Open Access Publishing

"Transformative agreements are those contracts negotiated between institutions (libraries, national and regional consortia) and publishers that transform the business model underlying scholarly journal publishing, moving from one based on toll access (subscription) to one in which publishers are remunerated a fair price for their open access publishing services." (Efficiency and Standards for Article Charges, ESAC)

Currently, CSU Channel Islands is a part of three transformative agreements that cover open access publication fees (known as APCs or article processing charges) for Channel Islands authors. Please see below for details of each. This page will be updated regularly to include new agreements and to remove those that have expired.

The current CSU-Elsevier Transformative Read and Publish agreement ends December 31, 2024. In order to qualify for an APC waiver, articles must meet the following conditions:

• The corresponding author must be employed by the CSU
• The article must be accepted for publication into one of the included journals. Use this journal search tool to see if your journal is included
• Articles must be accepted between 1 January 2022 and December 31, 2024
• Approval is mediated by the University Library. You will be notified by email that your request to publish open access has been approved

The current CSU-American Chemical Society transformative read and publish agreement ends December 31, 2025. In order to qualify for an APC waiver, articles must meet the following conditions:

• The corresponding author must be employed by the CSU
• Includes 60+ hybrid journals published by ACS
• If the author has received grant funding towards publication, this funding must be exhausted before requesting funding support from this agreement
• Articles must be accepted between 1 January 2022 and December 31, 2025
• Approval is mediated by the University Library. You will be notified by email that your request to publish open access has been approved

CSU Channel Islands is part of the Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium (SCELC)-Wiley transformative read and publish agreement. In order to qualify for an APC waiver, articles must meet the following conditions:

• The corresponding author must be employed by CSU Channel Islands or another SCELC participating institution
• Article must be accepted for publication in an eligible Wiley fully OA or hybrid journal (please see list of eligible journals on SCELC guide)
• Articles must be accepted between 1 January 2024 and December 31, 2026
• Approval is mediated by SCELC and there is no cap on the number of publications approved.
• APC discounts will be provided for grant funded corresponding authors ($1000 of list price APC)
• APC waivers will be provided for unfunded corresponding authors

This guide is adapted from the Open Access guide licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License by Dana Ospina and Carolyn Caffrey of CSU Dominguez Hills.