LibGuides@Southampton: Open Access & Institutional Repository: Transformative Agreements and Memberships

Use our journal search tool to check if you can publish open access in your chosen journal without paying an Article Processing Charge (APC). https://search.scifree.se/soton

These publisher open access agreements are open to University of Southampton corresponding authors (visitors are not included)

Your University of Southampton affiliation must be stated in the published article
Use your soton.ac.uk email address
Search will find word match in title, publisher, or subject area (if provided by publisher)
Truncation/Wildcard symbol (*) can be used to search, for example, chem* will find over 200 included journals while chem on its own will only find 5 included journals
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Publisher	Details of Transformative Agreement (TA) or Open Access Membership	List of included journals	Date of Agreement
ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)	Open to all University of Southampton corresponding authors using their institutional address and institutional email address.	All ACM conferences, journals, and magazines for which ACM manages production and rights, are eligible for the agreement. However, these lists of conferences and journals are co-published with other publishers and are excluded from the agreement.	Agreement signed May 2024. Includes articles accepted for publication 01/01/23-31/12/25
ACS (American Chemical Society)	Research articles with a University of Southampton submitting corresponding author should automatically be included in the agreement. Please select the CC BY (Creative Commons attribution) licence	All ACS journals	Articles accepted for publication 01/01/22-31/12/24 This agreement expires 31/12/24. National negotiations are currently ongoing for a new agreement.
AIP (American Institute of Physics)	Open to all University of Southampton corresponding authors using their institutional address and institutional email address. Please select the CC BY (Creative Commons attribution) licence	AIP hybrid journals. List of included titles	01/01/2024 to 31/12/2025
Cambridge University Press (CUP)	Open to all University of Southampton corresponding authors. Eligible article types are research articles, review articles and rapid communications. Full details here. Please select the CC BY (Creative Commons attribution) licence	CUP journals covered by the agreement	Articles accepted for publication between 01/01/2021 and 31/12/2024 This agreement expires 31/12/24. National negotiations are currently ongoing for a new agreement.
Company of Biologists	Open to all University of Southampton corresponding authors. Please select the CC BY (Creative Commons attribution) licence	All Company of Biologists journals	Articles accepted during 2022-2024 This agreement expires 31/12/24. National negotiations are currently ongoing for a new agreement.
Elsevier	Open access at no cost to University of Southampton corresponding authors for research and review articles. Please select the CC BY (Creative Commons attribution) licence	Hybrid Elsevier journals (not fully open access journals)	Articles accepted for publication 01/01/22-31/12/25 (1 year extension to the 2022-24 agreement signed September 2024)
Geological Society Lyell Collection	Open to all University of Southampton corresponding authors submitting original research articles. Please select the CC BY (Creative Commons attribution) licence	Geological Society Lyell Collection hybrid journals	Articles submitted between 01/01/22 and 31/12/25
Hindawi	From 01/01/23 all Hindawi journals are included in our Wiley agreement	All Hindawi journals	Articles submitted for publication between 01/01/2024 and 31/12/2025
IOP (Institute of Physics)	Open to all University of Southampton corresponding (submitting) authors. Research articles and reviews (letters, papers, reviews and special issue articles) are eligible, IOP will automatically identify qualifying articles and inform authors of their inclusion. When you submit your article, please supply your affiliation clearly in the article submission form and in the article itself. Please select the CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) licence	All journals included in Lists A, B, C and D	Articles accepted for publication between 01/01/24 and 31/12/2025
Microbiology Society	Open to all University of Southampton corresponding authors using a soton.ac.uk email address during submission. Please select the CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) licence	All Microbiology Society journals	Articles accepted for publication between 01/01/2021 and 31/12/2024 This agreement expires 31/12/24. National negotiations are currently ongoing for a new agreement.
Nature Research	Open to all University of Southampton corresponding authors publishing research articles	Hybrid Nature Research journals	Articles accepted for publication on or before before 31/12/25
Open Library of Humanities (OLH)	The Open Library of Humanities (OLH) is a charitable organisation dedicated to publishing open access scholarship with no author-facing article processing charges (APCs), funded by an international consortium of libraries, including the University of Southampton. Please select the CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) licence	OLH journals	Ongoing
Optica	Open to all University of Southampton corresponding authors publishing a research or review article in selected Optica journals. Please select the CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) licence	Optica journals covered by the agreement	Articles accepted for publication between 01/01/2022 and 31/12/2024 This agreement expires 31/12/24. National negotiations are currently ongoing for a new agreement.
Oxford University Press (OUP)	Open to all University of Southampton corresponding authors publishing a research article, review article, brief report, or case report in most OUP journals. Please select the CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) licence	Most OUP hybrid and fully open access journals; please use our journal search tool to see if a specific journal is included	Articles received into OUP production by 31/12/2025
Palgrave Macmillan	Open to all University of Southampton corresponding authors in hybrid Palgrave journals. Included as part of the Springer Nature Read & Publish agreement You should automatically be offered the CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) licence		Articles accepted for publication on or before before 31/12/25
PLOS	Open to all University of Southampton corresponding authors in many PLOS titles Please select the CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) licence	Many PLOS journals	Articles accepted for publication between 01/01/2021 and 31/12/2024 This agreement expires 31/12/24. We are unlikely to renew the agreement for 2025. If you are planning to submit to any PLOS journal, or your submitted article is unlikely to be accepted before 31/12/24, you will need to cover the cost of the open access fee. Authors acknowledging UKRI or CRUK can apply for open access funds for PLOS journals by completing our ⁠APC Application Form. Please contact eprints@soton.ac.uk if you have any questions.
Portland Press (Biochemical Society)	Open to all University of Southampton corresponding authors in all Portland Press journals Please select the CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) licence	All Portland Press journals	Articles accepted for publication between 01/01/2024 and 31/12/2025
RCGP (Royal College of General Practitioners)	Open to all University of Southampton corresponding authors for research articles in British Journal of General Practice and BJGP Open. Please note that Practice & Policy articles are not included. Please select the CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) licence	BJGP and BJGP Open	Articles accepted for publication between 01/01/2021 and 31/12/2024 This agreement expires 31/12/24. National negotiations are currently ongoing for a new agreement.
Royal Society	Open to all University of Southampton corresponding authors using a soton.ac.uk email address during submission. All Royal Society journals (hybrid and fully open access) are included. Please opt for Open Access publication during online submission and select 'Article processing charges are covered by a special agreement, then 'The corresponding author is part of a Read & Publish deal'. Please select the CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) licence	All Royal Society journals	Articles submitted for publication between 01/01/2021 and 31/12/2024 This agreement expires 31/12/24. National negotiations are currently ongoing for a new agreement.
RSC	Includes all peer reviewed article types with a University of Southampton submitting corresponding author in all RSC journals. Please select the CC BY (Creative Commons attribution) licence	All RSC journals	Articles accepted for publication 01/01/22-31/12/24 This agreement expires 31/12/24. National negotiations are currently ongoing for a new agreement.
Sage	Includes research articles, review articles, and case reports with a University of Southampton corresponding author in Sage hybrid journals Please select the CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) licence	Hybrid journals (not fully open access journals) in SAGE Premier, IMechE Journal Collection and Royal Society of Medicine Collection	Articles accepted for publication 01/01/23-31/12/24 This agreement expires 31/12/24. National negotiations are currently ongoing for a new agreement.
Springer Nature	Open to all University of Southampton corresponding authors original research and review articles, brief communications and continuing education articles in Springer hybrid journals CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) licence will be applied to your article	Eligible Journals	Articles accepted for publication on or before before 31/12/25
Taylor & Francis	Open to all University of Southampton corresponding authors submitting original research articles in T&F journals, F1000 and Routledge Open You will automatically be offered the CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) licence	Hybrid journals, fully open access journals, F1000 and Routledge Open	Articles accepted for publication between 01/01/2024 and 31/12/2025
Wiley (includes AGU and Hindawi)	Open to all University of Southampton corresponding authors submitting original research and review articles. The agreement covers the open access cost (APC) only, we cannot fund any additional publication fees or excess page charges. You will automatically be offered the CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) licence	All fully open access journals and hybrid journals offering Online Open	Hybrid journals: articles accepted for publication between 01/01/2024 and 31/12/2025 Fully open access journals: articles submitted for publication between 01/01/2024 and 31/12/2025
Wolters Kluwer (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins)	Open to University of Southampton corresponding authors in hybrid journals (peer-reviewed research articles, including reviews and conference papers). Please use your University of Southampton affiliation and email address during the submission process. Please select the CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) licence	Hybrid journals	Articles accepted for publication 01/01/22 - 31/12/24 This agreement expires 31/12/24. National negotiations are currently ongoing for a new agreement.