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Read and Publish Agreements at the University of Dundee

Publish your article open access at no extra cost

Read and Publish Agreements

University of Dundee researchers can now publish articles Open Access, without charge, in over 10,000 journals as part of our Read and Publish agreements. 

The new Read and Publish agreements give the University of Dundee access to journal content and allow researchers to publish articles Open Access in a wide range of subject disciplines including Humanities, Social Sciences, Art & Design, STEM, Education, and Medicine.  

The majority of the agreements are open to non-funded research outputs and will be in place from 2020-2024. All publishers signed up to the agreements offer a CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) licence so researchers can meet their funder's Open Access requirements and those set out in Plan S

If you have any questions, please contact LLC Research Services by emailing Discovery@dundee.ac.uk.

ACS - American Chemical Society

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Publisher: ACS - American Chemical Society

Period: 2022-2024

Eligibility: University of Dundee corresponding authors

Article Types: Original Articles, Review Articles

Number of Journals: 75

Notes: Includes all ACS fully open access journals

The Biochemical Society and Portland Press

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Publisher: The Biochemical Society and Portland Press

Period: 2023

Eligibility: University of Dundee corresponding authors

Article Types: All article types

Number of Journals:  7 (full open access and hybrid)

BMJ

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Publisher: BMJ

Period: 2023-24

Eligibility: University of Dundee corresponding authors

Article Types: Original research articles (original articles reporting on primary research) 

Number of Journals: 28

Notes: The article must be funded by an eligible funder which includes: UKRI, Wellcome, British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, Parkinsons UK or Versus Arthritis.

Brill

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Publisher: Brill

Period: 2023

Eligibility: University of Dundee corresponding authors

Article Types: Original Articles, Review Articles

Number of Journals: 463

Cambridge University Press

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Period: 1 January 2021 - 31 December 2024

Eligibility: University of Dundee corresponding authors

Article Types: Research articles, review articles and rapid communications, brief reports and case reports

Number of Journals: 371

The Company of Biologists

 

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Publisher: The Company of Biologists

Period: 2022 - 2024

Eligibility: University of Dundee corresponding authors

Article Types: Original Research Articles

Number of Journals: 3 - Development, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology

Elsevier

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Publisher: Elsevier

Period: 2022 - 2024

Eligibility: University of Dundee corresponding authors

Article Types: Original research articles. In some cases, other types of paper, such as Editorials, Announcements, and Book Reviews are covered by this agreement.

Number of Journals: 2,100 (hybrid journals), including Lancet, Cell Press, Science Direct

Frontiers

Publisher: Frontiers

Period: 2023

Eligibility: University of Dundee corresponding authors

Article Types: Original Articles, Review Articles

Number of Journals: 70

Notes: 10% discount on fees and automated invoicing. Open Access is not free of charge with this agreement, contact discovery@dundee.ac.uk before submission

Karger

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Publisher: Karger

Period: 2023

Eligibility: University of Dundee corresponding authors

Article Types: Original Articles

Number of Journals: 105

MDPI

 

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Publisher: MDPI

Period: 2023

Eligibility: University of Dundee corresponding authors

Article Types: Original Articles, Review Articles

Number of Journals: 270

Notes: 10% discount on fees and automated invoicing. Open Access is not free of charge with this agreement, contact discovery@dundee.ac.uk before submission

Oxford University Press

 

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Publisher: Oxford University Press

Period: 2021 - 2023

Eligibility: University of Dundee corresponding authors

Article Types: Research or review article

Number of Journals: 432

Rockefeller University Press

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Publisher: Rockefeller University Press

Period: 2023

Eligibility: University of Dundee corresponding authors

Article Types: Research or review article

Number of Journals: 3

SAGE

 

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Publisher: SAGE

Period: 2023

Eligibility: University of Dundee corresponding authors

Article Types: Original Article, Review Article

Number of Journals: 1,140

Note: Only hybrid journals are included in the SAGE agreement (that is journals offering open access and subscription access). The 180 SAGE journals that are purely open access are not included but offer a 20% discount on open access publication fees.

Springer

 

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Publisher: Springer

Period: 2023 

Eligibility: University of Dundee corresponding authors

Article Types: Original Article, Review Article, Brief Communication, Continuing Education (medical)

Number of Journals: 2,004

Taylor & Francis

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Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Period: 2021 - 2023

Eligibility: University of Dundee corresponding authors

Article Types: Original research articles. Other types of paper, such as Editorials, Announcements, and Book Reviews, are not covered by this agreement.

Number of Journals: 2,300 (hybrid journals)

Wiley

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Publisher: Wiley

Period: 2020 - 2023

Eligibility: University of Dundee corresponding authors

Article Types: Original Article, Review Article

Number of Journals: 1,635

Note: There may be additional eligibility restrictions based on original research funder where research for the article must have been funded by one of the following organisations: UKRI (UK Research and Innovation), Wellcome Trust, Blood Cancer UK, British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, Parkinson's UK, Versus Arthritis. Contact discovery@dundee.ac.uk to see if your article can be published open access.