Open Access

Read and Publish Agreements, or Transformative Agreements, are aimed at making more of our research open access. These agreements work by taking the library’s existing expenditure on journal subscriptions and repurposing it to cover both reading and publishing in a particular publisher’s journals.

These Read and Publish Agreements allow Notre Dame-affiliated researchers to publish articles open access without paying an Article Processing Charge (APC).

Some key points to note:

• Not all publishers offer Read & Publish Agreements
• Not all journals are eligible under the agreements the Notre Dame Library has signed. Details of each agreement can be found via the publisher links below.
• Each agreement may have different conditions. For example, some publishers will allow unlimited submissions, whereas other publishers may set a limit (cap) that will apply across a calendar year for all participating Australian universities. For capped agreements, a link to reports showing approval and rejection statistics can be found via the individual publisher links below.
• Authors are eligible for APC funding only for articles submitted and accepted within the same calendar year as the submission, and only while funding allowances are still available. Once the available APC allowances in capped agreements have been exhausted, authors will be required to pay the APC fee for any articles submitted and accepted thereafter.
• Journal articles for eligible journals will be accepted from Notre Dame corresponding authors, using their Notre Dame email address, and made available under a Creative Commons CC-BY Licence (or a variant thereof)

If authors wish to publish in their chosen journal as closed access rather than take up the open access offer, they may still publish the Author Accepted Manuscript version as open access in Notre Dame's institutional repository, ResearchOnline (note: embargoes may be required by publishers for certain periods).

To determine which journals in which Notre Dame authors may publish, please consult the CAUL Read and Publish Title List webpage. You will need to select the University of Notre Dame Australia at the top of the table to ensure you only view those journals that are included in the University's agreements. You may also filter by publisher, or search the full list for a specific journal title.

The University of Notre Dame Australia participates in agreements with the following publishers. Please see the links below for each of the publisher pages on the CAUL website for more information, including submission details and updates on any capped agreements.