Open Access and Publication Support
Open Access and Publication Support
Together, the Health Sciences Library and Ohio State University Libraries negotiate journal publishing agreements to support the university's ongoing efforts to expand scholarly publication opportunities for all Ohio State faculty, staff and students. These agreements help by alleviating barriers such as article processing charges (APCs). Browse current open access publishing agreements and other institutional memberships below.
Current Open Access Agreements
- The Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) and the Biochemical Society have entered into a three-year Read and Publish agreement that guarantees uncapped, fee-free Open Access publishing for Ohio State corresponding authors alongside full read access to all Biochemical Society journals . The agreement began November 1, 2023, and continues through December 31, 2026.
- For more information, please visit the Biochemical Society FAQ page.
- OhioLINK has entered into a new three-year Read & Publish deal with Cambridge University Press. Under this three-year agreement, Ohio State will have access to all 400+ journals published by Cambridge University Press and corresponding authors affiliated with Ohio State upon article acceptance will have unlimited Open Access publishing benefits at no additional charge to either the author or the institution. The new three-year agreement began on January 1, 2025 and ends on December 31, 2027.
- For more information, please visit the Cambridge University Press FAQ page.
- The Ohio State University Libraries and The Company of Biologists have entered into a three-year Read and Publish agreement where current and archive journal content and the Open Access costs of research articles published by Ohio State corresponding authors in all of The Company of Biologists' journals will be covered. Beginning January 1, 2023 and continuing through December 21, 2025, Ohio State corresponding authors have uncapped and fee-free Open Access publishing benefits for research articles published in Development, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology, Disease Models & Mechanisms, and Biology Open.
- For more information, please visit the Company of Biologists FAQ page.
- The Ohio State University Libraries and De Gruyter have entered into a Read and Publish agreement that offers full access to De Gruyter journals and Open Access publishing benefits for corresponding authors at no cost. Beginning January 1, 2023 and continuing through December 31, 2025, corresponding authors affiliated with Ohio State upon acceptance can publish unlimited Open Access articles in De Gruyter journals that offer Open Access publishing at no cost to the author.
- For more information, please visit the De Gruyter FAQ page.
- OhioLINK has negotiated a hybrid Open Access publishing agreement with Elsevier beginning January 2024 and continuing through December 2027. This agreement offers limited Open Access publishing benefits in eligible hybrid journals at no cost to Ohio State submitting corresponding authors. There is an annual maximum number of articles that may be published Open Access under this agreement. This limit increases over the four years, from a relatively low cap in 2024 to a higher cap in 2027 in line with average publishing activity. It is expected that the article limits will be reached, particularly in the first year.
- For more information, please visit the Elsevier FAQ page.
- OhioLINK has negotiated an upgrade agreement with the Institute of Physics (IOP) that offers full access to IOP journals and Open Access publishing benefits for corresponding authors at no cost. Beginning January 1, 2023 and continuing through December 31, 2025, corresponding authors at Ohio State can publish unlimited Open Access articles in all IOP journals that offer Open Access publishing with the exception of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) journals at no cost to the author and no additional cost to the institution.
- For more information, please visit the IOP FAQ page.
- The Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) and the Microbiology Society have entered into a three-year Publish and Read agreement providing unlimited no-cost Open Access publishing for Ohio State corresponding authors and full Read access for all Microbiology Society journals beginning January 1, 2023 and continuing through December 31, 2025.
- For more information, please visit the Microbiology Society FAQ page.
- The Ohio State University Libraries and the Health Sciences Library have negotiated a new two-year agreement with PLOS that continues to provide uncapped, no-fee publishing in all PLOS journals for corresponding authors affiliated with Ohio State upon article acceptance. The two year agreement began on January 1, 2025, and ends on December 31, 2026.
- For more information, please visit the PLOS FAQ page.
- The Ohio State University Libraries and the Royal Society entered into a new three-year Read and Publish agreement beginning January 1, 2025 and continuing through December 31, 2027. The agreement includes Ohio State's access to Royal Society journals, while also supporting Open Access publishing for corresponding authors affiliated with Ohio State at article submission.
- For more information, please visit the Royal Society FAQ page.
- The Ohio State University Libraries and the Royal of Society of Chemistry have entered into a 3 year Read and Publish agreement beginning January 1, 2024 and continuing through December 31, 2026. Under this three-year agreement, Ohio State will have continued Read access to Royal Society of Chemistry journals and the Open Access costs of articles published by Ohio State corresponding authors in all of Royal Society of Chemistry's journals will be covered.
- For more information, please visit the Royal Society of Chemistry FAQ page.
- OhioLINK has negotiated a new hybrid Open Access agreement with Springer Nature beginning January 2024 and continuing through December 2026. This deal adds OhioLINK access to 700+ additional Springer Nature titles and limited Open Access publishing benefits at no cost to Ohio State corresponding authors. Corresponding authors affiliated with Ohio State can publish Open Access articles in eligible hybrid journals published Springer Nature (including many Springer, Palgrave, Adis, and academic journals at nature.com) at no cost to them. Nature portfolio journals such as Nature and Scientific American and fully Open Access journals are not included in this agreement. There is an annual maximum number of articles that may be published Open Access under this agreement that aligns with historical publishing trends.
- For more information, please visit the Springer FAQ page.
- The Ohio State University Libraries and Taylor & Francis Group have entered into a new read and publish agreement. Under this three-year agreement beginning January 1, 2023 and continuing through December 31, 2025, Ohio State will have ongoing access to Taylor & Francis's collection of more than 2,300 journals and Open Access publishing costs of articles published by corresponding authors affiliated with Ohio State upon article acceptance in Taylor & Francis journals will be covered.
- For more information, please visit the Taylor & Francis FAQ page.
- OhioLINK has negotiated a renewal of the hybrid Open Access agreement that had been in place since March 2022. This renewal expands the Open Access publishing benefits by adding fully Open Access journals (including Hindawi titles) to the list of eligible hybrid journals available for Open Access publishing at no cost for corresponding authors. Beginning January 1, 2024 and continuing through December 31, 2026, corresponding authors affiliated with Ohio State upon acceptance will have the ability to publish Open Access journal articles in more than 1,300 hybrid journals published by Wiley and in more than 600 Wiley and Hindawi Open Access journals at no additional cost to either the author or the institution.
- For more information, please visit the Wiley FAQ page.
Other Publication Support
- BMJ Case Reports is a peer-reviewed collection of case articles and reports from many countries in all disciplines that healthcare professionals, researchers, and others can use to easily find clinically important information on common and rare conditions. The Health Sciences Library has created an institutional fellowship for BMJ Case Reports so that researchers at the university and Wexner Medical Center can submit new cases to the journal free of charge.
- Contact ejournals@osumc.edu for the fellowship code.
Select Open Access Organizations and Resources
- Designed for authors who are exploring publishing their research as open access. Authors can review journal titles by subject area and learn which publishers charge author fees for publishing their works as open access.
- Visit the DOAJ website.
- An alliance of libraries and academic organizations supporting systems for research and education that are open by default and equitable by design.
- SPARC Author Addendum is a form used to amend standard publisher agreements, allowing you to retain rights to deposit your article in a non-commercial depository or to use your article in the classes you teach.
- Visit SPARC to learn more.
- Big Ten Academic Alliance Universities are among the national leaders in promoting greater author control over the dissemination of their research. The faculty senates of twelve Big Ten Academic Alliance universities have commended to their colleagues that they use the Big Ten Academic Alliance Authors Addendum when assigning rights to a prospective publisher.
- Aggregates and analyses publisher open access policies from around the world and provides summaries of publisher copyright and open access archiving policies on a journal-by-journal basis. Learn more at JISC, formerly Sherpa Romeo.
Your Contact
Joe Payne, MLIS
(he/him/his)
Associate Professor of Practice and Collection, Development Librarian
Resource Management
Email
joseph.payne@osumc.edu
Phone
(614) 688-0584
