Open Access

Transformative agreements enables USI faculty to publish their research as open access (OA) without the need to pay an article processing charge (APC).

Transformative agreements can also be known as Read and Publish agreement. Explanations of open access publishing terms including what a transformative agreement is can found at this glossary that is complied by ChronosHub.

Cambridge Core collection. 

USI faculty can publish open access articles for free in any hybrid or gold open access (OA) or gold open access (OS) Cambridge University Press journal.

• All the details on article submission and open access can be found on the Cambridge's step-by-step guide for authors for publishing your article open access under a transformative agreement. 

• Authors have their choice of which Creative Commons license to publish with. Input the information into the Open Access Waivers and Discounts tool, to access the full list of journals where you can publish open access at no charge.

• More information about open access is available at Cambridge Open Access.