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Open Access Read and Publish Transformative eJournals Agreement
SCELC is pleased to offer an innovative Open Access Read + Publish agreement with Cambridge University Press, with uncapped or capped no-cost open access publishing for participating institutions.
The deadline to join this agreement is March 31, 2022. This is the only chance to join this agreement, after that, the next opportunity to join this transformative agreement will be in 2025!
SCELC and current subscribers agreed to a new 3-year license agreement for 2021-2023 incorporating uncapped Open Access publishing for existing subscribing institutions and most newly subscribing institutions. In order to accommodate new subscribers, the agreement is now extended to 2024 with the first year price increase repeating for existing subscribers. Highlights:
- APC-free Read & Publish license that allows corresponding authors' Cambridge Journal articles to be published OA at no additional cost
- An annual increase of 1% (2022), 2% (2023), 2.5% (2024).
- No reconciliation needed; you will not be charged for new and takeover titles
- New and takeover titles are automatically included
The SCELC Cambridge E-Journal Package for 2022:
- Includes ALL 361 Cambridge E-Journal "Front-List" titles including New Titles (start dates vary) and 45 Gold OA titles, with a total list price value of $217,200.
- Rolling front file has been eliminated
- Deep discounted print subscriptions at 50% off list
What is Read & Publish and why is it important to CUP?
Read & Publish is the combined provision of two services for one cost: OA publishing and reading access to all subscription journals. At Cambridge, we have identified Read & Publish as the most effective and sustainable method of transitioning research content in our journals to open access. The model is viable for us, a university press, and is designed to be sustainable for you, the institution. Almost 1,000 universities worldwide now have an active Read & Publish agreement with Cambridge, including over 140 in the USA.
What will Read & Publish provide my institution?
Reading Provision
- Online-only access to the CUP Full Journals Package, on a database model including all take-on titles each year of the agreement
- Perpetual access to all journal volumes published within the agreement term
- Shallow back-file access in line with individual journal terms, for the duration of the agreement term.
Open Access Publishing Provision
- Uncapped or capped no-cost OA publishing in all hybrid and gold OA journals within the CUP Full Journals Package
Who and what is eligible for no-cost OA publishing under Read & Publish?
Articles that comply with the following criteria will be automatically eligible for no-cost OA publication under Read & Publish:
- Corresponding author affiliated to participating institution
- Article accepted for publication in CUP hybrid or gold open access journal within the full CUP Journals Package
- Article accepted for publication within the term of the agreement
- Article is one of five research article types, as defined by CUP (research, reviews, rapid communications, brief reports, case reports)
What support does CUP provide to institutions participating in Read & Publish?
CUP is committed to helping authors and librarians maximize the impact of Read & Publish at a local level. Should your institution elect to proceed with an agreement, the following will be available:
Resources for Librarians
- An onboarding webinar for your library
- A dedicated agreement page (example), to help broadcast awareness to authors
- Quarterly article reporting, showing all articles published OA and non-OA
- Additional materials to make the most of your Read & Publish agreement
- Automatic retroactive OA outreach for any eligible articles that do not publish OA
Resources for Authors
- Your institution will be loaded into our Waivers and Discounts tool, which enables authors to check eligibility to publish OA at no additional cost and browse included journals
- Guidance on publishing OA in the Cambridge workflow
- Coming soon: author-facing webinars on the benefits of publishing OA