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Open Research: Read and Publish Agreements

Read and Publish Agreements

In 2025 the University Library has signed 15 Read and Publish Agreements to enable researchers at the University to publish open access in over 9,900 journals. 

All eligible articles accepted for publication in these journals are not subject to article processing charges (APCs) for publishing open access.*

To be eligible for open access publishing in the journals included in the Agreements:

  • The corresponding author must be affiliated with the University of Newcastle and:
    • use their University of Newcastle email address (either 'newcastle.edu.au' or 'uon.edu.au'), and
    • include the University of Newcastle in the author byline on the submitted manuscript.
  • The article must be an eligible publication type (see publisher details below)..

* Some journals may impose additional fees, for example, page charges, or charges for rapid review. These fees are not covered by the Read and Publish Agreements. Authors should check the journal website for more details.

Contact your School's Research Liaison Librarian for further support.

Read & Publish journals combined list

The Combined List of 2025 Read and Publish Agreement Journals includes all titles covered by the 15 agreements, along with journal ranking metrics (JIF, SJR, ABDC and APSA).

Watch this short video on how to use the R&P Agreement journals list

For more information on R&P agreements watch our short video recorded in Open Access Week 2024.

Further information about the Agreements, including how to submit

Journals included 75 ACM journals (includes hybrid and fully open access titles)
Capped Agreement? This is an uncapped Agreement. There is no limit to the number of articles that can be published open access.
Eligible article types

Open access publishing covered under this Agreement includes the following article types only:

  • Research articles
  • Interviews
  • Notes
  • Short papers
  • Surveys
  • Technical notes
  • Tutorials
Open Access Licence
  • CC BY
  • CC BY-SA
  • CC BY-ND
  • CC BY-NC
  • CC BY-NC-SA
  • CC BY-NC-ND

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Author guidelines Follow the instructions for submission on the CAUL website
Journals included 24 AIP hybrid journals
Capped Agreement? This is a capped Agreement. This Agreement provides for an allowance of 385 articles that can be published open access.(Number of articles approved to date in 2025)
Eligible article types

Open access publishing covered under this Agreement includes the following article types only:

  • Research articles
  • Review articles
  • Conference articles
  • Perspectives
Open Access Licence
  • CC BY

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Author guidelines
Journals included 88 APA hybrid journals
Capped Agreement? This is an uncapped Agreement. There is no limit to the number of articles that can be published open access
Eligible article types

Open access publishing covered under this Agreement includes the following article types only:

  • Brief reports
  • Research articles
  • Review articles
Open Access Licence
  • CC BY

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Author guidelines Follow the instructions for submission on the CAUL website
Journals included 468 Cambridge University Press journals (hybrid and fully open access)
Capped Agreement? This is an uncapped Agreement. There is no limit to the number of articles that can be published open access.
Eligible article types

Open access publishing covered under this Agreement includes the following article types only:

  • Research articles
  • Review articles
  • Rapid communications
  • Brief reports
  • Case reports
Open Access Licence
  • CC BY
  • CC BY-SA
  • CC BY-ND
  • CC BY-NC
  • CC BY-NC-SA
  • CC BY-NC-ND

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Author guidelines Follow the instructions for submission on the CAUL website
Journals included 3 hybrid and 2 gold open access journals published by the Company of Biologists
Capped Agreement? This is an uncapped Agreement. There is no limit to the number of articles that can be published open access.
Eligible article types

Open access publishing covered under this Agreement includes the following article types only:

  • Research articles
Open Access Licence
  • CC BY

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Author guidelines Follow the instructions for submission on the CAUL website
Journals included 25 hybrid and fully open access journals published by CSIRO Publishing
Capped Agreement? This is an uncapped Agreement. There is no limit to the number of articles that can be published open access.
Eligible article types

 

  • Article
  • Review

 

Open Access Licence
  • CC BY
  • CC BY-NC
  • CC BY-NC-ND

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Author guidelines Follow the instructions for submission on the CAUL website
Journals included 22 De Gruyter hybrid journals
Capped Agreement? This is an uncapped Agreement. There is no limit to the number of articles that can be published open access.
Eligible article types

Open access publishing covered under this Agreement includes the following article types only:

  • Research articles
  • Review articles
  • Reports
Open Access Licence
  • CC BY

Check Read & Publish Agreements licensing - What you need to know

Author guidelines Follow the instructions for submission on the CAUL website
Journals included 1,638 Elsevier hybrid journals
Capped Agreement? This is a capped Agreement. This Agreement provides for an allowance of 10,440 articles that can be published open access.(Number of articles approved to date in 2025)
Eligible article types

Open access publishing covered under this Agreement includes the following article types only:

  • Full length articles
  • Review articles
  • Case reports
  • Protocols
  • Short communications
  • Micro articles
  • Original software publications
  • Short surveys
  • Data
  • Practice guidelines
  • Replication studies
  • Video articles
Open Access Licence
  • CC BY
  • CC BY-NC-ND

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Author guidelines Follow the instructions for submission on the CAUL website
Journals included 87 hybrid and fully open access AIP journals
Capped Agreement? This is an uncapped Agreement. There is no limit to the number of articles that can be published open access.
Eligible article types

Open access publishing covered under this Agreement includes the following article types only:

  • Research articles
  • Special issue articles
  • Review articles
  • Letters
Open Access Licence
  • CC BY

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Author guidelines Follow the instructions for submission on the CAUL website
Journals included 363 Oxford University Press journals (hybrid only)
Capped Agreement? This is a capped Agreement. In 2025 the cap is 1101 articles that can be published open access.(Number of articles approved to date in 2025)
Eligible article types

Open access publishing covered under this Agreement includes the following article types only:

  • Research articles
  • Review articles
  • Case reports
  • Brief reports
Open Access Licence
  • CC BY
  • CC BY-NC
  • CC BY-NC-ND

Check the Read and Publish Agreements licensing - What you need to know

Author guidelines Follow the instructions for submission on the CAUL website
Journals included 1082 SAGE journals (hybrid only)
Capped Agreement? This is an uncapped Agreement. There is no limit to the number of articles that can be published open access.
Eligible article types

Open access publishing covered under this Agreement includes the following article types only:

  • Original research articles
  • Review articles
  • Brief communications
  • Short reports
  • Case reports
Open Access Licence
  • CC BY
  • CC BY-NC

Check the Read and Publish Agreements licensing - What you need to know

Author guidelines Follow the instructions for submission on the CAUL website
Journals included 2087 Springer, Nature journals (hybrid and full open access)
Capped Agreement? This is a capped Agreement. In 2025 the cap is 3511 articles that can be published open access.(Number of articles approved to date in 2025)
Eligible article types

Open access publishing covered under this Agreement includes the following article types only:

  • Original Paper: Standard article, generally presenting new results which may also be referred to as Original Research, Original Article, Original Paper or Research Paper. 
  • Review Paper: Standard article, interpreting previously published results. 
  • Brief Communication: Short article submitted for rapid publication that exhibits the same structure as a standard article.
  • Continuing Education: Article forming integral part of further education (usually medical).
Open Access Licence
  • CC BY
  • CC BY-NC

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Author guidelines Follow the instructions for submission on the CAUL website
Journals included 2,139 Taylor & Francis journals (hybrid and fullu open access)
Capped Agreement? This is a capped Agreement. In 2025 the cap is 3877 articles that can be published open access.(Number of articles approved to date in 2025)
Eligible article types

Open access publishing covered under this Agreement includes the following article types only:

  • Article
  • Review
  • Research article
  • Review article
  • Report
  • Short communication
  • Case report
  • Note
  • Original article
  • Guest editorial.
Open Access Licence
  • CC BY
  • CC BY-NC
  • CC BY-NC-ND

Check the Read & Publish Agreements licensing - What you need to know

Author guidelines Follow the instructions for submission on the CAUL website
Journals included 1,841 Wiley journals (hybrid and fully open access)
Capped Agreement? This is a capped Agreement. In 2025 the cap is 6900 articles that can be published open access.(Number of articles approved to date in 2025)
Eligible article types

Open access publishing covered under this Agreement includes the following article types only:

  • Primary research and review articles, including but not limited to original articles
  • Case studies
  • Reviews
  • Short communications.

View Wiley's list of article classifications (Excel), which includes an indication of whether they are eligible for open access publishing. 

Open Access Licence
  • CC BY
  • CC BY-NC
  • CC BY-ND
  • CC BY-NC-ND

Check the Read & Publish Agreements licensing - What you need to know

Author guidelines Follow the instructions for submission on the CAUL website