Read and Publish Agreements
Publisher Agreements
The University of Warwick has agreements with publishers, some that allow open access journal publishing without requiring further payment, others that offer a discounted open access fees, or the ability to deposit accepted manuscript in the repository with zero embargo. Enquiries can be directed to the Open Research Team.
To be eligible for most of the Read and Publish Agreements, the corresponding author must be affiliated with the University of Warwick under a contract of employment. Some publishers may restrict the agreements to original research articles. If given the option, we ask that authors select the CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution)Link opens in a new window Licence.
- if your publisher offers free APCs: follow the instructions for your publisher below. You don't need to complete a separate application
- if your publisher offers discounted APCs: you still need to apply to use APC funding
- if your publisher doesn't offer free or discounted APCs: apply to use APC funding
Using SciFree, you can check whether specific journals are covered by our Read and Publish Agreements. You can search using either the journal name or ISSN, and you can filter the results by publisher, coverage, licence options and types of journal.
All journals covered by our agreements are listed in SciFree, including those that only offer a discount on APCs, or those that are only available to certain authors. Using the "who pays" column, you can check whether your journal is fully covered by the agreements:
These icons indicate that the journal is fully covered by our Read and Publish Agreements.
These icons indicate that the journal only offers a discount on APCs; as a result, the rest of the APC will need to be paid and you may need to apply for APC fundingLink opens in a new window.
This icon indicates that only articles by certain authors are covered by our Read and Publish Agreements in this journal. In this case, you should consult the guidance below to see whether you are eligible.
We ask that authors select the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC BY) rather than the other, more restrictive licences (e.g. BY-ND, BY-NC, BY-NC-ND).
The CC BY licence makes the work as open as possible while still ensuring that the author's work is acknowledged through a reference. This licence also ensures that the article is compliant with the open access policies of various funders including UKRI, Wellcome and NIHR.
The terms of the agreements, as agreed by Jisc with the publishers, restrict eligibility to corresponding authors with a contract of employment at the University.
While we broadly interpret this to include academic staff and postgraduate researchers, this means that research by honorary and visiting staff, undergraduate and taught-masters level students, NHS staff without a separate contract of employment with the University, and Emeritus staff are not eligible.
If you have left Warwick, but the paper largely reports on research conducted while you had an eligible affiliation with Warwick, you may list Warwick among your affiliations, and you will be eligible for our agreements.
While different publishers use different language to describe the assigned corresponding author, broadly speaking the author who submits the article and corresponds with the publisher will be the designated responsible corresponding author.
SciFree lists all of the journals covered by our Read and Publish Agreements. Please note that this includes journals that offer a discount rather than a full cost cover. See the "Using SciFree" guide for more information.
The agreements will cover the Open Access costs associated with the article (often known as APCs). You may, however, still be liable for other costs, such as colour charges, page charges and submission charges.
Please note that there is no provision in the library to cover these kinds of additional charges, and as such should either be avoided or the funding to cover them must be sourced elsewhere.
There is no pre-notification required to publish under the agreements. As long as you are eligible for the agreement and select to publish Open Access at the acceptance stage, then the article should be automatically picked up.
To help identify the article as eligible for the agreements, we ask that you ensure you list the University of Warwick as your affiliation when you can. You may also want to use your university email address in the submission process to help with the identification.
List of Read and Publish agreements [last updated 09/07/2026]
Please take these agreements into consideration when deciding where to publish.
American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Articles published in ACS's Hybrid journals and most Gold journals are fully covered.
- The submitting corresponding author must be affiliated to the University of Warwick.
We ask that authors using this agreement select the CC BY licence when given the option.
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Articles published in AIP's Hybrid journals are fully covered.
- The submitting corresponding author must be affiliated to the University of Warwick.
We ask that authors using this agreement select the CC BY licence when given the option.
American Physical Society (APS)
- Articles published in APS's Hybrid journals are fully covered.
- The article must be
one of the article types acceptable under the policies of the Participating Journal, including but not limited to: Regular Articles, Letters, Rapid Communications, Reviews, Perspectives, and Short Papers.
- The submitting corresponding author must be affiliated to the University of Warwick. Note that the eligible author cannot be changed after initial submission, including when the manuscript is transferred to another APS journal
We ask that authors using this agreement select the CC BY licence when given the option.
American Psychological Association (APA)
- Articles published in APA's Hybrid journals are fully covered.
- The article must be an original peer-reviewed research article or review article.
- The submitting corresponding author must be affiliated to the University of Warwick.
We ask that authors using this agreement select the CC BY licence when given the option.
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- Papers published in most of ACM's journals and conference proceedings are covered. More details can be found on the publisher's websiteLink opens in a new window.
- The submitting corresponding author must be affiliated to the University of Warwick.
We ask that authors using this agreement select the CC BY licence when given the option.
British Medical Journals (BMJ)
- Articles published in most of BMJ's Gold and Hybrid journals are covered.
- The article must be an original research article (original articles reporting on primary research).
- Articles must be funded by one of the following funders to be fully covered, otherwise articles are only eligible for a 25% APC discount:
- UK Research and Innovation (Medical Research Council, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Arts and Humanities Research Council, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Economic and Social Research Council, Natural Environment Research Council, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Innovate UK, Research England)
- British Heart Foundation
- Blood Cancer UK
- Cancer Research UK
- Parkinsons UK
- Versus Arthritis
- Wellcome Trust
- The submitting corresponding author must be affiliated to the University of Warwick.
We ask that authors using this agreement select the CC BY licence when given the option.
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Articles published in most of CUP's Gold and Hybrid journals are fully covered.
- The article must be original research – eligible article typesLink opens in a new window include research articles, review articles and rapid communications, brief reports and case reports.
- The submitting corresponding author must be affiliated to the University of Warwick.
We ask that authors using this agreement select the CC BY licence when given the option.
Cogitatio Press
- Articles published in all Cogitatio Press journals are fully covered.
- The submitting corresponding author must be affiliated to the University of Warwick.
We ask that authors using this agreement select the CC BY licence when given the option.
Company of Biologists (COB)
- Articles published in Development, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology, Disease Models & Mechanisms or Biology Open are fully covered.
- The submitting corresponding author must be affiliated to the University of Warwick.
We ask that authors using this agreement select the CC BY licence when given the option.
De Gruyter
- Articles published in De Gruyter's Gold and Hybrid journals are fully covered.
- Eligible article types include research articles, review articles, rapid communications, and case reports.
- The submitting corresponding author must be affiliated to the University of Warwick.
We ask that authors using this agreement select the CC BY licence when given the option.
Elsevier
- Articles published in Elsevier's Hybrid journals are fully covered - a small number of hybrid journals are excluded from the agreement, but you can use their journal search tool to check if your journal is included.
- Articles published in Elsevier's Gold Journals get receive a 15% APC discount.
- Only the following article types are covered by this agreement: Full-length articles, Micro-articles, Review articles, Short communications, Protocols, Case reports, Practice guidelines, Replication studies, Short surveys, Data in Briefs, Original software publication, and Video articles. When publishing in eligible journals from The Lancet, full length articles are the only eligible article type.
- The submitting corresponding author must be affiliated to the University of Warwick.
We ask that authors using this agreement select the CC BY licence when given the option.
Institute of Physics (IoP)
- Articles published in IoP's journal lists A, B, C and DLink opens in a new window, with the exception of Medical Engineering & Physics and the International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing which are not included in the agreement.
- The article must be research paper, Focus Collection, letter and review article types.
- The submitting corresponding author must be affiliated to the University of Warwick.
We ask that authors using this agreement select the CC BY licence when given the option.
John Benjamins
- Articles published in John Benjamins' hybrid journals are fully covered.
- The submitting corresponding author must be affiliated to the University of Warwick.
We ask that authors using this agreement select the CC BY licence when given the option.
Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR)
- Articles published in JMIR's journals are fully covered.
- The submitting corresponding author must be affiliated to the University of Warwick.
We ask that authors using this agreement select the CC BY licence when given the option.
Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Articles published in most of OUP's Gold and Hybrid journals are fully covered.
- The article must be a research article, review article, brief report or case report. Book Reviews and articles in Supplements are not eligible.
- The submitting corresponding author must be affiliated to the University of Warwick.
We ask that authors using this agreement select the CC BY licence when given the option.
Portland Press
- Articles published in Portland Press's Gold and Hybrid journals are fully covered.
- All article types are included.
- The submitting corresponding author must be affiliated to the University of Warwick.
We ask that authors using this agreement select the CC BY licence when given the option.
Royal Society
- Articles published in any Royal Society journal are fully covered.
- The submitting corresponding author must be affiliated to the University of Warwick.
We ask that authors using this agreement select the CC BY licence when given the option.
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
- Articles published in RSC's Hybrid journals are fully covered.
- The submitting corresponding author must be affiliated to the University of Warwick.
We ask that authors using this agreement select the CC BY licence when given the option.
Sage
- Articles published in Sage's Hybrid journals are fully covered.
- Articles published in Sage's Gold Journals get receive a 20% APC discount.
- Only the following article types are covered by this agreement: Original Papers (including Original Research, Original Article, Original Paper or Research Paper), Review Papers, Brief communications, and Continuing education. When publishing in in a Nature Portfolio journal, original paper is the only applicable article type, which may also be referred to as Analysis, Article, Letter, Brief Communication, Registered Report, Resource, or Technical Report.
- The submitting corresponding author must be affiliated to the University of Warwick.
We ask that authors using this agreement select the CC BY licence when given the option.
Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3)
- Articles published in one of the High Energy Physics journals participating in the SCOAP3 are fully covered.
- The submitting corresponding author must be affiliated to the University of Warwick.
We ask that authors using this agreement select the CC BY licence when given the option.
Society for Neuroscience
- Articles published in JNeurosci are fully covered.
- The submitting corresponding author must be affiliated to the University of Warwick.
We ask that authors using this agreement select the CC BY licence when given the option.
Springer Nature
- Articles published in Springer's Hybrid journals are fully covered.
- Articles published in Springer's Gold Journals get receive a 15% APC discount.
- Only the following article types are covered by this agreement: Original Papers (including Original Research, Original Article, Original Paper or Research Paper), Review Papers, Brief communications, and Continuing education. When publishing in in a Nature Portfolio journal, original paper is the only applicable article type, which may also be referred to as Analysis, Article, Letter, Brief Communication, Registered Report, Resource, or Technical Report.
- The submitting corresponding author must be affiliated to the University of Warwick.
We ask that authors using this agreement select the CC BY licence when given the option.
Taylor and Francis
- Articles published in Taylor and Francis' Open Select (Hybrid) and fully open access journals are fully covered, with the exception of journals in the Dove Press and the Expert Medicine series.
- The article must be an original research articles. Other types of paper, such as Editorials, Announcements, and Book Reviews, are not covered by this agreement.
- The submitting corresponding author must be affiliated to the University of Warwick.
We ask that authors using this agreement select the CC BY licence when given the option.
Wiley
- Articles published in Wiley's Gold and Hybrid journals are fully covered.
- The article must be primary research or a review article. Other article types e.g. letters, editorials etc. are excluded.
- The submitting corresponding author must be affiliated to the University of Warwick.
We ask that authors using this agreement select the CC BY licence when given the option.
List of other agreements [last updated 09/07/2026]
The University of Warwick also has agreements with some publishers to support our research with them. Whilst these agreements are not Read and Publish agreements, they do benefit Warwick researchers. The details of these agreements are outlined below.
Emerald
Agreement Type: Read and Green.
Articles Covered: Any articles published with Emerald.
Author Eligibility: Any article with a University of Warwick author.
What This Means: The Accepted Manuscript of any article published by a Warwick author can be made Open Access immediately at the point of publication in the WRAP repository. This enables compliance with any funder and REF policies.
How this differs from a R&P Agreement: Any authors wishing to publish Gold Open Access will still have to pay an APC. This agreement only allows Green Open Access without an embargo which helps with compliance.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE)
Agreement Type: Read and Green.
Articles Covered: Any articles published with IEEE.
Author Eligibility: Any article with a University of Warwick author.
What This Means: The Accepted Manuscript of any article published by a Warwick author can be made Open Access immediately at the point of publication in the WRAP repository. This enables compliance with any funder and REF policies.
How this differs from a R&P Agreement: Any authors wishing to publish Gold Open Access will still have to pay an APC. This agreement only allows Green Open Access without an embargo which helps with compliance.
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Agreement Type: Centralised Funding (Discount Agreement - Central Workflow).
Articles Covered: Any articles published with MDPI that will be supported by the Library.
Author Eligibility: Any article with a University of Warwick corresponding author.
What This Means: Any APCs arising from MDPI articles that would be paid for by the Library can be paid for directly via a monthly invoice rather than individual APCs.
How this differs from a R&P Agreement: Each APC is still being paid for by the Library, though this is done in a monthly batch. Where an author has already requested funding for the article, or where it is eligible to be paid from the UKRI/Wellcome Trust Block Grants, we will approve the payment – all other invoices are then passed on to the corresponding author to arrange payment.
Public Library of Science (PLOS)
Agreement Type: Centralised Funding (APCs for Institutions).
Articles Covered: Any articles published with PLOS that will be supported by the Library.
Author Eligibility: Any article with a University of Warwick corresponding author.
What This Means: Any APCs arising from PLOS articles that would be paid for by the Library can be paid for directly via a monthly invoice rather than individual APCs.
How this differs from a R&P Agreement: Each APC is still being paid for by the Library, though this is done in a monthly batch. Where an author has already requested funding for the article, or where it is eligible to be paid from the UKRI/Wellcome Trust Block Grants, we will approve the payment – all other invoices are then passed on to the corresponding author to arrange payment.