In addition to a continuation of all existing Read & Publish Agreements, in 2025 there is now an agreement with Emerald. This covers all their hybrid (subscription) and gold open access journals, and is uncapped. To be eligible, the corresponding author must have University of South Australia as the primary affiliation. The default license for these articles will be CC BY 4.0. More information will be added to the Publisher agreements at UniSA tab below soon.
The Read & Publish agreement spreadsheet (available to UniSA staff and student via log in) lists journal titles by publisher and includes Field of Research and quartile information from Journal Citation Reports. This list is updated throughout the year, so refer to the latest version each time you publish, not a previously downloaded copy.
As a second step, always check the journal and publisher website to verify the latest information prior to submitting the article.
Please note that although UniSA Library has a Read & Publish Agreement with SpringerNature, BMC journals are not part of the agreement, and Article Processing Charges will apply. A discount of 15% is available.
The Library is participating in several Read & Publish agreements with major publishers to support UniSA academics wishing to publish open access.
These agreements allow researchers to publish direct to Open Access with no transactional Article Processing Charges (APCs), providing more equitable access and enhancing potential research impact.
Some key points to note:
See the Read & Publish Agreements checklist and frequently asked questions guide - PDF (236 KB). Complete the checklist and read the FAQs when considering publishing using a Read & Publish agreement.
Please contact Ask the Library if you have any questions.
To be eligible to publish under UniSA's Read & Publish agreements, there are 3 important details:
Not all article types are eligible e.g., original research and reviews are usually eligible, but editorials and letters may not be. Refer to the journal website or information within the publisher links below to check.
Page and colour image, or exceeding page length charges may still apply, and need to be paid by the researcher. Check on the journal website for further information.
Some Read & Publish agreements include a limit or 'cap' on the number of journal articles that can be published in a calendar year. The caps apply to all participating universities across Australia and New Zealand, for these publishers: AIP Publishing, Elsevier, Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis, and Wiley.
Approval statistics for capped agreements negotiated by CAUL are provided below to support institutions with monitoring the status of the caps. The forecast date cap exhausted will change based on approval rates, and should be viewed as a guide only.
When covered by a Read & Publish agreement, journal articles are published as open access under a Creative Commons license.
For some publishers (for example Elsevier) the default, preselected license in the article submission workflow is CC BY, which is the most open license for sharing and re-use. For any NHMRC funded research, CC BY must be used, as per their Open Access Policy.