Open Access and Publishing Resources: OhioLINK Open Access Agreement Information

OhioLINK has negotiated five read-and-publish agreements for its institutions’ authors. These publishing agreements allow authors to publish open access at no cost to the authors or additional cost to their institutions. They also provide access to a broad range of high-quality research articles from these publishers.

These agreements have some limitations, including:

• The Open Access Publishing benefit has a fixed usage limit, and these options may not be available once reached.
• Some journals are excluded
• Specific requirements for each agreement 

Information for each agreement is listed below, with links for more details on the OhioLINK website.

OhioLINK's agreement with Cambridge University Press provides APC-free open-access publishing in over 400 hybrid and fully open-access journals in various subjects, including social sciences and humanities.

The article to be published must be accepted for publication after January 1, 2022, and on or before December 31, 2024.

While many article types are eligible, there are restrictions, including Book Reviews, Book Chapters, and Editorials, among others.  A full list of eligible article types and how to apply for funding can be found on the OhioLINK page for the Cambridge Journals agreement.

OhioLINK's agreement with Elsevier covers most of its hybrid journals. There are limitations to the agreement, including journals that are not included in the agreement, such as Cell Press and Lancet journals.  A full list of covered journals can be found here - Journal Finder for the OhioLINK agreement.  

The agreement runs from January 1, 2024, and ends on December 31, 2027. The journal article must have been accepted during this period, and there is a limited number of articles that all OhioLINK members can publish during the calendar year. 

Elsevier also has an information page  - Agreement between OhioLINK and Elsevier. 

OhioLINK's agreement with IOP applies to articles published as Gold open access in either fully open-access journals or hybrid open-access journals.

The acceptance date must fall within the length of the contract, January 1, 2023 – December 31, 2025.

There are a small number of journals published by IOP that do not participate in their open-access publishing agreements. These include the American Astronomical Society (AAS) journals, some society titles that do not allow open-access publishing, and a handful of translated and conference titles where the content is not original research and review articles.

You can find out more information about the agreement here - IOP Journals Open Access Publishing: Information for Authors

From January 2024 and continuing through December 2026, corresponding authors affiliated with OhioLINK institutions can publish open access articles in eligible hybrid journals from Springer Nature. These include hybrid Springer, Palgrave, Adis, and academic journals at nature.com, but not Nature portfolio journals such as Nature or Scientific American. Springer's fully open access journals are not included in this agreement.

The request approval date must fall between January 1, 2024 – December 31, 2026 the list of eligible journals can be found here - Springer Eligible Journals

OhioLINK has an agreement with Wiley to publish in hybrid and fully open access journals published by Wiley and Hindawi at no additional cost to either the author or the institution. There is a maximum number of articles that may be published as open access each year under the agreement.

Access to the open access publishing benefits begin January 1, 2024 and continues through December 31, 2026. Original research and review articles are eligible for open access publishing in any of Wiley's hybrid or fully open access journals under this deal.

OhioLINK has a page for authors with more information here - Wiley OA Publishing: Information for Authors

Wiley has an information page located here - Open access agreement for authors at eligible OhioLINK institutions