Open Access & Institutional Repository: Optica

New Optica Read & Publish agreement: page updated 5th August 2022

Open access at no cost to University of Southampton corresponding authors for research and review articles in the following Optica journals. 

Advances in Optics and Photonics
Applied Optics
Biomedical Optics Express
Journal of the Optical Society of America A 
Journal of the Optical Society of America B
Optica
Optical Materials Express
Optics Continuum
Optics Express
Optics Letters

Optica information for authors: https://opg.optica.org/submit/review/institutional_OA.cfm#institutionalOA

• This agreement is available to current University staff and students; visitors are not eligible
• Use your University of Southampton affiliation and email address during the submission process
• If offered a choice, please select the CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) licence
• Colour charges and overlength fees are not included in the agreement, and authors will have to fund these. 

Questions? Contact us at eprints@soton.ac.uk

Eligible articles published in 2022 before the agreement was signed will be converted to open access by Optica.

Further information

Jisc agreement: https://subscriptionsmanager.jisc.ac.uk/catalogue/2790