{"id":3013,"date":"2021-09-20T15:40:43","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T22:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/library\/?page_id=3013"},"modified":"2026-02-16T15:07:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T23:07:34","slug":"open-access","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/library\/open-access\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Access Publishing Agreements"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-3013\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-3013-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-3013-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-3013-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Open Access Publishing Agreements<\/h3>\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The MLML\/MBARI Library participates in several agreements with journal publishers that waive the fees associated with open access publications. These agreements, often called \u201cread and publish\u201d or \u201ctransformative\u201d agreements, help provide access to peer reviewed scholarship for all.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Interested in learning more about open access?<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.berkeley.edu\/research\/scholarly-communication\/open-access\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> UC Berkeley\u2019s library guide<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is a good place to start. Another good resource is this <a href=\"https:\/\/sparcopen.org\/our-work\/guide-for-authors-complying-with-policies\/\">Guide for Authors Complying with U.S. Federal Agency Public Access and Publisher Policies<\/a> from SPARC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Questions? <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please see the details below and reach out to <\/span><a href=\"mailto:kathryn.lage@sjsu.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Katie Lage<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> with any questions.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-3013-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-3013-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-3013-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-accordion panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-accordion so-widget-sow-accordion-default-fa98265e4318-3013\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div>\n\t<div class=\"sow-accordion\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\n\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-anchor-id=\"company-of-biologists-read-publish-agreement-mlml-and-mbari\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-company-of-biologists-read-publish-agreement-mlml-and-mbari\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-company-of-biologists-read-publish-agreement-mlml-and-mbari\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCompany of Biologists Read &amp; Publish Agreement: MLML and MBARI\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-company-of-biologists-read-publish-agreement-mlml-and-mbari\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-company-of-biologists-read-publish-agreement-mlml-and-mbari\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Library is now part of The Company of Biologists\u2019 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biologists.com\/library-hub\/read-publish\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Read &amp; Publish initiative<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which means:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Corresponding authors wishing to publish Open Access in all five of The Company of Biologists\u2019 specialist <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.biologists.com\/journals\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">journals<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2013 Development, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology, Disease Models &amp; Mechanisms and Biology Open - can do so without paying an article processing charge (APC).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Researchers at MLML and MBARI<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">can publish an uncapped number of articles in the above journals.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can search and download any article from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.biologists.com\/journals\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Company of Biologists\u2019 journals<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">including the full archive dating back to 1853.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Additionally, a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forest.biologists.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">tree is planted<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">in a UK forest every time a researcher at MLML or MBARI<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">publishes a Research article or Review article with The Company of Biologists.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Company of Biologists\u2019 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biologists.com\/library-hub\/read-publish\/guide-for-authors\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">guide-for-authors<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">provides further details on how to submit your work.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Library participates in several open access agreements and each works a little differently. Authors should investigate the details <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">before submission<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/library\/open-access\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Read more about them here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and reach out to Katie with questions.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\n\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-anchor-id=\"wiley-open-access-publishing-agreement-mlml-and-mbari\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-wiley-open-access-publishing-agreement-mlml-and-mbari\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-wiley-open-access-publishing-agreement-mlml-and-mbari\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWiley Open Access Publishing Agreement: MLML and MBARI\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-wiley-open-access-publishing-agreement-mlml-and-mbari\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-wiley-open-access-publishing-agreement-mlml-and-mbari\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Corresponding authors affiliated with MLML and MBARI can publish open access in eligible Wiley journals at <em>reduced<\/em> or <em>no<\/em> <em>cost<\/em>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>2024-2026 Multipayer Publish &amp; Read Agreement:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Library has entered into a new Wiley agreement for 2024-2026 through a statewide consortium called SCELC.<\/li>\n<li>Fees to publish your research as an open access article (referred to as APC fees) vary by the funding source for your research.<\/li>\n<li>If the corresponding author is affiliated with MLML or MBARI and the research was funded by a <em>research<\/em> grant:\n<ul>\n<li>This agreement provides a discount of $1000 of the APC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>If the corresponding author is affiliated with MLML or MBARI and the research was NOT funded by a <em>research<\/em> grant that allows for use to pay APC fees:\n<ul>\n<li>This agreement <em>waives <\/em>the full APC for unfunded corresponding authors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eligible article types<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0in over 1600 <strong>hybrid and fully open access<\/strong> Wiley journals.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>The agreement includes read access to<strong> all Wiley titles 1997 to present<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>More details: <a href=\"https:\/\/scelc.libguides.com\/c.php?g=1202411&amp;p=10009777\">SCELC Wiley 2024-2026 Read and Publish Open Access Agreement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Important<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/authorservices.wiley.com\/author-resources\/Journal-Authors\/open-access\/affiliation-policies-payments\/scelc-agreement.html\">Wiley Author Services for SCELC Open Access Agreement<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\n\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-anchor-id=\"elsevier-open-access-publishing-agreement-mlml-through-sjsu\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-elsevier-open-access-publishing-agreement-mlml-through-sjsu\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-elsevier-open-access-publishing-agreement-mlml-through-sjsu\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tElsevier Open Access Publishing Agreement: MLML through SJSU\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-elsevier-open-access-publishing-agreement-mlml-through-sjsu\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-elsevier-open-access-publishing-agreement-mlml-through-sjsu\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Corresponding authors affiliated with MLML\/SJSU (or any campus in the CSU) can publish open access in eligible Elsevier journals at no cost.<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Find out the details of the agreement on this <a href=\"https:\/\/library.sjsu.edu\/SJSU_ScholarWorks\/oa-publishing\">SJSU guide<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Articles must have an original acceptance date between 1 January 2025 and 31 December 2027.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The agreement covers <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">corresponding authors<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> who are MLML\/SJSU or other CSU affiliates. Use SJSU affiliation (can add MLML as dept.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Open access articles are published in the journal and on Elsevier\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ScienceDirect<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> platform under one of two reuse licenses: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/about\/our-business\/policies\/open-access-licenses\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CC BY or CC BY-NC-ND<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The author\u2019s choice to publish open access (or not), does not affect publishing decisions by Elsevier.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.calstate.edu\/csu-elsevier-renewal-2022\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CSU Libraries Announcement and background information<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\n\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-anchor-id=\"more-open-access-agreements-and-information-from-sjsus-king-library\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-more-open-access-agreements-and-information-from-sjsus-king-library\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-more-open-access-agreements-and-information-from-sjsus-king-library\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore Open Access Agreements and information from SJSU's King Library\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-more-open-access-agreements-and-information-from-sjsus-king-library\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-more-open-access-agreements-and-information-from-sjsus-king-library\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>SJSU's King Library offers a few other opportunities (e.g. Cambridge University Press) to publish open access for SJSU affiliates. agreement with Cambridge University Press. <a href=\"https:\/\/library.sjsu.edu\/SJSU_ScholarWorks\/oa-publishing\">Read more about them and other SJSU activities in support of open access publishing.<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MLML\/MBARI Library participates in several agreements with journal publishers that waive the fees associated with open access publications. These agreements, often called \u201cread and publish\u201d or \u201ctransformative\u201d agreements, help provide access to peer reviewed scholarship for all.\u00a0 Interested in learning more about open access? UC Berkeley\u2019s library guide is a good place to start. 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