Transformative agreements represent a key element in the evolving landscape of scholarly publishing, adopting a necessary and much-awaited shift toward open access (OA) by addressing the limitations of the traditional subscription model. These agreements, usually negotiated between academic institutions or consortia and publishers, blend subscription-based access with provisions that allow researchers to publish their work openly, without facing additional article processing charges (APCs).
Authors covered by an agreement can:
- publish OA with their article processing charges (APCs) covered.
- increase the visibility and usage of their research to anyone with an internet connection.
- comply with funder mandates; many research funders, require that the results of the research they fund be published openly.
- publish open access in prestigious, high-impact subscription journals that would otherwise be paywalled.
- retain the copyright to their work while granting others the right to share and reuse it with the use of Creative Commons (CC) licenses.
- avoid additional administrative problems involved in paying APCs or depositing papers in repositories with simplified administration.
Agreements available to ATU:
- Cambridge University Press(see publisher website for more).
- Oxford University Presshybrid only (see publisher website for more).
- Sage(see publisher website for more).
- ScienceDirect(see publisher website for more).
- Springer Nature (see publisher website for more).
- Taylor & Francis(see publisher website for more).
- Wiley(see publisher website for more).