Department of Atomic Energy Launches 'One DAE One Subscription

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The inaugural ceremony for ‘One DAE One Subscription’ (ODOS) took place at Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai.

An Overview of the News

• ODOS is an initiative by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) designed to consolidate access to research papers and scientific journals across all DAE units under a single umbrella.

• Consortium agreements have been signed with M/s. Wiley India Private Limited and M/s. Springer Nature Group to provide extensive access to their journals and support for open access publishing.

• The agreements include perpetual rights to journals for 2024, access to historical archives, and coverage of Article Processing Charges (APC) for publishing in open access journals.

ODOS Agreements:

Agreement with M/s Wiley India Private Limited:

• Provides access to 1,353 Wiley journals, including archives from 1997.

• Covers the entire DAE community, expanding from 166 unique journals for 12 units.

• Perpetual rights granted for all 2024 journals.

• Includes Article Processing Charges (APC) for publishing more articles in open access journals.

Agreement with M/s. Springer Nature Group:

• Grants access to 2,686 Springer Nature titles, including 553 Fully Open Access (FOA) journals.

• Expands access from 1,752 unique journals for 14 units.

• Perpetual rights for all 2024 journals.

• Archives accessible from 1997 for Springer titles and from 2012 for Nature titles.

• Enables DAE to publish 281 articles in Springer Hybrid journals as open access without APC.

Dr. A.K. Mohanty: Secretary of DAE and Chairman of AEC.

A.K. Nayak: Head of NCPW, DAE.

Dr. Sudeep Gupta: Director of TMC.