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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#213368;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Transformative Agreement Signed between the Microbiology Society and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The Microbiology Society and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences are pleased to announce a transformative agreement starting in
2023. </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/publish-and-read"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The Publish and Read model</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">will allow affiliated researchers the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences to publish an unlimited number of Open Access (OA)
articles in hybrid and fully OA titles, as well as having full read access the Society’s journals portfolio. The Microbiology Society are represented in China by the Charlesworth Group.
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Yuefei Wang, Director of Resource Construction and Service Department of Agricultural Information Institute of CAAS: “OPEN science is the
essential attribute of scientific research, and it is also the inevitable trend of the new scientific research paradigm in the digital and information age. After thorough evaluation, National Agricultural Information System has officially signed an open access
transformative agreement with Microbiology Society in 2023, which includes all titles of Microbiology Society journals. This transformative agreement will further promote the academic influence of scientific research achievements of CAAS, enhance academic
exchanges and dissemination, and also help the library to manage the overall management of publishing and literature subscription funds and costs, which is of great pioneering significance.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Peter Cotgreave, Chief Executive of the Microbiology Society: “We are thrilled to announce this agreement with the Chinese Academy of Agricultural
Sciences, a national organization leading internationally significant agriculture-related research. This deal demonstrates the continued growth of the Society’s Publish and Read model, empowering more scientists across the world: affiliated researchers will
be able to publish Open Access with minimal administration and no author fees, increasing opportunities for global impact.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The number of international institutions opting into Publish and Read agreements with the Society is set to double year-on-year since its
launch in 2020. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;background:white">Affiliated authors with Publish and Read Institutions</span></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
are entitled to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Unlimited OA publishing</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">: any
article published in Society journals where the corresponding author is from a Publish and Read institution will be OA by default.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Unlimited usage:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> any
user associated with a Publish and Read institution can access the entire archive of Society content, back to 1947, for reading and for text and data mining.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Authors can check if their institution is eligible
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/fee-free-open-access"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#58595B;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Publish and Read will be across all the Society’s six journals, including hybrid titles </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB;text-decoration:none">Microbiology</span></i></a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">,</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#58595B;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB;text-decoration:none">Journal
of General Virology</span></i></a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">,</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#58595B;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB;text-decoration:none">Journal
of Medical Microbiology</span></i></a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">,</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#58595B;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB;text-decoration:none">International
Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology</span></i></a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">, and fully OA titles </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/acmi" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB;text-decoration:none">Access
Microbiology</span></i></a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">,
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/mgen" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB;text-decoration:none">Microbial
Genomics</span></i></a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#58595B;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Microbiology Society
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The Microbiology Society is a membership charity for scientists interested in microbes, their effects and their practical uses. It is one
of the largest microbiology societies in Europe with a worldwide membership based in universities, industry, hospitals, research institutes and schools.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Contact: Valida Delalic, Renewals and Retentions Manager –</span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:v.delalic@microbiologysociety.org"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">v.delalic@microbiologysociety.org</span></a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#58595B;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Andrew Smith: Andrew Smith, Global Product & Marketing Director, The Charlesworth Group, andrew.smith@charlesworth-group.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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