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Open Access Publishing Partnerships

Information on Transformative Agreements (also known as "Read and Publish" agreements) RIT Libraries has entered into; as well as any other publishing discounts that my apply to RIT affiliates.

Cambridge University Press Read and Publish Agreement

Benefit:

Article Processing Charge waived: Corresponding authors affiliated with RIT may publish open access at no cost in journals covered by this agreement.
- Article Types: Research Articles, Review Articles, Rapid Communications, Brief Reports, Case Reports
- Journals covered: Use the Eligibility Checker to look up RIT for our full list of journals. If you are at a Global Campus, you will have to enter "USA" in the Location field.

How to Use this Benefit:

Submit your research using your institutional affiliation (ideally using ORCID). Note: The corresponding author must be affiliated with RIT (or another participating institution)
Upon acceptance, choose the Gold Open Access option in your author publishing agreement form and select a creative commons license.

Further Reading

For more information on open access publishing with Cambridge, visit:

Transformative agreements: https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/open-access-policies/read-and-publish-agreements
More information on open access policies and licenses: https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/open-research/open-access-resources
Transformative Agreement author training: https://youtu.be/HSf7BYJPHKE?si=y5vDVvSRjpt9_wPf
List of participating institutions through the NERL consortium: https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/open-access-policies/read-and-publish-agreements/oa-agreement-nerl

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