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Researcher Support Library Services: Read and Publish (transformative) agreements

A transformative agreement, also known as a "read and publish" agreement, is a contract negotiated between a specific research institution and a publisher. It is a transformation of the business model of publication in which open access charges are encompassed within the subscription fees that the research institution pays to the publisher. Over a number of years, this enables the shift from being subscription-based reading to open access publishing.  These deals are largely the result of a new initiative of a group of funders called Plan S.

Transformative deal eligibility requirements Authors must submit using their University of Plymouth email address. 2 Corresponding authors must be affiliated with the University of Plymouth. (Note that for the Wiley deal this needs to be the Responsible Corresponding Author) 2 Choosing a CC-BY license (not CC-BY-NC, CC-BY-ND, or CC-BY-NC-ND) is strongly encouraged, and is also mandated by many research funders. 4. Use of ORCIDs is also encouraged.

 

The Library has currently arranged the following deals that allow for open access publishing at no additional cost to authors. These deals below are open to all University of Plymouth corresponding authors regardless of funding status, unless otherwise specified in the description.

Please contact openresearch@plymouth.ac.uk with any queries.

 

Elsevier Read & Publish deal 

Publisher: Elsevier

Summary: 

  • Articles must have an acceptance date between 1st January 2022 and 31st December 2024.
  • Once your article has been accepted for publication, you will receive an email containing a link to the “post-acceptance author journey”. Upon selecting your publishing options, your affiliation will be validated by the University, and you will be informed if the APC will be covered by the agreement.
  • The process is straightforward, but an instructional video can be found here: Selecting Gold open access through Elsevier's read & publish agreement

Journals covered: The transitional offer provides unlimited open access publishing to UK authors in Elsevier's hybrid journals including the Cell Press and Lancet titles. Search for hybrid Elsever journals here (if the search yields a result, the journal in question is eligible for the deal).

Eligibility: University of Plymouth corresponding authors.

Are unfunded researchers covered?: Yes - any UoP author can use this deal

Article Types: The deal covers Research and Review articles, Case Reports, Data in Brief, Microarticle, Original Software Publication, Protocol, Replication Study, Short Communication, Short Survey, Video Article, Practice Guideline. For Cell Press and Lancet journals, there may be other restrictions - see https://www.elsevier.com/open-access/agreements/jisc, under "What article types does the agreement cover?".

 

 

Jisc/Wiley Open Access Agreement

Update: Wiley have implemented a 'Responsible Corresponding Author' status for authors. In order to qualify for the read & publish deal, the RCA must have University of Plymouth affiliation.

Publisher: Wiley

Summary:

  • Wiley deal covers full cost of Author Processing Charges (APCs)
  • The deal grants the UK HEI sector a limited number of ‘free’ APC credit each year on a first-come-first-served basis. If this limit is reached then the deal is paused for non-UKRI/Wellcome funded research until the next calendar year.  The fund has been reset for January 2023 and both funded and non-funded outputs can be published openly via the deal (unless a cap is put in place as a result of overspend; this has happened in previous years, but there are no plans at present to apply one in 2023)
  • Deal applies to subscription journals offering OnlineOpen and Wiley fully Open Access journals
  • Once your article is accepted, the corresponding author is able to select the option for Gold Open Access on the Author Services Dashboard - choosing Plymouth as your institution automatically applies the deal.
  • The Library is automatically notified of your request with no further steps for the author.
  • Articles must have an acceptance date that falls within the period of the current agreement (1st January 2020-31st December 2023).

Journals covered:

NEW: Some Hindawi journals are now covered by the Wiley deal. See link above to browse these journals.

Eligibility: University of Plymouth Responsible Corresponding Authors

Are unfunded researchers covered?: Yes, any UoP author can currently use this deal - although see 'Summary' for information on when funds may be limited to funded research.

Article Types: Research and Review Articles

Wiley guidance for authors:

 

 

APA Jisc Agreement

Publisher: American Psychological Association(APA)

Summary:

  • The article must be accepted after 1st August 2022.
  • A CC BY license will be appled to the article if it is published through the agreement.
  • Authors who meet requirements can submit their manuscript via the submission portal of the selected journal. Upon submission, the corresponding author must provide funder information and a Ringgold affiliation ID (for Plymouth, this is 6633). If the submission is accepted, the author will be ushered through an open access and copyright approval process.

Journals covered:

  • APA hybrid journals. Fully Open Access journals are not eligible.

Eligibility: University of Plymouth corresponding authors

Are unfunded researchers covered?: Yes, any UoP author can currently use this deal.

Article Types: Original peer-reviewed research article or review articles.

 

 

Read & Publish agreement

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary: 

  • Authors can publish Gold OA at no extra cost in gold and hybrid journals.
  • The corresponding author must be affiliated with the University of Plymouth.
  • The article's acceptance date must fall between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2024.
  • More information and instructions can be found on the CUP website.

Journals covered:

Eligibility: University of Plymouth corresponding authors.

Are unfunded researchers covered?: Yes - any UoP author can use this deal

Article Types:

  • Original research: research articles, Rapid communications, Review articles, Brief Reports, Case Reports. See CUP's list of article type definitions for more information.

 

 

Read & Publish agreement

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary: 

  • Authors can publish Gold OA at no extra cost in gold and hybrid journals.
  • The corresponding author must be affiliated with the University of Plymouth.
  • The article's acceptance date must fall between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2023.
  • There will be no cap on this agreement in 2021. This may change for subsequent years.
  • More instructions on how to use this agreement can be found on the OUP website.

Journals covered:

Eligibility: University of Plymouth corresponding authors.

Are unfunded researchers covered?: Yes - any UoP author can use this deal

Article Types:

  • Research and review articles

 

 

Guide to the deal

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary: 

  • Authors can publish Gold OA at no extra cost in hybrid journals.
  • The corresponding author must be affiliated with the University of Plymouth.
  • The article's acceptance date must fall between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2023.
  • The author does not need to do anything further to be eligible and will automatically be considered if all requirements above are met. Once this is approved, they will receive an email asking you to select the CC license of your choice.
  • The deal is first-come-first-served and there is a cap on the articles that can be published on this deal each calendar year. If this cap is reached the Library will communicate this with researchers.

Journals covered:

  • To check if a journal is eligible, go to the Taylor & Francis Open Access Cost Finder and search for the journal title (make sure to type the title exactly as it appears on the journal website). Click 'Search', and next to the journal check under 'OA Status'. If the status is 'Open select', the journal will be eligible.

 

Eligibility: University of Plymouth corresponding authors

Are unfunded researchers covered?: Yes - any UoP author can use this deal

Article Types:

  • Original research articles (including Reviews, Reports, etc). Other types of paper, such as Editorials, Announcements, and Book Reviews, are not covered by this agreement.

 

 

Microbiology Society Publish and Read

Publisher: Microbiology Society

Summary: 

  • The Library's subscription covers the full cost of unlimited open access publishing for UoP authors in both fully open and subscription journals.
  • Any article published in Society journals where the corresponding author is from a Publish and Read institution will be OA by default.
  • The final text will be deposited to the Pubmed Central repository immediately upon acceptance.
  • Articles must have an acceptance date that falls within the period of the current agreement (1st January 2022-31st December 2022).

Journals covered:

Eligibility: University of Plymouth corresponding authors

Are unfunded researchers covered?: Yes - any UoP author can use this deal

 

 

IOP Transformative and Institutional Open Access Agreements

Publisher: IOP

Summary: 

  • If the corresponding author is a University of Plymouth author, and therefore eligible for this deal, they should simply state their affiliation clearly within both the article submission form and the article itself. They should also acknowledge any research funding.
  • IOP will identify eligible manuscripts at submission and automatically apply Gold OA.
  • The author will be notified of this during the peer review process and will be asked to agree to the CC-BY open access license.
  • The paper will then be published CC-BY at no cost to the author.
  • Articles must have an acceptance date that falls within the period of the current agreement (1st January 2021-31st December 2023).

Journals covered:

Eligibility: University of Plymouth corresponding authors.

Are unfunded researchers covered?: Yes - any UoP author can use this deal

Article Types:

  • All primary research article types as well as reviews: Letters, Papers, Reviews and Special Issue articles.

 

 

ACS Read & Publish Agreements

Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)

Summary:

  • This unlimited Read and Publish agreement includes publishing in all hybrid and fully OA titles.
  • The acceptance date must fall between 1 January 2022 until 31 December 2024.
  • During Submission via ACS Paragon Plus, as a corresponding author, select your institution from a drop-down box and use your affiliated university email address.
  • Check that your institution affiliation is stated in the body of the manuscript as the corresponding author’s affiliation.
  • Complete the Journal Publishing Agreement to publish open access and retain copyright.
  • The Library will be alerted of your request and, if the request is approved, your work will be published at no additional cost to you as ACS open access via a CC-BY 4.0 license and made freely available on the ACS Publications website.

Journals covered:

  • All hybrid and gold journals.

Eligibility: University of Plymouth corresponding authors

Are unfunded researchers covered?: Yes, any UoP author can currently use this deal.

 

 

Sage Read & Publish Agreements

Publisher: Sage

Summary:

IMPORTANT: Important: This agreement is currently under negotatiation for renewal. We expect to receive more details shortly, but until then we would advice getting in contact with openresearch@plymouth.ac.uk before submitting a new manuscript.

Journals covered:

Eligibility: University of Plymouth corresponding authors

Are unfunded researchers covered?: Yes, any UoP author can currently use this deal.

Article Types: The deal excludes some article types, for example book reviews and commercially sponsored articles..

 

 

PNAS Read & Publish

Publisher: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(PNAS)

Summary:

  • The corresponding author must be affiliated with the University of Plymouth, and the author must publish under this affiliation.
  • The author should use their institutional email address when submitting their paper, if possible. The author will be asked to validate their institution if a validated institution is not already linked to the author’s user profile.
  • If invited to submit a final revision, the author will receive a request to sign the License to Publish once the revision is received. The corresponding author should choose a CC BY license to qualify for this agreement.
  • The article must be accepted for publication in PNAS between July 1, 2021, and June 30, 2023.
  • Authors who publish in PNAS always retain copyright ownership or have the ability to set the copyright owner as their institutions when required.

Journals covered:

Eligibility: University of Plymouth corresponding authors

Are unfunded researchers covered?: Yes, any UoP author can currently use this deal.

Article Types: Research only (including Brief Reports).

 

 

Nature agreement (please note we participate in the Nature Portfolio journals agreement ONLY).

Publisher: Springer Nature

Summary:

  • This agreement covers open access publications in Nature and Nature Research journals as long as they appear on the list linked below (under 'Journals covered'). The list does not include fully open access ('gold') journals.
  • The author guide can be found here: Author guide.
  • After acceptance, corresponding authors publishing with University of Plymouth affiliation will be presented with confirmation from the publisher that they can publish OA with the fees covered by UoP.
  • You will be asked to agree to the OA creative commons license.

Journals covered:

Eligibility: University of Plymouth corresponding authors

Are unfunded researchers covered?: Yes, any UoP author can currently use this deal.

Article Types: Original papers (which is the only applicable article type for Nature Portfolio journals.)

 

 

Geological Society Jisc Transitional Agreement

Publisher: Geological Society’s Lyell journal collection

Summary:

  • The eligible author must be the corresponding author and submit using their institutional email address.
  • The article must be submitted after 1 January 2023 to qualify.

Journals covered:

Journal of the Geological Society

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology

Petroleum Geoscience

Geoenergy

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Scottish Journal of Geology

Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society

Special Publications

Memoirs

Engineering Geology Special Publications

Eligibility: University of Plymouth corresponding authors

Are unfunded researchers covered?: Yes, any UoP author can currently use this deal.

Article Types: TBC

 

 

BMJ Author Hub: Open access agreements for the UK

Publisher: BMJ

Summary: 

  • The University of Plymouth corresponding author should request Gold OA from the publisher at the point of manuscript submission. They must clearly state their UoP affiliation.
  • The Library is notified of the request and can approve it via a publisher dashboard.
  • APCs for eligible funded articles will be deducted from a consortium publishing fund on a first-come-first served basis. In order to meet funder requirements, Wellcome funded articles will continue to be covered even if the cap on this fund is met.
  • Articles must have an acceptance date that falls within the period of the current agreement (1st January 2021-31st December 2023).

Journals covered:

ADC Education & Practice

ADC Fetal & Neonatal

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Archives of Disease in Childhood

BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine

BMJ Quality & Safety

The British Journal of Ophthalmology

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Emergency Medicine Journal

Evidence-Based Mental Health

Evidence-Based Nursing

Frontline Gastroenterology

Gut

Heart

Injury Prevention

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Journal of Medical Ethics

Journal of Medical Genetics

The Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Medical Humanities

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Practical Neurology

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Thorax

Tobacco Control

Eligibility: University of Plymouth corresponding authors

Are unfunded researchers covered?: No, this deal only applies a CC-BY licence to research funded by: UK Research and Innovation, British Heart Foundation, Blood Cancer UK, Cancer Research UK, Parkinsons UK, Versus Arthritis or the Wellcome Trust.

Article Types: Original, primary research articles only

 

Further advice on publishing articles open access:

         Plan S advice

 Transformative deals have sprung up mainly as a result of  pressure upon publishers to adapt their business models and to urge them to move towards 'Openness' more quickly.  The group behind these new initiatives is 'cOAlition S' who have produced the Plan S set of principles.  Find out more about what this means for researchers at Plymouth.           

In addition to these deals, the Library provides advice on other routes towards Open Access articles (use of Elements publication management system & Pearl repository system); publisher copyright policy advice; plus support with meeting the University's, the REF's and your funder's open access policies.