UEL Library, Archives and Learning Services has Transitional Agreements (also referred to as Read & Publish deals) with Elsevier, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, and ACM. Under these agreements, UEL researchers can publish their review and primary research articles open access at no cost to the author in journals covered by our agreements with these publishers.
To be eligible to take advantage of the deals you must:
Further details of each of our agreements are available on the adjoining tabs.
UEL corresponding authors can publish Open Access in Elsevier's eligible hybrid (subscription) journals without cost to the author.
Journals covered by the agreement:
Participating hybrid journals, including Cell Press and the Lancet. To see which titles are covered - please use Elsevier's journal checking tool: Elsevier’s checking tool
You can also check which journals are included via the Jisc Transitional Agreement Look-up tool.
Journals not covered by the agreement:
APCs for articles in Elsevier’s 'fully Gold Open Access' journals are not eligible, and an individual APC will still need to be paid. However, if publishing in a Gold Open Access journal, a 15% discount is available on the APC.
What you need to do:
ensure you’re the corresponding author
follow the instructions on Elsevier’s page
confirm that you're affiliated with UEL
be sure to use your current UEL email address (not your private email address) to be identified as eligible under the agreement.
use a CC BY licence
UEL corresponding authors can publish peer-review research articles Open Access in Wiley's eligible journals without cost to the author.
You can also check which journals are included via the Jisc Transitional Agreement Look-up tool.
ensure you’re the corresponding author
Allows access to subscription articles while giving the corresponding authors at UEL the opportunity to publish open access in their 'Open Select' (hybrid) journals without cost to the author.
If you're a UEL corresponding author and your article is accepted by one of the journals below, it can be published Open Access; you won't need to get separate funding :
To verify if a particular journal is included in the agreement, use the Taylor & Francis Open Access Cost Finder. Ensure that the journal's OA Status is listed as 'Open Select'.
You can also check which journals are included via the Jisc Transitional Agreement Look-up tool.
What you need to do:
ensure you’re the corresponding author
select the T&F Open Select journal you would like to publish in,
read the journal's 'Instructions for Authors', which will give you a guide on how to submit your article,
submit on T&F's homepage
confirm you're affiliated with UEL, and that your institution will provide funding for open access publishing
and be sure to use your current UEL email address (not your private email address) to be identified as eligible under the agreement.
For more information, please be sure to head to:
and their 'Choose Open' page in their author services.
UEL corresponding authors can publish peer-review research articles Open Access in ACM eligible journals without cost to the author. The deal is in place for articles accepted from 1 January 2024 until 31 December 2025.
What you need to do:
From the submission stage onwards
ensure you’re the corresponding author
be sure to use your current UEL email address (not your private email address) to be identified as eligible under the agreement.
confirm that you're affiliated with UEL
use a CC BY licence