The office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research (DVCR) has endorsed an increase to the number of Read & Publish agreements (also known as Transformative Agreements) available to UTS.
UTS Library has facilitated access to 16 Read & Publish agreements in 2024. These agreements are negotiated by the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) for institutions in Australia and New Zealand. Access to the agreements allows UTS staff and higher degree research students to publish Open Access in agreed titles without paying article publishing charges (APC), subject to meeting all requirements.
Publishing requirements
You may publish Open Access in eligible journals with the APC waived if:
- the journal you wish to publish in is one of the eligible titles included in the Australian Read & Publish agreements outlined below
- your article has an acceptance date of 2024 (though it could be published in 2025)
- you are publishing in affiliation with UTS and using UTS email for correspondence (e.g. University of Technology Sydney, @uts.edu.au or @student.uts.edu.au)
- your article is classified as an eligible article type under the Read & Publish agreements
- there are credits available in the national APC credit pool. (Some publishers have a cap on the number of articles that receive an APC waiver, with these publishers, credits must be available in the national APC pool before publishing can occur).
As we reach the end of 2024, please note that credit caps for some publishers have been reached.
Available Read & Publish agreements in 2024
| Publisher | Relevant resources |
| Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
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American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Ringgold ID: 1994 |
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| American Psychological Association (APA) |
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| American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME) |
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| Cambridge University Press |
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| The Company of Biologists |
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CSIRO Ringgold ID: 1994 |
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| Elsevier |
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| Future Science |
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| IOP |
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| Microbiology Society |
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| Oxford University Press |
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| Sage |
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| Springer Nature |
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| Taylor & Francis |
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| Wiley & Hindawi |
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Submitting an article through a Read & Publish agreement
Follow the publisher's usual article submission process. Once an article is accepted, the publisher will provide notification that you are eligible to publish your article Open Access with the APC waived. You will be asked to confirm that you wish to do so.
The CAUL National Office will approve articles for publication under the agreements. Where there are questions about eligibility, CAUL will contact UTS Library for clarification. It is anticipated that most articles will be able to be approved without intervention from the author’s institution.
Support
Request a consultation with a librarian to discuss your publishing options.
Review frequently asked questions about the agreements.
