UniSA has a number of Read & Publish Agreements in place with major publishers, some of which impose an annual cap on the number of articles that will be published open access. The publisher caps for Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis and Wiley's hybrid journals are rapidly reaching their limits. The Wiley hybrid journals cap is expected to be reached by mid-September, Springer Nature in early October, and Taylor & Francis in late October. For articles accepted after the cap is reached, authors will have the option to pay an Article Processing Charge (APC), or publish under a green open access model with the author accepted manuscript made publicly available once any publisher embargo has expired.
Wiley also imposes a cap on their fully open access journals. This cap is expected to run out by mid-November. Articles accepted after the cap is reached will require payment of an APC. For articles already submitted, please action any peer review comments promptly to maximise the chance of them being published under the cap. Consult with your co-authors to discuss a publishing or APC payment strategy. The Library is unable to provide any funding assistance for article processing charges.
Negotiations at a national level for the 2026 Read & Publish Agreements with Elsevier, Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis and Wiley are underway, however our participation cannot be confirmed at this stage. Once negotiations have been finalised this webpage will be updated and information communicated to Academic Units.
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.
All BMC journals are not eligible for Read & Publish Agreements. A 15% discount is available if you submit using your UniSA email when on campus.
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.
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.
For some publishers, discounts may be available for UniSA researchers, including for BMC journals, and MDPI. See the link below for further information.
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.
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.