March 13, 2023
New Open Access Investments for 2023
In support of the UW Libraries Strategic Plan goal to Advance Research for the Public Good, the UW Libraries invested in a number of new open access agreements that will expand open access publishing for UW authors and strengthen the infrastructure for open scholarship.
Article Publishing Agreements
These agreements, sometimes referred to as “Read and Publish agreements,” cover the cost of open access publishing for UW authors with these publishers.
PLOS All Titles – Last year the UW Libraries joined the PLOS Community Action Publishing and Global Equity Model that covered the costs of open access publishing in six of the PLOS journals. Starting February 1, 2023 we expanded the agreement to include all PLOS journals including PLOS ONE. The PLOS All Titles agreement covers 100% of the Article Processing Charges (APCs) for UW corresponding authors.
Company of Biologists – The UW Libraries has entered into a Read and Publish agreement with the Company of Biologists, effective January 1, 2023. The agreement covers 100% of the costs for UW corresponding authors publishing in its five journals – Development, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology, Disease Models & Mechanisms, and Biology Open.
De Gruyter – UW has entered a Read and Publish agreement with De Gruyter Publishing, effective January 1, 2023. The new agreement covers 100% of the article processing charges (APCs) for UW corresponding authors publishing in De Gruyter’s “hybrid” journals (subscription journals that provide authors the option to pay to publish their articles open access). The waiver does not apply to De Gruyter’s Gold open access journals.
Subscribe to Open and Diamond OA
Subscribe to Open (S2O) and Diamond Open Access are open access models where annual fees support the costs of the open access journal and there are no publishing fees charged to authors. The UW Libraries was an early supporter of Annual Reviews – Subscribe to Open, one of the first S2O agreements. This year we are expanding our S2O and Diamond OA commitments with the following journals:
- Berghahn Open Anthro – 14 journals in anthropology from Berghahn
- Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy – University of Toronto Press
- American Indian Culture and Research Journal – UCLA American Indian Studies Center (AISC)
- Cultural Anthropology – Society for Cultural Anthropology (SCA), a section of the American Anthropological Association (AAA)
- Engaging Science, Technology, and Society – Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S)
- International Journal of Strength and Conditioning – International Universities Strength and Conditioning Association (IUSCA)
- Language, Literature and Interdisciplinary Studies – E.L.A. Project (Education and Liberal Arts Project)
- Liquid Blackness: Journal of Aesthetics and Black Studies – Duke University Press
E-books
In addition to journals and article publishing, we are also making investments to support open access e-book publishing. In the past we supported the MIT Press Direct to Open, and University of Michigan Press Fund to Mission programs. We also became supporting members of Punctum Books. We are expanding our investment in open access ebooks by supporting the Opening the Future model with Central European University Press and Liverpool University Press. By joining the Opening the Future model, UW users will get access to collection of e-books and we are supporting the publishing of future open access e-books from these two publishers.
These investments were made possible through Provost Reinvestment Funds dedicated to support the infrastructure for open access and to expand support for open access publishing by UW authors. For a description of our open access agreements visit the UW Libraries Investments in Open Access page.
Questions about this agreement can be sent to: SustainableScholarship@uw.edu
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