Yale Library provides support for authors publishing in open access journals in the following ways:

• Author Processing Charges: Waivers
• Author Processing Charges: Discounts

Association for Computing Machinery 

Yale University Library's Open Access agreement with the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) provides unlimited read access to content in the ACM Digital Library and waives article processing charges for Yale and YNHH affiliated authors who wish to publish open access in an ACM journal.  

View a full listing of ACM journals here: The ACM Full-Text Collection. 

To publish open access with no article processing charge, the Yale or YNHH affiliated author must: 

• Be the corresponding author, the person who handles the manuscript and correspondence during the publication process, including approving the article proofs. 
• have an article accepted for publication during the term of this agreement (August 1, 2022 until December 31, 2025 with the option to renew after that period).  
• Use an approved email domain during submission to confirm eligibility: yale.edu or ynhh.org 
• Select one of 3 ACM Publication Licenses.      

Author resources:

• Submitting Articles to ACM Journals

Please reach out to Lindsay Barnett with questions. 

Cambridge University Press Journals

Yale Library's Read and Publish Agreement waives article processing charges (APC) for Yale University and Yale-New Haven Hospital researchers publishing in Cambridge University Press fully open access and hybrid journals.

• 80+ fully GOLD OA journals
• More than 380 Hybrid Journals (subscription journals that offer an OA option)

In order to publish an open access article, the author must:

• be the corresponding author
• have an article accepted for publication during the term of this agreement (January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024).
• provide Cambridge UP details of their affiliation with Yale University or Yale-New Haven Hospital, preferably using their yale.edu or ynhh.org email address.
• sign a License to Publish Form or equivalent documentation, as required by the Cambridge journal publishing the article, and selecting a Creative Commons License.

Author Resources:

• Step-by Step Guide to Publishing Open Access in Cambridge Journals

Please direct all questions to Lindsay Barnett, Scholarly Communication Librarian

Institute of Physics Publishing (IOPP)

Yale Library's Institutional Open Access Agreement with the Institute of Physics Publishing (IOPP) provides unlimited read access to IOP journals and waives article processing charges for Yale and YNHH affiliated authors who wish to publish open access.

A list of included journals can be found here: https://publishingsupport.iopscience.iop.org/questions/eligible-journals-transformative-agreements/

To publish open access with no article processing charge, the Yale of YNHH author must:

• Be the corresponding author, the person who handles the manuscript and correspondence during the publication process, including approving the article proofs.
• Submit a manuscript of the following type: paper, special issue paper, review and/or letter to a journal covered under this agreement.
• Have a manuscript accepted for publication under the term of this agreement (January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2025 with the option to renew after that period). 
• Select a Creative Commons license.

Additional resources for authors who wish to publish open access in IOPP journals can be found here: https://publishingsupport.iopscience.iop.org/questions/submit-under-a-transformative-agreement-guide/

Please reach out to Lindsay Barnett with questions.

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development

Yale University Library's agreement with the open access Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Developmpent waives publishing fees for Yale or YNHH-affiliated authors who meet the following criteria:

• Be the corresponding author, the person who handles the manuscript and correspondence during the publication process, including approving the article proofs.
• have an article accepted for publication during the term of this agreement. 
• Use an approved email domain during submission to confirm eligibility: yale.edu or ynhh.org
• Use a Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license.   

Please reach out to Lindsay Barnett with questions.

Microbiology Society

Yale University Library's Publish & Read agreement with the Microbiology Society provides unlimited read access to Society journals and waives article processing charges for Yale and YNHH affiliated authors who wish to publish open access.  

The included journals are:

Fully open access

• Microbial Genomics
• Access Microbiology

Hybrid open access journals:

• Microbiology
• Journal of General Virology
• Journal of Medical Microbiology
• International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

To publish open access with no article processing charge, the Yale or YNHH affiliated author must:

• Be the corresponding author, the person who handles the manuscript and correspondence during the publication process, including approving the article proofs.
• have an article accepted for publication during the term of this agreement (now until December 31, 2022 with the option to renew after that period). 
• Use an approved email domain during submission to confirm eligibility: yale.edu or ynhh.org
• Select a Creative Commons license.   

The Microbiology Society has provided additional resources to help authors navigate the process: https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/resources

Please reach out to Lindsay Barnett with questions.

PLOS

The Yale University Library holds two agreements with PLOS that eliminate article processing charges for Yale and Yale New Haven Hospital affiliated authors.  

Community Action Publishing eliminates author costs for PLOS's two flagship journals: PLOS Biology and PLOS Medicine, and the Flat Fee Agreement eliminates author costs for all other PLOS publications, including any new journals launched during the contract term.  Yale or YNHH authors who publish in PLOS Biology and PLOS Medicine but do not act as the corresponding author will receive a 25% APC discount. 

Covered journals are:

• PLOS Biology
• PLOS Medicine
• PLOS One
• PLOS Climate
• PLOS Computational Biology
• PLOS Digital Health
• PLOS Genetics
• PLOS Global Public Health
• PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• PLOS Pathogens
• PLOS Sustainability & Transformations
• PLOS Water

To publish an open access article at no cost, the author must:

• Act as the corresponding author, the person who handles the manuscript and correspondence during the publication process, including providing the article proofs.
• Have an article accepted during the time period of the agreement (January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2024). 
• Be actively affiliated with Yale University or YNHH and list this as the primary affiliation on the manuscript.
• Accept a CC-BY license.

PLOS has provided Manuscript Submission Instructions for authors.  

Please reach out to Lindsay Barnett with any questions.

Portland Press (publisher for the Biochemical Society)

Yale Library's Read and Publish Agreement waives article processing charges (APC) for Yale University researchers publishing in Portland Press's seven journals:

• Biochemical Journal
• Clinical Science
• Neuronal Signaling
• Bioscience Reports
• Biochemical Society
• Transactions Essays in Biochemistry
• Emerging Topics in Life Sciences

Portland Press, Read & Publish:

• Frequently Asked Questions
• Workflow Guide for Authors

Royal Society

Yale Library's Institutional Open Access Agreement with The Royal Society provides unlimited read access to Royal Society journals and waives article processing charges for Yale and YNHH affiliated authors who wish to publish open access.

The included journals are:

Fully open access: 

• Open Biology
• Royal Society Open Science

Hybrid open access: 

• Biology Letters
• Interface Focus
• Journal of the Royal Society Interface
• Notes and Records of the Royal Society
• Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A & B
• Proceedings of the Royal Society A & B

To publish open access with no article processing charge, the Yale of YNHH author must:

• Be the corresponding author, the person who handles the manuscript and correspondence during the publication process, including approving the article proofs.
• Have a manuscript accepted for publication under the term of this agreement (January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2025 with the option to renew after that period). 
• Accept a Creative Commons CC-BY license.

Additional resources for authors who wish to publish open access in Royal Society hybrid journals can be found here: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/pb-assets/author-journey-hybrid-journals-1656495981.pdf and resources for fully open access journals are here: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/pb-assets/open-journals-author-journey-1659105883.pdf

Please reach out to Lindsay Barnett with questions.

Royal Society of Chemistry

Yale Library's Read and Publish Agreement provides unlimited read access to RSC journal waives article processing charges (APC) for Yale University researchers publishing open access in RSC's gold or hybrid journals.

To publish open access with no article processing charge, the Yale or YNHH affiliated author must:

• Be the primary corresponding author, the person who handles the manuscript and correspondence during the publication process, including approving the article proofs.
• Have an article accepted during the term of this agreement (January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2026 with the option to renew after that period).
• Use an approved email domain during submission to confirm eligibility: yale.edu or ynhh.org.
• Select a Creative Commons license.

Additional resources for authors who wish to publish open access in RSC journals can be found here: https://www.rsc.org/journals-books-databases/open-access-publishing/how-to-publish-open-access/.

Please reach out to Lindsay Barnett with questions. 

For more information, contact:

Lindsay Barnett

Scholarly Communication Librarian
Yale University Library

lindsay.barnett@yale.edu

(203) 432-2516