The Ohio State University Libraries promotes innovative research and creative expression and curates and preserves information essential for scholarship and learning. Making the research and scholarship of Ohio State’s faculty, staff and students openly available allows us to live our land grant mission – sharing knowledge and culture with the people of Ohio, the nation and the world.
The current scholarly publishing model creates barriers for researchers and has become unsustainable. In alignment with the university’s promise of operational excellence and resource stewardship, we are exploring partnerships to transform that model while also ensuring researchers have access to the tools crucial for their work.
Contact Us: TransformPublishing@osu.edu
Open Access Publishing Agreements
University Libraries has agreements with publishers (including consortial agreements through OhioLINK and the Big Ten Academic Alliance) that cover Open Access fees (APCs) at no cost to Ohio State corresponding authors for eligible articles and journals. More information about each current Open Access publishing agreement is available via a FAQ page:
Featured Announcements (All News)
University Libraries Royal Society of Chemistry Read & Publish Agreement (2024-2026)
The Ohio State University Libraries and the Royal Society of Chemistry have entered into a Read and Publish agreement. The three-year agreement includes Ohio State's access to Royal Society of Chemistry journals, while also supporting unlimited Open Access publishing for corresponding authors affiliated with Ohio State at article acceptance. For more information, please visit our Royal Society of Chemistry FAQ page.
OhioLINK Elsevier Hybrid Open Access Agreement (2024-2027)
OhioLINK has negotiated a new hybrid Open Access agreement with Elsevier beginning January 2024 and continuing through December 2027. This agreement offers limited Open Access publishing benefits in eligible hybrid journals at no cost to Ohio State submitting corresponding authors. For more information, please visit our Elsevier Hybrid FAQ page.
OhioLINK Springer Hybrid Open Access Agreement (2024-2026)
OhioLINK has negotiated a new hybrid Open Access agreement with Springer Nature beginning January 2024 and continuing through December 2026. This deal adds OhioLINK access to 700+ additional Springer Nature titles and limited hybrid Open Access publishing benefits at no cost to Ohio State corresponding authors. For more information, please visit our Springer Hybrid FAQ page.
Renewal and Expansion of the OhioLINK Wiley Open Access Agreement (2024-2026)
OhioLINK's renewed and expanded Open Access publishing agreement with Wiley is effective January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2026. The Wiley renewal adds fully Open Access Wiley and Hindawi journal titles to the existing Wiley hybrid journal titles that are eligible for Open Access publishing benefits for Ohio State corresponding authors. For more information, please visit our Wiley FAQ page.
University Libraries Royal Society Read & Publish Agreement (2021-2024)
The Ohio State University Libraries and the Royal Society have renewed Ohio State's Read and Publish agreement for 2024. The agreement includes Ohio State's access to Royal Society journals, while also supporting unlimited Open Access publishing for corresponding authors affiliated with Ohio State at article submission. For more information, please visit our Royal Society FAQ page.
Big Ten Academic Alliance Biochemical Society Read and Publish Agreement (2023-2026)
The Big Ten Academic Alliance and the Biochemical Society have entered into a Read and Publish agreement that guarantees uncapped, fee-free Open Access publishing for Ohio State corresponding authors alongside full read access to all Biochemical Society journals. Beginning November 1, 2023 and continuing through December 31, 2026, corresponding authors affiliated with Ohio State upon acceptance can publish unlimited Open Access articles in Biochemical Society journals at no cost to the author. For more information, please visit our Biochemical Society FAQ page.
University Libraries Support for Ohio State Faculty-Authored Open Access Monographs
Ohio State Open Access Monograph Initiative
Following a successful TOME five-year pilot, The Ohio State University Libraries has launched a new three-year initiative to provide Open Access funding for Ohio State faculty-authored scholarly monographs published with university presses.
We are accepting Expressions of Interest for the new Open Access Monograph Initiative.
University Libraries Collective Action Investments in Open Access Monographs
In addition to supporting Ohio State faculty authors through our Open Access Monograph Initiative fund, University Libraries also collectively invests in community-supported Open Access monograph initiatives and programs that can benefit Ohio State authors publishing monographs with a growing number of publishers. The initiatives and funding models University Libraries currently supports include:
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Big Ten Open Books (current participating university presses)
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Open Book Collective (support includes the ScholarLed Open Access presses African Minds, Mattering Press, mediastudies.press, meson press, Open Book Publishers, punctum books, and the Thoth open metadata platform)
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Opening the Future (includes Central European University Press and Liverpool University Press)
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Path to Open (current participating university presses)
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University of Michigan Press Fund to Mission Open Access Monograph Model
University Libraries Services in Support of Scholarly Publishing
University Libraries Investments in Open Access and Scholarly Publishing Infrastructure
Questions? Please contact us by email at TransformPublishing@osu.edu with any questions or comments.