The University Libraries task force on OA publishing has prepared this guide to assist faculty and student researchers with navigating the information needed to publish their research with Wiley. Please consult OhioLINK's "Information for Authors" guide for the full details on this deal. See all OhioLINK OA agreements here.
Please be aware that there is a maximum number of articles (across all OhioLINK institutions) that may be published open access under this OhioLINK deal each calendar year. When this yearly cohort limit is reached, no-charge article publishing ends for the remainder of that year and authors will no longer see the option to request a waiver at point of manuscript submission.
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What is OhioLINK's Springer open access deal?
In addition to OhioLINK member institutions' current access to Springer journal titles through the Electronic Journal Center (EJC), OhioLINK has negotiated an upgraded agreement that offers access to over 700 additional electronic journals from Springer Nature along with open access publishing benefits.
Starting in January 2024, authors at most OhioLINK member institutions will have the ability to publish open access (OA) journal articles in eligible hybrid journals published by Springer Nature (including many Springer, Palgrave, Adis, and academic journals at nature.com) at no additional cost to either the author or the institution.
Nature portfolio journals such as Nature itself and Scientific American are not included. Fully open access journals are not included. [READ MORE]
Eligible article types
Original papers (original research), review papers, brief communications, continuing education articles. [READ MORE],
Eligible authors and institutions
In order to be eligible to publish open access at no cost in a Springer journal under this agreement, the corresponding author of the article (see below for definition) must be affiliated with an institution that subscribes to OhioLINK’s Electronic Journal Center (EJC), a full text searchable database of electronic journal articles from top scholarly publishers. [READ MORE]
UToledo faculty and students please email us here for assistance and queries.
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NOTE: The OhioLINK Springer OA publishing deal does not include the journal Nature or Scientific American. Read more details here.