Read & Publish Agreements for 2025
The University of Sydney Library is continuing to support open access publishing in 2025 with seven new agreements between the University and academic publishers, along with two new agreements through the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL), including a major new agreement with Emerald Publishing. In addition, the Library will continue to support high impact publishing in Nature Portfolio journals.
Through Read and Publish agreements, the Library bundles subscription costs with open access publishing costs, enabling researchers to access important research and publish their work without paying the usual open access charges (commonly known as Article Publishing Charges, or APCs). These fees, which can cost up to $15,000 per article, can be prohibitive to researchers, especially early career researchers who may not have funding. Last year, the Library supported 1,712 publications through these agreements.
The Library now has 31 agreements with publishers, up from 26 in 2024.
The complete list of Read & Publish agreements and eligible title list are published on the Read and Publish Agreements page on the Library website. In order to use a Read and Publish Agreement, researchers must clearly affiliate with the University of Sydney, use their Sydney email address, and should check the rules for each agreement to ensure that support is available for their submissions.
New and notable agreements:
Emerald: Mission-led social science research that tackles key societal challenges.
Nature (continued from 2024): The world’s leading multidisciplinary science journal, covering life, physical, clinical, and social sciences. The agreement allows eligible corresponding authors to publish open access research articles in 39 Nature journals. Limited articles are available.
Ovid (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins): Medical and nursing journals published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW). The LWW Total Access Collection is an expansive collection of LWW journals available on the Ovid platform, catering to intensive medical information needs.
AIMS, the American Institute of Mathematical Sciences: An international organisation promoting mathematical and scientific education through publications and conferences.
Bioscientifica: Collaborates with leading biomedical societies to publish high-impact journals with a wide reach.
Canadian Science Publishing: Canada’s largest independent, not-for-profit leader in mobilising science-based knowledge.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHL): A globally renowned publisher in life science research and education, supporting genetics, molecular biology, cancer biology, plant science, bioinformatics, and neurobiology.
Rockefeller University Press (RUP): Publishes research in the life sciences and biomedicine.
The complete list of Read & Publish agreements and eligible title list are published on the Read and Publish Agreements page on the Library website.
Webinar | Thursday, 27 March 2025
Read and Publish Agreements: An introduction to
Read and Publish at the University of Sydney
Join the Library's Research Services Team for an outline on the latest information about Read and Publish Agreements at the University of Sydney and how to use them when publishing via Open Access (OA). This webinar will provide a brief overview on OA, introduce the Read and Publish Agreements (including how to access them, eligibility, limitations), and provide a live demonstration on how to navigate and interpret agreements.
The presentation will commence at 10:30 am,
followed by a Q&A at 10:50 am.
