UEA has signed up to agreements with several academic publishers that cover Article Processing Charges (APCs) for UEA-affiliated corresponding authors. These are sometimes known as Read and Publish deals. These agreements cover UEA staff and students.
The following list details the publisher deals that provide open access article publication at no additional cost to the author. Some of these deals might be under active negotiation for renewal. Additional publication costs (such as page or colour charges) are not covered by these deals. Please note that these deals usually only cover the costs for research articles. If you are writing a different type of article (for example a commentary or book review), please check the publisher's page for information on eligible article types, or contact the Open Research team, before submission.
Many deals exclude open access costs in fully open access journals, though there may be a discount on the full APC. In such cases, you must ensure you have the funds available to cover the open access charges, for example from grant funding). If you are not sure, please contact the Open Research team.
If your chosen publisher is not listed below or you encounter any broken links, please contact the Open Research team.
American Chemical Society (ACS) (2025-26)
American Physical Society (APS) (2023-25, confirmed for 2026-28)
Association of Computer Machinery (ACM) (2023-25)
BMJ Publishing (2023-25)
Cambridge University Press (CUP) (2021-25)
Company of Biologists (2025-26)
Elsevier, including Cell Press and Lancet (2022-25)
Geological Society Lyell Collection (2024-25, confirmed for 2026-27)
Institute of Physics (IOP) (2024-25 + confirmed additional year 2026)
John Benjamins (2025-26)
Microbiology Society (2025-26)
Oxford University Press (OUP) (2024-25)
Portland Press (2023-24)
Public Library of Science (PLOS) (2025)
The Royal Society (2025)
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) (2025)
SAGE (2023-25)
Society for Neuroscience (2025, confirmed for 2026)
Springer Nature Palgrave (2023-24 + additional year 2025)
Taylor and Francis (2024-25)
Wiley (2024-25)
Eligible authors: UEA author must be the submitting corresponding author
Eligible journals: All journals
Eligible article types: Research articles only
Standard publishing (APCs) if you were NOT using this agreement? $1,250 - $5,000 plus VAT
Does my funder’s OA policy support publishing in a journal included in this deal? https://journalcheckertool.org/
Further information from the publisher: How to publish open access with ACS
Eligible authors: UEA author must be the submitting corresponding author; your affiliation must be given on the submitting form and the manuscript as UEA.
Eligible journals: 9 hybrid peer-reviewed Physical Review journals using a CC BY licence: Physical Review Letters (PRL), Physical Review A (PRA), Physical Review B (PRB), Physical Review C (PRC), Physical Review D (PRD), Physical Review E (PRE), Physical Review Applied (PRApplied), Physical Review Fluids (PRFluids), Physical Review Materials (PRMaterials).
Deal excludes Reviews of Modern Physics, and the Physical Review Online Archive (PROLA).
Eligible article types: Regular Articles, Letters, Rapid Communications, Reviews, Perspectives, and Short Papers
Standard publishing (APCs) if you were NOT using this agreement? $2,755-$3,865 plus VAT
Does my funder’s OA policy support publishing in a journal included in this deal? https://journalcheckertool.org/
Further information from the publisher: Information on the UK (Jisc) Open Access Agreement
Eligible authors: UEA author must be the submitting corresponding author. You must be current UEA staff or postgraduate student.
Eligible journals: Journal or conference proceeding publications.
Eligible article types: Peer-reviewed research articles.
Standard publishing (APCs) if you were NOT using this agreement? $700-$1800 (USD) plus VAT
Does my funder’s OA policy support publishing in a journal included in this deal? https://journalcheckertool.org/
Eligible authors: Corresponding author, must be current UEA staff or postgraduate student at the time of acceptance. Eligible if you have funding from, UKRI, Wellcome Trust, British Heart Foundation, Blood Cancer UK, Cancer Research UK, Parkinson’s UK, and Verus Arthritis.
Eligible journals: Hybrid Journals only at UEA: publish Open Access without any additional publishing costs in Hybrid journals within the BMJ standard collection.
Eligible article types: Original articles reporting on primary research
Standard publishing (APCs) if you were NOT using this agreement? Average £2,700-£3,885 plus VAT
Does my funder’s OA policy support publishing in a journal included in this deal? https://journalcheckertool.org/
Further information from the publisher: Open access agreements for the United Kingdom 2025: information for authors
Eligible authors: UEA author (staff or student) must be the submitting corresponding author
Eligible journals: "CUP Complete Collection" (includes hybrid and fully open access titles)
Eligible article types: Research articles, review articles, brief reports, case reports, Rapid Communications
Standard publishing (APCs) if you were NOT using this agreement? £649 - £2730 plus VAT
Does my funder’s OA policy support publishing in a journal included in this deal? https://journalcheckertool.org/
Further information from the publisher: Information on OA publishing agreement with Jisc, UK
Eligible authors: UEA author (post-graduate staff or student) must be the submitting corresponding author
Eligible journals: All 5 journal titles.
Eligible article types: Research articles
Standard publishing (APCs) if you were NOT using this agreement? £1,485 - £3,300 plus VAT
Does my funder’s OA policy support publishing in a journal included in this deal? https://journalcheckertool.org/
Further information from the publisher: Read & Publish Open Access initiative
Eligible authors: UEA author (post-graduate staff or student) must be the submitting corresponding author
Eligible journals: Hybrid journals- most titles can be published in without any additional publishing costs. There is a 15% discount when publishing in Fully Open Access titles but you must have identified funding to cover this cost. Elsevier provide a search function to find a participating journal.
Eligible article types: Core hybrid journals: Research and Review articles are covered, this includes: Case Reports / Data in Brief / Microarticle / Original Software Publication / Protocol / Replication Study / Short Communication / Short Survey / Video Article / Practice Guideline
Cell Press: some exceptions apply. Please see the publisher webpage for more information or contact the Open Research team.
The Lancet: some exceptions apply. Please see the publisher webpage for more information or contact the Open Research team.
Standard publishing (APCs) if you were NOT using this agreement? £150 - £7,800 plus VAT
Does my funder’s OA policy support publishing in a journal included in this deal? https://journalcheckertool.org/
Further information from the publisher: Open access agreements for the United Kingdom 2025: information for authors
Eligible authors: UEA author (post-graduate staff or student) must be the submitting corresponding author
Eligible journals: Hybrid journals and book series in the Lyell collection
Eligible article types: All article types
Standard publishing (APCs) if you were NOT using this agreement? £2,400 plus VAT
Does my funder’s OA policy support publishing in a journal included in this deal? https://journalcheckertool.org/
Eligible authors: UEA author (post-graduate staff or student) must be the submitting corresponding author
Eligible journals: All titles excluding titles from the American Astronomical Society.
Eligible article types: Paper, special issue paper, review and/or letter (intended to cover all original research and review type content). For the journal Reports on Progress in Physics, only original research papers can qualify as Eligible Articles.
Standard publishing (APCs) if you were NOT using this agreement? £1,805 - £2,295 plus VAT
Does my funder’s OA policy support publishing in a journal included in this deal? https://journalcheckertool.org/
Further information from the publisher: Information on the UK agreement
Eligible authors: UEA author (post-graduate staff or student) must be the submitting corresponding author
Eligible journals: All hybrid journals.
Eligible article types: Research articles
Standard publishing (APCs) if you were NOT using this agreement? €1,800 plus VAT
Does my funder’s OA policy support publishing in a journal included in this deal? https://journalcheckertool.org/
Eligible authors: UEA author (post-graduate staff or student) must be the submitting corresponding author
Eligible journals: All titles
Eligible article types: All peer-reviewed articles
Standard publishing (APCs) if you were NOT using this agreement? £700 - £2,100 plus VAT
Does my funder’s OA policy support publishing in a journal included in this deal? https://journalcheckertool.org/
Further information from the publisher: Information on the Microbiology Society's institutional agreements
Eligible authors: UEA-affiliated corresponding author of the article
Eligible journals: Most hybrid and fully open access journals. See the publisher page for more information.
Eligible article types: Research articles, review articles, brief reports and case reports. Article-commentary types are not considered eligible.
Standard publishing (APCs) if you were NOT using this agreement? £270 - £6,827 plus VAT
Does my funder’s OA policy support publishing in a journal included in this deal? https://journalcheckertool.org/
Further information from the publisher: Information on the UK Read and Publish agreement. If using this link to check if a journal is covered, UEA is eligible for hybrid and full open access journals.
Eligible authors: UEA author (post-graduate staff or student) must be the submitting corresponding author
Eligible journals: All titles
Standard publishing (APCs) if you were NOT using this agreement? £1,250 - £2,150 plus VAT
Does my funder’s OA policy support publishing in a journal included in this deal? https://journalcheckertool.org/
Eligible authors: UEA author (post-graduate staff or student) must be the submitting corresponding author
Eligible journals: PLOS Computational Biology, PLOS Pathogens, PLOS Genetics, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases and PLOS ONE
Standard publishing (APCs) if you were NOT using this agreement?$1,046-$3,043 plus VAT (fees depend on journal and article type)
Does my funder’s OA policy support publishing in a journal included in this deal? https://journalcheckertool.org/
Further information from the publisher: Information on the UK Read and Publish agreement
Eligible authors: UEA author (post-graduate staff or student) must be the submitting corresponding author
Eligible journals: all titles (8 hybrid and 2 fully OA)
Eligible article types: All article types
Standard publishing (APCs) if you were NOT using this agreement? £1,400-£1,995 plus VAT
Does my funder’s OA policy support publishing in a journal included in this deal? https://journalcheckertool.org/
Further information from the publisher: The Royal Society's Read & Publish information for authors Note, UEA is signed up to Pack S (all journals).
Eligible authors: UEA author (post-graduate staff or student) must be the submitting corresponding author
Eligible journals: Most hybrid journals. Please see the publisher page for more information. There is a 15% discount when publishing in fully Open Access titles but you must have identified funding to cover this cost.
Eligible article types: All peer reviewed article types: Research, communications, and reviews
Standard publishing (APCs) if you were NOT using this agreement? £1,600 - £2,500 plus VAT
Does my funder’s OA policy support publishing in a journal included in this deal? https://journalcheckertool.org/
Further information from the publisher: Open access agreements
Eligible authors: UEA author (post-graduate staff or student) must be the submitting corresponding author
Eligible journals: Hybrid journals only. There is a 20% discount when publishing in fully Open Access titles but you must have identified funding to cover this cost.
Eligible article types: Research and Review articles, and Case Reports
Standard publishing (APCs) if you were NOT using this agreement? £1025 - £3960 plus VAT
Does my funder’s OA policy support publishing in a journal included in this deal? https://journalcheckertool.org/
Further information from the publisher: Information on the UK Jisc Agreement
Eligible authors: UEA author (post-graduate staff or student) must be the submitting corresponding author
Eligible journals: Journal of Neuroscience.
Eligible article types: Research and Review articles
Standard publishing (APCs) if you were NOT using this agreement? $3,725 plus VAT and Publication Fee.
Does my funder’s OA policy support publishing in a journal included in this deal? https://journalcheckertool.org/
Eligible authors: UEA author (post-graduate staff or student) must be the submitting corresponding author
Eligible journals: Springer Compact and Palgrave titles. Nature Research titles subject to a national article threshold. 15% discount applies on on APCs in Springer Nature fully Open Access titles. Deal excludes Nature Reviews titles, Protocols, BioMed Central (BMC) journals.
Eligible article types: Analysis, Article, Letter, Brief Communication, Registered Report, Resource, Technical Report (all eligible journals); Review paper, Brief communication, Continuing education (all except Nature Portfolio journals)
Does my funder’s OA policy support publishing in a journal included in this deal? https://journalcheckertool.org/
Further information from the publisher: Open access agreements for Jisc
Eligible authors: UEA author (post-graduate staff or student) must be the corresponding author at acceptance. To avoid problems, we strongly recommend that the corresponding author is based at UEA (or other institution with this agreement) at submission. For further information see the Taylor and Francis FAQs: Can my co-author and I swap who is the corresponding author to be eligible for an open access agreement?
Eligible journals: T&F Open Select (hybrid) and fully OA titles, F1000 Research and Routledge Open Research.
Eligible article types: Original research articles only
Standard publishing (APCs) if you were NOT using this agreement? £740- £3,800 plus VAT
Does my funder’s OA policy support publishing in a journal included in this deal? https://journalcheckertool.org/
Further information from the publisher: Open access agreement for the authors in the UK (Includes a link to a browsable list of journal covered by the agreement and a list of requirements, including eligible article types.)
Eligible authors: UEA author (post-graduate staff or student) must be the submitting corresponding author
Eligible journals: Most hybrid and fully open access journals. Please see the publisher page for a browsable link to journals covered.
Eligible article types: Primary research or review articles only. Letters, editorials etc are not eligible.
Standard publishing (APCs) if you were NOT using this agreement? £580 - £4,360 plus VAT
Does my funder’s OA policy support publishing in a journal included in this deal? https://journalcheckertool.org/
Further information from the publisher: Open access agreement for authors at eligible UK institutions
This page on My.UEA provides updates on publisher agreement negotiations and renewals.
