UTS Library will facilitate access to 18 Read & Publish agreements (also known as Transformative Agreements) in 2025, including a continuation of 16 existing agreements and 2 new additional agreements. 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 is accepted in 2025 (although it may be published in 2026),
- you are the corresponding author, publishing in affiliation with UTS and use your UTS email (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).
Available Read & Publish agreements in 2025
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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Emerald Publishing |
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Future Science (will be known as Taylor& Francis – Expert Medicine Collection in 2025) |
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IOP |
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IWA |
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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 |
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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.
