Wiley and JULAC’s Partnership Expands, Boosting Open Access Publishing in Hong Kong

Wiley (NYSE: WLY), one of the world’s largest publishers and a trusted leader in research and learning, announced its continued partnership with the Joint University Librarians Advisory Committee (JULAC) in Hong Kong, and with this, welcomes the consortium’s eighth and final member, the Education University of Hong Kong, into JULAC’s Wiley transformational agreement for 2025. Under this partnership, researchers at all eight participating institutions of the consortium gain access to Wiley’s journal portfolio and can publish their work open access in nearly 2,000 hybrid and gold open access journals. 

The agreement, which began in 2023 with three founding members, has experienced remarkable growth, leading to significant increases in open access publishing. The consortium’s open access output in Wiley journals grew from 30% in 2022 to over 70% in 2024. 

“The remarkable growth of this partnership demonstrates the strong appetite for open access publishing among Hong Kong’s research community” said Kathryn Sharples, Vice President, Publishing Strategy & Policy at Wiley. ”This collaboration has not only increased research visibility, but has also fostered greater collaboration and knowledge sharing across the region’s academic institutions”

Wiley has strong momentum in forging open access partnerships, having signed more than 100 agreements around the globe.  

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About JULAC 
The Joint University Librarians Advisory Committee was established in 1967 by the Heads of Universities Committee. It is a forum to discuss, coordinate, and collaborate on library information resources and services among the libraries of the eight tertiary institutions funded by the University Grants Committee of the Hong Kong SAR Government.