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The Elsevier, Wiley, and Springer deals have a maximum number of articles per year that may be published as Open Access under their agreements. When the 2025 calendar year limit is reached, corresponding authors will no longer see the option to publish Open Access at no charge during their article publishing process. Corresponding authors have two options: 1) they can choose to publish Open Access on their own and pay the APC, or 2) if they are submitting to a hybrid journal, they can choose to publish the article under the traditional subscription access model at no charge.
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Currently, UC has eleven publisher-specific 'read and publish' agreements.
To learn more about Read & Publish deals, or what are sometimes referred to as "Transformative Agreements", check out the article linked below:
New for 2024, UC faculty, staff, and students can publish hybrid OA articles in most of Elsevier’s hybrid journals at no additional cost. Some journals are excluded from open access publishing benefits, such as Cell Press and Lancet journals.
Search for eligible journals using Elsevier's journal finder tool for the OhioLINK agreement.
Full-length articles, micro-articles, review articles, case reports, data in brief, original software publications, practice guidelines, protocols, replication studies, short communication, short survey, and video articles are eligible for open access publishing in any of the eligible hybrid journals under this agreement. To qualify, the article must be accepted for publication from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2027.
This open access publishing benefit is subject to availability. There is a maximum number of articles that may be published open access annually across all OhioLINK institutions. Once the limit is reached, the option to publish articles open access at no cost under the agreement will no longer be available.
See OhioLINK's Elsevier OA Publishing: Information for Authors page for additional information.
New in 2024, UC faculty, staff, and students can publish hybrid OA articles in Springer's eligible hybrid journals at no additional cost.
There are over 2,000 eligible hybrid journals from Springer, Adis, Palgrave and academic journals at nature.com. Not Included are Nature portfolio journals such as Nature itself, other 'Nature' titled journals (e.g., Nature Cancer) and Scientific American. Also, fully open access journals are not included. For the most up-to-date list, check the spreadsheet below.
The following article types are eligible for the hybrid open access publishing benefits.
The eligibility dates for the agreement are January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2026. With this agreement, there is a maximum number of articles that may be published open access across all OhioLINK institutions. Once the limit is reached, the option to publish articles open access at no cost under the agreement will no longer be available.
Please see OhioLINK's Springer OA Publishing: Information for Authors page for additional information.
70 IOP Publishing journals, including selected Electrochemical Society journals, are eligible as part of UCL's Read & Publish deal. (UC / OhioLINK's agreement includes journals in Lists A, B, C, D)
Eligible journals include:
Agreement runs from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025.
Use the IOP Journal Finder to identify the best journal in which to publish. Once you select the journal, follow the step-by-step guide to publish under UCL's transformative agreement. Also see OhioLINK's Frequently Asked Questions and Information for Authors page.
As a member of OhioLINK, UC students, faculty and staff have the ability to publish Open Access journal articles in any of Wiley's hybrid or fully open access journals.
Also see OhioLINK's Frequently Asked Questions and Information for Authors page.
The eligibility dates for the agreement are January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2026.
Starting My 17th, Wiley is changing its processes for applying for APC coverage in its fully open access journals (also referred to as “Gold” journals). With this change, requests for APC coverage made at submission are provisional until confirmed following acceptance for publication and are subject to availability and verification of institution affiliation.
Our Read & Publish deal with Cambridge Uni. Press allows users to publish articles in either a fully gold open access journal or a hybrid journal. In order to be eligible for this deal, you must be the corresponding author of the article. Eligible article types include: research articles, review articles, rapid communications, brief reports, and case reports. Journals included are:
Use the Cambridge Open Access Funding lookup tool to find all eligible journals and determine the best journal in which to publish. Also see OhioLINK's Frequently Asked Questions and Information for Authors page.
With this agreement you can publish research articles in hybrid OA journals only. Eligible journals include:
The full list of AIP's hybrid OA journals that are eligible for open access APC waivers is here. AIP's Read & Publish author guidelines can be found here.
UC faculty, staff, and students can publish hybrid OA and fully OA articles.This deal includes all CoB titles:
Check out their Guide for authors for more information: https://www.biologists.com/library-hub/read-publish/guide-for-authors/
Our Read & Publish deal with Microbiology Society includes unlimited open access publishing in their journals. Find more info here: https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/publish-and-read
Journals included are:
The University of Cincinnati is a supporting partner in IWA's Subscribe to Open (S2O) transition to open access. As a benefit, UC authors can publish in the IWA journals free of charge. Eligible journals include:
Learn more about IWA open access publishing here.
Unlimited OA publishing in any of SPIE's 15 journals for UC affiliates. Important: Any UC author can publish open access at no cost in SPIE journals, not just the corresponding author.
Eligible journals include:
Agreement runs from January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2027.
All journals in ASME's portfolio are available for unlimited open access publishing for UC affiliates. Learn more about Open Access with ASME here. A sample of eligible journals include:
Agreement runs from January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2027.
All journals in the Royal Society of Chemistry's portfolio are available for unlimited open access publishing for UC affiliates. See this flyer for details on the RSC OA publishing process. Learn more about read and publish with RSC here. Eligible journals include:
Agreement runs from January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2027.
