland

  231. --- University of Massachusetts – Amherst

  232. --- University of Miami

  233. --- University of Notre Dame

  234. --- University of Pennsylvania

  235. --- University of Pittsburgh

  236. --- University of Rochester

  237. --- Yale University

  238. --- Vanderbilt University
     

  239. Norwegian Sikt Consortium (consortium account with members)

  240. --- OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University
     

  241. Rowan University
     

  242. The Rockefeller University
     

  243. The Royal Danish Library (consortium account with members)
     

  244. The Weizmann Institute of Science
     

  245. University of New South Wales
     

  246. University of Rochester
     

  247. University of South Carolina
     

  248. Washington University in St. Louis
     

  249. VSNU/UKB (consortium account with members):

  250. --- Delft University of Technology

  251. --- Eindhoven University of Technology

  252. --- Leiden University

  253. --- Leiden University Medical Center

  254. --- Radboud University

  255. --- Tilburg University

  256. --- University of Amsterdam

  257. --- University of Groningen

  258. --- University of Twente

  259. --- University of Utrecht

  260. --- Wageningen University and Research

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Live academic publishers


All live publishers are sending P1-messages, and an increasing number of them are including article-level financial information (on deals and APCs), if applicable. Some publishers are live also with E1-messages. See who's doing what in more detail here.

  1. AboutScience

  2. American Chemical Society (ACS)

  3. American Institute of Physics (AIP Publishing)

  4. American Society for Microbiology

  5. American Physiological Society

  6. Beilstein-Institut

  7. Berghahn Books

  8. BMJ Group

  9. Brill

  10. Bristol University Press

  11. Cambridge University Press

  12. Canadian Science Publishing

  13. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

  14. Compuscript

  15. Copernicus Publications

  16. De Gruyter

  17. eLife

  18. EMS Press

  19. Frontiers

  20. GigaScience Press

  21. Hogrefe Publishing Group

  22. IEEE

  23. IGI Global

  24. Institute of Physics (IOP Publishing )

  25. InterPore

  26. IWA Publishing

  27. JMIR Publications

  28. John Benjamins Publishing Company

  29. Life Science Alliance

  30. Microbiology Society

  31. openjournals.nl

  32. Oxford University Press

  33. Pensoft Publishers

  34. PLOS

  35. PNAS

  36. Portland Press (owned by the Biochemical Society)

  37. Revista Científica InovaEducaTech

  38. Rockefeller University Press

  39. Royal Society of Chemistry

  40. SciELO Brazil

  41. Taylor & Francis

  42. The Company of Biologists

  43. The Royal Society

  44. University of Michigan Press

  45. Wiley

    Preparing to go live:

  46. Annual Reviews

  47. IntechOpen

  48. ​Iowa State University Digital Press

  49. MDPI

  50. Open Library of Humanities

  51. Royal College of General Practitioners

OA Switchboard currently supports two use cases:

  1. Reporting Made Easy - supported by message type P (Publication (Payment Settlement) Notification)

  2. Matching Publication Costs with Publication Funds - supported by message type E (Eligibility Enquiry)

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For both these cases the messages initiate from the publisher.

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These P and E-messages can distinguish between various scenario's:

  • No Prior Agreement (NPA)

  • Prior Agreement (PA)

    • with article-level charges​

    • without article-level financial charges​

  • Prior agreement information not relevant or available​

All live publishers (as listed above) are sending P1-messages. Publishers who include article-level financial information in their P1-messages, if applicable:

  1. eLife

  2. John Benjamins Publishing Company

  3. Life Science Alliance

  4. Microbiology Society

  5. PNAS

  6. Portland Press (owned by the Biochemical Society)

  7. Rockefeller University Press

  8. The Company of Biologists

  9. The Royal Society

More names to follow soon, including publishers with CCC RightsLink and eJP/BPS integrations.

Publishers who send NPA E1-messages, if applicable:

  1. AboutScience

  2. Life Science Alliance

  3. Microbiology Society

  4. Rockefeller University Press

  5. Royal Society of Chemistry (selected clients and titles)

  6. The Royal Society

More names to follow soon

Publishers who send PA E1-messages, if applicable:

  1. John Benjamins Publishing Company (selected clients)

  2. Royal Society of Chemistry (selected clients and titles)

​More names to follow soon

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Live research funders

  1. Austrian Science Fund (FWF)

  2. Dutch Research Council (NWO)

  3. FNR Luxembourg National Research Fund

  4. Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

  5. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

  6. Wellcome Trust

Live Participants and Total Number Messages

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