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Scholarly Publishing & Communication : Open Access Publishing & Resources

Guide to resources on scholarly publishing and communications. Includes information on copyright, open access, data archiving, government mandates for data sharing, and measuring citation rates.

What is Open Access?

Open Access is a publishing business model that allows the immediate and free access to content for any reader in the world with an Internet connection. 

 

What is "Read & Publish?"

Read and Publish is a type of contract or agreement where the publisher provides access to journal content and no-charge Open Access publishing to an institution's authors. 

UGA Libraries support for Open Access

UGA authors receive 15% discount toward their Article Processing Charge (APC) for their accepted manuscript in a BioMedCentral journal.

UGA authors receive a 10% discount toward their APC to publish their accepted manuscript in an MDPI journal. 

UGA graduate students enrolled in a degree-granting program can now apply for a grant to pay for their APC! See link and application for details. 

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.

UGA authors can publish their accepted their papers in select Hybrid Open Access Wiley journals for free for select publication types accepted between January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024. There is an annual limit per year for the number of articles from UGA that can be published without a fee.