Publisher agreements and open access memberships
These publisher agreements and open access memberships provide open access at no cost to the author. Please note that former members of staff and visitors cannot benefit from the agreements/memberships.
Please note that we do not have a central institutional fund for open access payments that fall outside of these deals; the University of Southampton supports open access via self-archiving your Accepted Manuscript in Pure.
Please note that page charges, colour charges and other associated publishing costs are excluded from these agreements.
At the bottom of this page we list discounts with some publishers, but these do not cover the entire open access cost.
Please email eprints@soton.ac.uk if you have any questions.
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)
We are proud to be the first UK institution to partner with SciFree, enabling you to check if a specific journal is included in a publisher agreement that offers open access publishing at no cost to the author.
| Publisher | Details of Transformative Agreement (TA) or Open Access Membership | List of included journals | Date of Agreement |
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ACS (American Chemical Society)
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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 |
| 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
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| 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 |
| Company of Biologists |
Open to all University of Southampton corresponding authors submitting to Development, Journal of Cell Science and Journal of Experimental Biology. Please select the CC BY (Creative Commons attribution) licence |
Development, Journal of Cell Science and Journal of Experimental Biology | Articles accepted during 2022-2024 |
| 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 01/01/22-31/12/24 |
| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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 |
| 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 agreements; please use our journal search tool to see if a specific journal is included |
Articles received into OUP production by 31/12/2025
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| 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 |
| 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.
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| 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
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| 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 |
| 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
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Articles accepted for publication 01/01/23-31/12/24 |
| 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
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| 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 |