LibGuides: Open Access and Scholarly Communication Support: Free OA Publishing Opportunity

Cambridge University Press Read-and-Publish Deal

As a member of the Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium (SCELC), ACU is part of a read-and-publish agreement with Cambridge University Press until December 31, 2023. In addition to providing access to read a much larger number of Cambridge journals, this agreement allows ACU-affiliated authors to publish their articles Open Access in many Cambridge journals at no cost to themselves.

In other terms, this agreement covers the Article Processing Charges (APCs) for authors whose research articles are accepted for publication in *applicable Cambridge journals during the three year agreement.

Please read on for information to determine if your research publication is eligible and to learn how to take advantage of this opportunity.

*To view the journals covered by this agreement, click here and enter the country and name of your institution (United States, Abilene Christian University) and click on "View your publishing agreement."

How to Publish Open Access Under this Agreement

1. Check your eligibility

To be eligible to publish OA under this agreement, please see the requirements in the box to the right, "Is My Research Eligible?"

2. Submit your research

Submit your research to an applicable journal using your institutional affiliation

3. Complete your OA publishing agreement

Once your work has been accepted, complete and submit the journal’s OA author publishing agreement and select the Creative Commons license that will determine how readers can use your article.

4. Coordinate the APC transaction

Rightslink will then contact you to coordinate "payment" of your APC (Article Processing Charge, or the charge to publish Open Access). This is a necessary part of the process, even though there will be no cost to you as an ACU-affiliated author. Once taken to the payment portal, you should select the option to "Apply Discounts" on the "Charges Estimate" page, then enter "Abilene Christian University" into the "Affiliation Discount" box.

5. Publication

Congratulations! Once your article has published, anyone can find, read, and share your Open Access research.

Is My Research Eligible?

To be eligible, articles must:

Be original research – eligible article types are research articles, review articles, rapid communications, brief reports and case reports. (Definitions)
Have a corresponding author affiliated with ACU (verified with an ACU email address). (Definition, roles, and responsibilities of corresponding author)
Be accepted for publication in a Cambridge University Press journal as listed here.
Be accepted for publication between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2023.

More Information from Cambridge University Press

Details of the read-and-publish agreement on Cambridge University Press' website Please note: This website makes reference to seeking funding from the university to pay for APCs. This is already covered as part of our read-and-publish agreement. You will only need to apply the institutional discount and will be able to publish OA at no cost to yourself.
Cambridge University Press "An Author Guide to Paying an Article Processing Charge (APC)" Page 7 has instructions for applying the institutional affiliation discount in order to waive APC costs as part of this agreement. Submissions from ACU-affiliated authors will be automatically approved and will not require separate library approval.