UGA Libraries support for Open Access publishing agreements
The Open Access publishing model provides free and immediate access to publications. The UGA Libraries developed agreements with many publishers providing access for members of the UGA community to read journal content at no charge and for UGA authors to publish journal content at no charge, avoiding Article Processing Charges (APCs) for their accepted manuscripts.
Learn more about the Open Access (OA) publishing business model here!
Existing Open Access Agreements
A list of current UGA Open Access publishing agreements is provided below. Click on the link to find out information about how to publish OA, article processing fees (APCs), and other relevant information.
- American Chemical Society
UGA authors may publish their articles OA at no additional cost in ACS Journals.
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Association for Computing Machinery
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UGA authors may publish their articles at no additional cost in ACM's peer-reviewed scholarly publications on an Open Access basis, while also offering them the option to retain copyright in their work.
- BioMedCentral
UGA authors receive 15% discount toward their Article Processing Charge (APC) for their accepted manuscript in a BioMedCentral journal.
- Cambridge University Read & Publish
UGA authors can publish their papers in select Cambridge University Press journals for free for select publication types accepted between January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024.
- Company of Biologists
UGA authors may publish their articles as OA at no additional cost in Company of Biologists journals.
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Institute of Physics (IOP)
UGA authors can publish their articles open access at no additional cost in over 90 journals published by IOP.
- MDPI
UGA authors receive a 10% discount toward their APC to publish their accepted manuscripts in an MDPI journal. Starting in November 2023, MDPI is offering a 25% discount on their Language Editing Services for UGA authors. Discounts are automatically applied when authors use their institutional email address. Click here for more information.
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The Royal Society of Chemistry
UGA authors may publish their accepted papers open access in all hybrid and gold OA journals at no additional cost.
- Wiley Read & Publish
UGA authors can publish their accepted papers in a Wiley Hybrid journal, a Wiley fully OA journal, or Hindawi journal on or from 1 January 2024 onwards. Restricted to article types that are primary research and review articles, including but not limited to original articles, case studies, reviews, short communications.
Author's Rights
Open access publishing is often still possible without an existing institutional publisher agreement. When your publication is accepted, you will sign an agreement with your publisher. This is your chance to negotiate the terms that meet the needs of your research. For example, if you would like to put a copy of your publication in a repository for wider accessibility and the agreement does not allow for that, you can negotiate the contract with the publisher.
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has created this resource to help you draft a contract addendum and attach it to your agreement.
