Publisher Agreements
USU Libraries has negotiated agreements with publishers to cover the costs of open-access publishing as part of our subscription and licensing deals. These agreements are designed to support USU authors in publishing their work open access without paying Article Processing Charges (APCs).
These agreements allow USU researchers to make their work freely and openly accessible to a global audience, promoting the dissemination of knowledge and advancing the mission of the University.
Publishers
USU libraries have partnered with the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) to make it possible for all USU authors to make their new conference proceedings or journal articles open access. Upon acceptance, authors will receive an email with information about selecting a creative commons license. Click here for more information.
Browse the list of qualifying journals, conference proceedings, and magazines.
Conditions
- Must be corresponding author
- Must use @usu.edu email address
Current Agreement Ends:
Ongoing
You have the option to publish your accepted article as Open Access for free in any journal by Cambridge University Press, whether it's a fully open access journal or a hybrid one. Upon acceptance you will be asked to select the Creative Commons license that works for you.
Browse the list of qualifying journals.
Conditions
- Must be corresponding author
- Must list Utah State University as your affiliation
- Article type must be a research article, review article, rapid communication, brief report, or case report
Current Agreement Ends:
December 31, 2026
From January 1st 2024, you can publish your research open access in most gold or hybrid IOP Science journals at no cost to you. When you submit your manuscript to an eligible journal, IOP will notify the corresponding author and ask the author to opt in to open access. If the manuscript is accepted for publication, the article will be published at no cost to author under this agreement.
Browse journals covered by this agreement.
Conditions
- Must be corresponding author
- Must use institutional email address
- Must select CC-BY 4.0 license
Current Agreement Ends:
December 31, 2027
USU Libraries has a limited deposit to publish your accepted article as Open Access at no charge to you in any Gold OA Taylor & Francis journal. Funds are replenished in January and spent on a first come, first serve basis.
Authors accepted to Gold OA journals will automatically qualify for funding. The library will be notified upon your formal acceptance and approve funding.
Browse qualifying journals.
Explore the Taylor & Francis open access cost finder.
Conditions
- Must be corresponding author
- Must list Utah State University as your affiliation
Fund Amount:
$18,000 (when this amount is spent authors will be responsible to payment until the next fiscal year)
Current Agreement Ends:
December 31, 2025
Through the Utah State University membership with the Greater Western Library Alliance, 15 institutions are participating in a transformative agreement with Springer Nature, meaning that corresponding authors* affiliated with USU are eligible to publish their articles open access with fees covered in hybrid journals across the Springer Nature portfolio.
Conditions
- The corresponding author must be a member of Utah State University.
- The submission must be accepted for publication by the journal’s editorial board.
- The article type must be one of the following:
- Original Paper: A standard article, usually presenting new results. Articles published under this article type may also be described as Original Research, Original Article, Original Paper or Research Paper.
- Review Paper: A standard article interpreting previously published results.
- Brief Communication: A short standard article containing primary research. This may also be called a Short Research Article, Case Report, or Brief Report on new findings.
- Continuing Education: An article forming an integral part of further education (usually medical).
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