Open Access Publishing Opportunities
What is Open Access Publishing?
Open Access (OA) publishing refers to the free and open availability of research articles online. Meaning that readers can access resources free of cost without going through an institutional subscription. The cost of publishing is instead placed on the authors. This model increases the potential reach of the scholarly works, but can be cost restrictive.
What the Libraries Offer
Texas A&M University Libraries have negotiated agreements with specific publishers that allow researchers to publish open access articles free of charge or at a discounted rate.
To be eligible, the corresponding author must be currently affiliated with Texas A&M University.
Free Open Access Options
Texas A&M researchers can publish Gold and hybrid open access articles at no additional cost to all journals from the following publishers. The number of publications is unlimited unless indicated otherwise.
| Publisher | Organization |
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American Chemical Society (ACS) |
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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
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Cambridge University Press |
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Company of Biologists |
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Degruyter-Brill *Our agreement only covers DeGruyter journals |
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Emerald Publishing *There is a cap of 25 articles for the year 2024 |
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Institute of Physics (IOP) |
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Microbiology Society |
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Portland Press |
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Royal Society |
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Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) |
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Sage Publishing |
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TAMU Libraries’ agreement with Springer Nature covers APCs in Springer Hybrid journals. Please note that Nature titles are not included. There is an article cap of 555 that is shared between a number of other universities. The number of remaining articles will be updated bimonthly. |
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For 2025, the TAMU Libraries has an article cap of 250. For Gold article submissions, please note that while the library may currently be under the cap, there is no guarantee that we will still be under the cap at the time of acceptance. |
ARTICLE Processing Charge (APC) Discounts
The following publishers provide Texas A&M researchers a discount for the article processing charge.
| Publisher | Company | Discount |
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Elsevier - Gold Core | 15% APC discount |
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Elsevier - Hybrid Core | 10% APC discount |
Note: Texas A&M does not endorse any publishing entity. Publishing destination decisions are at the author’s discretion.
OAKTrust: Institutional Repository
OAKTrust is the institutional repository for Texas A&M University and is intended to collect, preserve, and distribute the scholarly output of the university. Faculty are encouraged to self-submit their work, published and unpublished, to OAKTrust. More information about how to submit your work can be found on our OAKTrust Digital Repository page or by emailing us at: digital@library.tamu.edu.
Additional Resources
SciPost: publishes 13 open access journals with no author fees.
The Directory of Open Access Journals
HowOpenIsIt? A Guide for Evaluating the Openness of Journals
Suggest a Publisher
Want to suggest a future publisher/journal target that your department values?
Email us at: suggestOA@tamu.edu
