Capped agreements in 2025

All capped agreements have been re-set for 2025, so prepare and submit journal articles now with publishers where caps apply.

New agreement for 2025: Emerald journals

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.

Journal list by publisher with FoRs and journal quartiles

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. Please note the Emerald title list is not yet included but will be soon. 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.

Reminder about BMC journals

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:

• Not all publishers offer Read & Publish Agreements, or UniSA Library may not have signed an agreement with that publisher.
• Not all journals from included publishers are eligible under these agreements. This includes Nature and BMC journal titles. With some journal/publishers, some journals may be eligible for a discount on the article processing charge.
• Each agreement has different conditions. For example, some publishers will allow unlimited submissions, whereas other publishers may set a limit or cap that will apply across all participating universities/institutions in Australia and New Zealand.

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.

Find other discounts on APCs

To be eligible to publish under UniSA's Read & Publish agreements, there are 3 important details:

• the corresponding author must be from University of South Australia (current staff, student or adjunct)
• the corresponding author must submit using their UniSA email address, not Gmail or other personal email
• University of South Australia should be listed as the first affiliation for the corresponding author.

Article types

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.

Other charges

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.

More help

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 the following publishers: AIP Publishing, Elsevier, Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis, and Wiley.

Publisher caps will apply in 2025. Once concrete information on the level of the caps is available, we will provide the information here.