LibGuides: Free Open Access Publishing Opportunities for Chapman Authors: Cambridge University Press

Read-and-publish deal with Cambridge University Press

Chapman University, as a member of the Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium (SCELC), is part of a read-and-publish agreement with Cambridge University Press until December 31, 2024*. In addition to providing Chapman University access to read a much larger number of Cambridge journals, this agreement allows Chapman-affiliated authors to publish their articles Open Access in many Cambridge journals at no cost to themselves.

In other terms, this agreement covers the Article Processing Charges (APCs) for Chapman authors whose research articles are accepted for publication in applicable Cambridge journals during the three year agreement.

Please read on for information to determine if your research publication is eligible and to learn how to take advantage of this opportunity.

*Extended one year from previous date of December 31, 2023.

Is my research eligible?

To be eligible, articles must:

Be original research – eligible article types are research articles, review articles, rapid communications, brief reports and case reports. (Definitions)
Have a corresponding author affiliated with Chapman University. (Definition, roles, and responsibilities of corresponding author)
Be accepted for publication in a Cambridge University Press journal as listed here.
Be accepted for publication between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2024.

How to publish Open Access under this agreement

1. Check your eligibility

To publish OA under this agreement, the corresponding author must be affiliated with Chapman University (verified by use of a Chapman email address).

2. Submit your research

Submit your research to an applicable journal using your institutional affiliation (ideally using ORCID).
(Learn more about researcher IDs such as ORCID in the Researcher IDs and Profiles guide here.)

3. Complete your OA publishing agreement

Once your work has been accepted, complete and submit the journal’s OA author publishing agreement and select the Creative Commons license that will determine how readers can use your article.

4. Coordinate the APC transaction

Rightslink will then contact you to coordinate "payment" of your APC (Article Processing Charge, or the charge to publish Open Access). This is a necessary part of the process, even though there will be no cost to you as a Chapman-affiliated author. Once taken to the payment portal, you should select the option to "Apply Discounts" on the "Charges Estimate" page, then enter "Chapman University" into the "Affiliation Discount" box.

5. Publication

Congratulations! Once your article has published, anyone can find, read, and share your Open Access research.

Additional information

Details of the read-and-publish agreement on Cambridge University Press' website Please note: This website makes reference to seeking funding from the university to pay for APCs. This is already covered as part of our read-and-publish agreement. You will only need to apply the institutional discount and will be able to publish OA at no cost to yourself.
Cambridge University Press "An Author Guide to Paying an Article Processing Charge (APC)" Page 7 has instructions for applying the institutional affiliation discount in order to waive APC costs as part of this agreement. Submissions from Chapman-affiliated authors will be automatically approved and will not require separate library approval.