How it works
Features
- Supports a wide range of workflows including Read and Publish, Publish and Read, Membership, Deposit and more
- Addresses author, funder, institution and publisher needs for transformative agreements
- RLSC modules can power your APC management, Author Services, and Agreement Management needs
Benefits
- Strengthen author relationships with innovative touch-free workflows with fewer steps
- Empower all stakeholders with agreement and fee information and reporting from submission to publication
- Advanced reporting provides dashboard-like updates to keep stakeholders engaged
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RightsLink for Scientific Communications fast facts
The market leading solution makes it easy for scholarly publishers of all sizes to manage Open Access institutional agreements and collect publication charges
Honoring OA institutional agreements with
1800+
institutions and funders
Trusted by
30+
leading publishers
Automating OA institutional agreements in
65+ countries
More than
46,000+
funding requests submitted and processed under transformative or other OA agreements
Representing
5,500+
journals
Supporting authors from
180+
countries
Customer success story
[Collaborating with CCC] was smooth, easy and thorough—even with all the pricing and discount changes we were going through. CCC has so much experience with publishers that they know the best practices to follow and the scripts to use to streamline the process. They also know precisely where to tweak the software and where to leave it alone for each use-case scenario.
RightsLink for Scientific Communications
Put our solutions to work for your organization
Manage Agreements
Plan S and Horizon 2020 have set high expectations for the scholarly publishing community. CCC offers software and professional services …
Manage Publication Charges
RightsLink for Scientific Communications enables you to automate the collection of OA publication charges as well as submission, page, color, custom cover, reprint and other value-added services.
RightsLink Author Services
Protect and strengthen relationships with influential and emerging authors
Featured resources
The State of Scholarly Metadata: 2023 Interactive Report
CCC and industry consulting firm Media Growth Strategies recently undertook a thorough examination of metadata management across the research lifecycle. Drawn from interviews with dozens of industry stakeholders, we created an interactive, visual report that depicts the significant economic and social impact that a fragmented metadata supply chain has on researchers, institutions, funders, and publishers on the journey to Open Access and beyond.
RightsLink for Scientific Communications Puts Customer Experience First
Publishers must build a sustainable and intuitive infrastructure to support a variety of publishing models ahead of a shift to full Open Access.
How Bioscientifica Collaborated with CCC to Fuel Growth and Accelerate the Shift to Open Access Publishing
The move to Open Access (OA) is changing the way that information is disseminated for all parties involved, from authors to readers to publishers.
RightsLink for Scientific Communications Starter
RightsLink Starter supports OA programs of all sizes and types with cost-effective, flexible product capabilities that suit the unique needs of publishers.
Creating Solutions Together
Open Scholarly Publishing Solutions Community Resources
Our dedicated resource page provides insights reflecting how, through partnerships, integrations, and support of cross-stakeholder initiatives, CCC supports OA funding workflows that serve everyone in the community — publishers, institutions, funders, and authors. View the page >
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