Read and Publish (R&P) agreements support open scholarly publishing in selected journals. These agreements enable SCU authors to publish open access papers without paying article processing charges.
SCU corresponding authors will save money. Instead of paying article processing fees, the Library funds open publication through its subscriptions.
IMPORTANT: The R&P agreements only cover open access publishing fees. As part of your journal selection process, always check submission guidelines and any possible costs such as page charges or any other fees on the journal's homepage prior to submitting your manuscript. These other additional publishing fees can be substantial.
For the capped agreements with Elsevier, Springer and Wiley, the capped article allowance is shared with other universities participating in the agreement. SCU authors can access the shared allowance with availability based on the order of article acceptance across all universities.
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Authors need to choose a Creative Commons licence when publishing under a R&P Agreement. Conservative licences can limit research work and its impact. The more open the licence, e.g. CC BY, the easier it will be for your work to be accessed, read and used. Here is a quote from the Creative Commons website:
Researchers publish to be read, to have impact, and to make the world a better place. To accomplish these important goals, researchers need to enable reuse and adaptations of their research publications and data. They also need to be able to reuse and adapt the publications and data of others (Vézina, 2020, para. 4).
If you have an ARC or NHMRC grant, you may have requirements to open licence some or all of your research outputs. See this page for more information about CC licences.
Read this article on the Open Access Australasia website to help you make an informed decision:
Open access licence choices: don't be afraid of open. By Richard White, Manager Copyright & Open Access at University of Otago Aotearoa New Zealand.
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