Read and Publish agreements offer you the opportunity to publish your work as Gold Open Access in a range of journals at no cost to yourself or your department. The fees for this type of publishing are covered by agreements the library has with publishers in combination with annual subscription fees.
These agreements may not cover all types of article, or all journal titles published by the supplier – check the appropriate website or get in touch for details of any exclusions. Most agreements cover articles in subscription (i.e. hybrid) journal titles only - fully Open Access journal titles are usually excluded.
The university currently has a number of agreements with publishers (detailed below), however this mode of publishing is constantly changing and as such information will be updated when available. In order to be approved for Open Access publishing a UWS author should be the corresponding author and, as with all research outputs, a record must be created in Pure and a copy of the accepted author manuscript (AAM) deposited as soon as possible.
Please note that certain agreements can be capped nationally and therefore if there is substantial take-up articles may not be covered at certain times of year.
Contact pure@uws.ac.uk with any questions.
Automatically accepted if publisher conditions met.
Open Access Publishing and ACM
Information about ACMs Open Access Publishing strategy and how to use the open access scheme.
Approval via Research Systems Librarian. Contact pure@uws.ac.uk with any queries.
(Continuation of this agreement beyond December 2024 is still in negotiation.)
Approval via Research Systems Librarian. Contact Pure@uws.ac.uk for further details.
Author guidance for submitting articles for publication with APS
Limited to Wellcome Trust and named medical charity funded research only.
Automatically processed if publisher criteria met.
Automatically approved if publisher criteria met.
Approval via Research Systems Librarian - contact Pure@uws.ac.uk for further details
Approval via Research Systems Librarian. Contact Pure@uws.ac.uk with any queries
Approval via Research Systems Librarian. Contact Pure@uws.ac.uk for any queries.
Automatically approved if publisher conditions met.
(Continuation of this agreement beyond December 2024 is still in negotiation)
IEEE Agreement permits deposit of Author Accepted Manuscripts (AAM) in Pure with no embargo.
IEEE Instructions for UK Authors
Information about how to request IEEE Open Access licensing for your article or conference paper.
Automatically approved if publisher criteria met.
Automatically approved if publisher criteria met.
Automatically approved if publisher criteria met.
Royal Society of Chemistry Read and Publish Scheme
Information about the RSC Read and Publish Scheme and how to submit your article for Open Access.
Approval via Research Systems Librarian. Contact Pure@uws.ac.uk for further details
Approval via Repository Librarian. Contact Pure@uws.ac.uk for further details
Approval via Research Systems Librarian. Contact Pure@uws.ac.uk for details
Approval via Research Systems Librarian. Contact Pure@uws.ac.uk for further details