UniSA Library has signed Read & Publish agreements for 2024 with APA (American Psychological Association) and John Benjamins Publishing Company.
The Read & Publish agreement spreadsheet which lists journal titles by publisher, and includes Field of Research and quartile information from Journal Citation Reports (using the same information as in internal university reporting) is available for UniSA staff and student use only. As this list is updated during the year, be sure to refer to the latest version each time you publish rather than a previously downloaded copy.
As a second step, go to the journal and publisher website to verify the latest information prior to submitting the article. If you would like additional information, please contact Ask the Library.
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.
When deciding where to publish an article, check the journal website for any indication of how long it generally takes for an article to pass through the publishing process. Factor in enough time for the article to get through peer review and any revision, and promptly action acceptance - particularly if you are publishing with a journal where a cap applies.
Some Read & Publish agreements include a limit or 'cap' on the number of journal articles that can be published in a calendar year. This applies to articles published by AIP Publishing, Elsevier, Oxford University Press, Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis, and Wiley and Hindawi.
See the table below for the latest cap update. Note there is a lag of a few days with the updating of caps data in the table. The Library monitors the cap situation and provides regular updates via reports, newsletters and research committees.
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. For instance, 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. See Choosing a Creative Commons License for your research [PDF, 195KB] for further information on these licenses.
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.
The Library is participating in several Read & Publish agreements with major publishers to support UniSA academics wishing to publish Open Access. This page will continue to be updated as further information becomes available. Please contact Ask the Library if you have any questions.
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: