Read and Publish Agreement or Transformative Agreement includes the Article Processing Charge (APC) in the fee that institutions pay for their subscription to publishers. This fee not only covers the cost of accessing (reading) research outputs but also includes the Open Access publishing cost (APC) for authors in certain journals from the publisher's collection. In these agreements, authors usually get to keep the copyright for their articles, and the articles are published under Creative Commons licenses, allowing flexible reuse and broader sharing of research. The outcome is that articles published through these agreements become freely accessible in journals following either the Gold or Hybrid models for Open Access.
Benefits for authors:
Reference:
FAQs on Open Access Australasia Website - Oaaustralasia.org. Retrieved January 5, 2024, from https://oaaustralasia.org/faqs/
1. Authors Eligibility
2. Document Types
The publication must be recognized by THE World University Rankings. Acceptable document types include:
NOTE: Rapid Communication, brief report, case report are not eligible according to NU requirements
3. Funder Acknowledgement
4. Publication Requests
If one of the mentioned criteria is unclear and there is another request that meets all criteria, priority will be given to the request where all criteria are clearly met.
If a request is pending due to the need for updated information to verify criterion compliance (for example, if the publication is under review and has not yet been accepted), and this information is provided later, then NU is not obligated to guarantee APC coverage, as it will depend on the remaining budget.
For those who have internal grants
How to get an internal Award/Acknowledgement number in Pure:
Cambridge University Press' eligibility checker tool.
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