Research support
Read and Publish agreements
Learn more about Read and Publish agreements and our partner publishers.
Alongside supporting open access publishing initiatives, Library and Learning Services have some transitional agreements with publishers.
Transitional agreements are also known as Read and Publish agreements. They provide access to the publisher's subscription journals while also allowing our researchers to publish research articles with that publisher immediately open access (OA) without any article process charges (APCs) or with discounted/capped APCs.
Note:
- Hybrid journals: a subscription access journal in which some of the articles are open access (OA).
- Gold journals: journals where all articles are immediately OA as authors have (usually) paid article processing charges (APCs).
Publishing requests for the deals are handled on a first come, first served basis alongside the following criteria:
- Articles must be within scope of REF – we can only approve requests listed as research articles by the publisher.
- Ideally articles should be licenced under CC-BY or CC-BY-ND (unless the publisher has specified otherwise) to meet REF eligibility. More information about Creative Commons licences can be found on the Creative Commons website.
- Lead authors must be a current York St John staff member with a valid York St John email address at all stages of the submission process.
- Current postgraduate researchers can be lead authors, however they must also use their York St John email address at all stages of the submission process and have their academic supervisor as a co-author.
- Lead authors who conducted research while at York St John but are no longer affiliated with the institution and have York St John co-authors will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Where an article does not meet these criteria Open Access publication will be declined. In these circumstances:
- If an article within a Hybrid journal is declined there is still the option to publish under the subscription model and the Green Open Access route. This is where the author accepted manuscript (AAM) (the version post peer review, but before publisher copy-editing, usually a word document) is uploaded to RaY. The article is usually made Open Access after an embargo set by the publisher.
- If an article is declined within a gold journal, then the author will be asked to pay an APC so that it can be published Open Access. Neither the Library nor the Research Office hold budgets for APCs.
Please contact ray@yorksj.ac.uk for more information.
Journals and Publishers
The University currently have deals with 9 publishers.
All agreements are subject to change and each publisher deal differs. Please see below for more information.
The library is unable to provide full lists of Read and Publish journals on an individual basis. This is due to the number of journals across the nine publishers and possibility of journals changing open access model.
We recommend searching the publisher platforms in the first instance. Please confirm with ray@yorksj.ac.uk prior to submission to ensure that the journal is eligible.
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Open
- Unlimited immediate OA publishing of research articles and conference proceedings in ACM Open titles.
Cambridge University Press
- Unlimited immediate OA publishing in CUP hybrid and wholly Gold journals.
Elsevier*
- Unlimited immediate OA publishing in Elsevier hybrid journals including the Cell Press and Lancet titles.
- 15% APC discount when publishing in Elsevier Gold journals.
*Please contact RaY (ray@yorksj.ac.uk) before submitting a publication using this deal. This is to confirm which journals are eligible for the deals.
Oxford University Press*
- Immediate OA publishing in Oxford University Press journals, subject to a consortium cap.
- To ensure your article is published immediately OA, please follow the OUP author workflow guide (PDF, 1.3MB).
PLOS
Unlimited immediate OA publishing in 7 PLOS journals:
- PLOS ONE
- PLOS Genetics
- PLOS Pathogens
- PLOS Computational Biology
- PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
- PLOS Digital Health
- PLOS Complex Systems
SAGE*
- Unlimited immediate OA publishing in SAGE hybrid journals.
- 20% APC discount when publishing in SAGE Gold journals.
Further information for SAGE journals can be found on the SAGE website.
*Please contact RaY (ray@yorksj.ac.uk) before submitting a publication using this deal. This is to confirm eligibility of journals at the time of submission.
Springer Compact*
- Unlimited immediate OA publishing in Springer Compact hybrid journals.
- The agreement includes Springer, Adis and Palgrave Macmillan titles.
*Please contact RaY (ray@yorksj.ac.uk) before submitting a Springer publication. This is to confirm if a journal is part of the University’s Springer package and eligibility of journals at the time of submission.
Taylor & Francis
- Immediate OA publishing in Taylor & Francis hybrid (Open Select) journals, subject to a consortium cap.
Access information for Open Select journals
Wiley
- Immediate OA publishing in all Wiley journals, subject to consortium fund availability.
Article Processing Charges (APCs)
If Green or Diamond OA routes or Read and Publish agreements are not available or appropriate, only then should you consider an APC.
If APC funding is required, researchers should check with their relevant academic school about the availability of funding or ensure any research funding will cover the costs of an APC payment. If you have received research funding, check that your funder permits using research funds to pay for an APC. Please note, neither Library and Learning Service or the Research Office (including QR funding) have a budget to pay for APCs.
When considering APCs check that fees are clearly explained, that the information is easy to find on publisher websites and that there are no additional or hidden costs. A lack of information could indicate a predatory publisher.
Book Processing Charges (BPCs)
A book processing charge is a payment to the publisher for a whole book to be made Open Access.
Like APCs, the Library and Learning Services team and the Research Office do not have a budget to fund any BPCs. Researchers should check with their academic school about research funding.