Publishing Open Access
Read & Publish Agreements
Open Access is about sharing knowledge freely, breaking down barriers like paywalls. However, publishing isn’t without cost - publishers still need to cover their expenses.
This is where Read & Publish schemes and Institutional Memberships come in. These practical solutions, introduced by some major publishers in 2020, make Open Access publishing more achievable.
Here’s how it works:
- Think of it like a collaborative grant for publishing. Participating universities, including Flinders University, enter into agreements with publishers. We contribute extra on top of our annual subscription fees to create a shared pool of funds. This pool covers the cost of Open Access publishing for a set number of articles in certain journals across all participating institutions each calendar year.
- Benefits for Researchers: These agreements enable researchers to publish their work Open Access in selected journals without paying Article Processing Charge (APCs), or at a discounted rate. This ensures their research is freely accessible to a global audience.
However, there are limits to consider:
- The cap on funded articles is shared by all participating institutions, not just Flinders University. Once the cap is reached for a publisher, researchers will need to pay an APC to publish Open Access.
- Publisher may also have additional eligibility criteria or impose extra charges, such as page and colour charges.
What does this mean for you as a researcher?
- Plan ahead: If Open Access is part of your publishing goals, budget for potential APCs in case the cap is exceeded before your article is accepted. Unfortunately, the Library cannot absorb these additional fees on your behalf.
- Check before you submit: Caps and timelines vary between publishers and agreements. Confirm the status of the agreement before submitting your article. See here for details or submit a Service One Library request for assistance.
The bottom line:
Read & Publish agreements are a significant step towards supporting Open Access, but they’re not a guaranteed solution. Be prepared for the possibility of an APC and factor Open Access into your research planning.
By facilitating these agreements, the Library helps Flinders researchers share their work more widely, and amplify the visibility and impact of Flinders research.
CAPS ALERT: WILEY, Taylor & Francis, Springer Nature caps are expected to be fulfilled in late September and October 2024; free APCs may no longer be available for articles accepted in 2024 and charges may apply.
Available offers
Offer: No article processing charge when publishing research or review articles in included AIP journals.
Other information: Cap applies, articles will have the fee waived until the national article limit is exhausted. Check cap progress to see if there are free APCs remaining (once limit is expended, standard charges apply).
Submission criteria: Corresponding author must be affiliated to Flinders University and use Flinders email. After article acceptance, log into scitation.org and follow the AIP guidelines.
Offer: No article processing charge when publishing research or review articles in included APA journals.
Submission criteria: Corresponding author must be affiliated to Flinders University and use Flinders email. The CAUL website gives instructions on how to submit your article for open access publishing.
Offer: No article processing charge when publishing research or review articles in included ACM journals.
Submission criteria: Corresponding author must be affiliated to Flinders University and use Flinders email.
Offer: No article processing charge when publishing research or review articles in included Brill Journals.
Submission criteria: Corresponding author must be affiliated to Flinders University and use Flinders email. The CAUL website gives instructions on how to submit your article for open access publishing.
Offer: No article processing charge when publishing an applicable article type in any of the included CUP journals.
Submission criteria: Corresponding author must be affiliated to Flinders University and use Flinders email. Select ‘Gold Open Access’ when filling out the publishing agreement and follow the publishing guide, the fee waiver will be automatically applied.
Offer: No article processing charge when publishing an original research paper in any of the five included journals.
Submission criteria: Corresponding author must be affiliated to Flinders University and use Flinders email. In the publishing agreement, select open access and select Flinders University as the participating institution.
Offer: No article processing charge when publishing in any of the included CSIRO journals.
Submission criteria: Corresponding author must be affiliated to Flinders University and use Flinders email. Fee waiver should automatically apply through the submission in ScholarOne.
Offer: No article processing charge when publishing eligible article types in included Elsevier journals. Some further journals may also be eligible for a 15% discount.
Other information: Cap applies, articles will have the fee waived until the national article limit is exhausted. Check cap progress to see if there are free APCs remaining (once limit is expended, standard charges apply).
Submission criteria: Corresponding author must be affiliated to Flinders University and use Flinders email.
Offer: No article processing charge when publishing original research or review articles in included IOP journals.
Submission criteria: Corresponding author must be affiliated to Flinders University and use Flinders email. Follow the publisher’s guide to submitting via ScholarOne.
Offer: No article processing charge when publishing research or review articles in included John Benjamins journals.
Submission criteria: Corresponding author must be affiliated to Flinders University and use Flinders email. The CAUL website gives instructions on how to submit your article for open access publishing.
Offer: 10% off when publishing any book or journal article through MDPI (Flinders University is a member of the Institutional Open Access Program).
Submission criteria: Corresponding author must be affiliated to Flinders University and use Flinders email.
Offer: No article processing charge when publishing in an included journal published by the Microbiology Society.
Submission criteria: Corresponding author must be affiliated to Flinders University and use Flinders email.
Offer: No article processing charge when publishing an applicable article type in any of the included OUP journals.
Other information: Cap applies, articles will have the fee waived until the national article limit is exhausted. Check cap progress to see if there are free APCs remaining (once limit is expended, standard charges apply).
Submission criteria: Corresponding author must be affiliated to Flinders University and use Flinders email. In the publishing agreement, select open access and select Flinders University as the participating institution. See further details on how to submit your article for a waived fee.
Offer: No article processing charge when publishing in one of the included Biochemical Society journals.
Submission criteria: Corresponding author must be affiliated to Flinders University and use Flinders email. Select Flinders University as your institution.
Offer: 15% discount on the article processing charge when publishing in an RSC journal (excluding those badged as ‘Gold open access’). There is no article processing charge when publishing in a ‘Diamond open access’ journal.
Submission criteria: Corresponding author must be affiliated to Flinders University and use Flinders email.
Offer: No article processing charge when publishing in included SAGE journals.
Submission criteria: Corresponding author must be affiliated to Flinders University and use Flinders email. Once article is accepted, SAGE will contact authors and invite them to the SAGE Open Access Portal.
Offer: No article processing charge when publishing an eligible article type in included Springer Nature journals.
Other information: Cap applies, articles will have the fee waived until the national article limit is exhausted. Check cap progress to see if there are free APCs remaining (once limit is expended, standard charges apply).
Submission criteria: Corresponding author must be affiliated to Flinders University and use Flinders email. Select Flinders University as the participating institution.
Offer: No article processing charge when publishing in included T&F journals.
Other information: Cap applies, articles will have the fee waived until the national article limit is exhausted. Check cap progress to see if there are free APCs remaining (once limit is expended, standard charges apply).
Submission criteria: Corresponding author must be affiliated to Flinders University and use Flinders email.
Offer: No article processing charge when publishing an eligible article type in an included Wiley journal.
Other information: Cap applies, articles will have the fee waived until the national article limit is exhausted. Check cap progress to see if there are free APCs remaining (once limit is expended, standard charges apply).
Submission criteria: Corresponding author must be affiliated to Flinders University and use Flinders email. Select Flinders University as your participating institution and follow Wiley’s step-by-step guide.
How to publish Open Access
Follow these steps to publish your research Open Access through Flinders University's agreements:
- Confirm Agreement is in place: Review the list of 19 publishers with whom the Library has agreements. Check the eligibility criteria for individual journals.
- Check Free Article Availability: If the publisher applies a cap on the number of free Open Access articles, check if cap has been reached. View national list of agreements and select publisher name, then view table of cap uptake).
- Affiliation: Ensure you adhere to Flinders University affiliation requirements on the paper.
- Author: Nominate yourself as the corresponding author for the article.
- Submission: Submit article through the usual process using your Flinders email address.
- Choose Open Access: After article acceptance, select the choice to publish open access (if it is a journal that is not exclusively open access). Please note, if the free article allowance has been exhausted, you will be prompted to pay the APC.
- Confirm Eligibility: Check any other eligibility requirements described in the list of Available offers. If the publisher prompts you to select a participating institution, select Flinders University.
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