Library funds open access publishing options for students, faculty, and staff
The University of Chicago Library holds agreements with publishers that allow UChicago students, faculty, and staff who are the corresponding author of an article to publish an unlimited number of articles as open access without paying article processing charges (APCs). These agreements, covering journals in many disciplines across the humanities, sciences, and social sciences, make information freely available around the world, demonstrating the Library's commitment to open and equitable access to the University's research and scholarly work.
The list of publisher agreements we have entered into is available below and is also available from the Library website on Publisher Open Access Agreements. To search for titles and/or subjects of journals that the Library has an open access agreement for, please use the SciFree Journals Search Tool.
ACM Open (Association for Computing Machinery)
Funded in partnership with the Department of Computer Science, this agreement includes free, open access publishing to ACM journals, magazines, and conference proceedings pertaining to computer science research.
Biochemical Society
Negotiated through the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA), this agreement provides Library-funded open access publishing in all journals published by the Biochemical Society.
Cambridge University Press
Negotiated through the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA), this agreement provides open access publishing in all Cambridge University Press journals. Please note that the following article types are excluded from open publishing under this agreement: Book reviews, editorials, introductions, letters, meeting reports, and abstracts.
Cold Spring Harbor (CSH)
Allows open access publishing in the following CSH journals: Genes & Development, Genome Research, RNA, and Learning & Memory. Note that open access publishing is not included for Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, and Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine.
Company of Biologists
This agreement allows open access publishing to all Company of Biologists journals.
De Gruyter Brill
The publishers De Gruyter and Brill have recently merged and our agreement with them now includes open access publishing for all Brill journals and most De Gruyter hybrid and gold OA journals. Please note that book reviews are excluded from open publishing under this agreement.
Institute of Physics (IOP)
Negotiated through the BTAA, this agreement allows open access publishing in nearly all IOP OA journals. Please see the IOP website for a list of journals eligible for open access publishing under this agreement.
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development (JAFSCD)
This journal focuses on food security and food sovereignty in the U.S. and Global South and allows open access publishing for all UChicago corresponding authors.
Microbiology Society
Negotiated through the BTAA, this agreement allows open access publishing in all six Microbiology Society journals.
PLOS
Allows open access publishing in all 12 PLOS journals.
Royal Society
Allows open access publishing in all nine Royal Society journals.
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Allows open access publishing in nearly all RSC journals. The journal Chemistry Education Research & Practice (CERP) is excluded from open publishing under this agreement.
Wiley
Negotiated through the BTAA, this agreement allows open access publishing in all Wiley OA journals for primary research and review articles. You can download the lists of included journals on Wiley’s website.
The Library has also contributed to several open access initiatives, which help support OA infrastructure, ebook content, and other OA initiatives. More information is available on the Other Open Access Initiatives webpage. If you have any questions, please reach out to our Transformative Agreements Working Group at transformative-agreements@lib.uchicago.edu.
