Our Read and Publish Agreements allow researchers at Coventry University to publish articles via the immediate 'Gold' Open Access route at no further cost. Typically, Gold Open Access would require the payment of an Article Processing Charge (APC) on acceptance, but articles published in the journals covered by these agreements will not incur this charge, so long as the corresponding author is affiliated with Coventry University.
Articles where the corresponding author is affiliated with Coventry University are eligible. Each publisher defines the corresponding author slightly differently (see below) but this is typically the author who submits the manuscript.
If you believe an article you submitted should be covered by our agreements but it hasn't been picked up, please contact oa.lib@coventry.ac.uk for support.
Note that these agreements only cover APCs, additional costs such as Page or Colour Charges are not covered.
Our agreement with BMJ covers a number of their Open Access and Hybrid journals.
Only certain article types (broadly classed as original research articles) are covered under the agreement. See here for a list of eligible article types.
BMJ define the corresponding author as the submitting author. As such, the submitting author must use their Coventry University email address during the submission process, otherwise the article will not be recognised as being eligible for the agreement.
Our agreement with CUP covers a number of their Open Access and Hybrid journals.
The article types covered by the agreement include Research Articles, Rapid Communications, Review Articles, Brief Reports and Case Reports.
The corresponding author must be agreed on submission and can only be changed with the written agreement of all manuscript authors, and may be subject to review. More information about assigning corresponding authors can be found here. We would encourage corresponding authors to use their institutional email address.
Our agreement with Elsevier covers a wide range of their Hybrid journals. This agreement provides a 15% APC discount for their Gold journals - please note that authors will still be responsible for sourcing the money to pay for the rest of this APC (e.g. through the UKRI Block Grant, the Internal Fund, etc.)
The article types covered by the agreement include Case reports, Data in Briefs, Full-length articles, Micro-articles, Original software publication, Practice guidelines, Protocols, Review articles, Replication studies, Short communications, Short surveys and Video articles. When publishing in eligible journals from The Lancet, full length articles are the only eligible article type.
Elsevier defines the corresponding author as the author who submits the manuscript and other related documentation to the journal and is the primary contact between the journal and all other authors. While your article may have multiple corresponding authors, the submitting author will be used to check eligibility.
A small number of Elsevier journals operating in the Business and Finance disciplines charge authors 'submission fees' for each article submitted. These costs are not covered under the agreement.
Our agreement with Sage covers a wide range of their Hybrid journals. This agreement provides a 20% APC discount for their Gold journals - please note that authors will still be responsible for sourcing the money to pay for the rest of this APC (e.g. through the UKRI Block Grant, the Internal Fund, etc.)
The articles considered article type are covered by the agreement (article types such as book reviews and commercially sponsored articles are not).
Our agreement with Taylor and Francis covers their 'Open Select' Hybrid journals.
Articles must be original research articles. Other types of paper, such as Editorials, Announcements, and Book Reviews, are not covered by this agreement..
Our agreement with Wiley covers all their Hybrid and Open Access journals, including those published through Hindawi and IET.
The article types covered by the agreement include primary research or a review articles. Other article types e.g. letters, editorials etc. are excluded.
Wiley defines the corresponding author as the author who manages the manuscript and correspondence during the publication process - from submission through publication.
A small number of Wiley journals operating in the Business and Finance disciplines charge authors 'submission fees' for each article submitted. These costs are not covered under the agreement.
We ask that authors to choose a CC-BY licence wherever possible. If you have accidentally selected a more restrictive licence, please contact oa.lib@coventry.ac.uk, and we can advise how to change the licence.
Using the following tool, you can see a list of all the journals covered (by clicking on each publisher's name), or search to see if specific journals are covered (click "Show Search" and type in the name of the journal or it's ISSN - note that is can be sensitive for and / &). To see this tool full screen, click here.
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