Scholarly Communication

Through the Canadian Research Knowledge Network, the University of Calgary is participating in a Read and Publish Deal with Cambridge University Press that allows UCalgary-affiliated researchers to publish an unlimited number of articles Open Access in Cambridge UP hybrid and gold Open Access journals at no charge. Read more about this deal on CRKN's website.

• Who is eligible? Corresponding authors who indicate an affiliation with the University of Calgary. If your primary affiliation is an institute or centre affiliated with UCalgary, please enter both institutions (e.g. Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary). Please also ensure that you use your @ucalgary.ca e-mail address as your corresponding address, as this is used as a secondary data point for approvals.
• What is the timeframe? Articles accepted for publication on or after January 1, 2022 are eligible for this deal. Our current agreement with this publisher lasts until December 31, 2024.
• What journals are eligible? Most Cambridge UP hybrid and gold journals are eligible. 
• What article types are eligible? Research articles, review articles, rapid communication, brief reports, and case reports.

Step by Step Guide for publishing Open Access With Cambridge UP [PDF document]

CUP FAQs about Open Access publishing.

University of Calgary corresponding authors are eligible for a 25% discount on articles accepted in all CSP hybrid journals. When submitting, please identify yourself as a University of Calgary researcher to qualify for the discount.

As of January 1, 2023 University of Calgary corresponding authors will be able to publish an unlimited number of articles as open access in the following five journals at no charge for the duration of the agreement:

• Biochemistry and Cell Biology
• Canadian Journal of Physics
• Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
• Genome
• Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering.

Through negotiations carried out by CRKN, University of Calgary-affiliated authors will get a full waiver for open access publishing in many of Elsevier's hybrid open access journals (some journals are excluded).

• Who is eligible for this deal? Corresponding authors with @ucalgary.ca e-mail addresses. Please review the author workflow on how to indicate your institutional affiliation.
• Are some journals excluded from this deal? Cell Press, Lancet and some other society-owned journals are excluded. You can search to see if your target journal is included on the CRKN website. Gold open access journals are also excluded, but are eligible for a discount. See below.
• What is the timeframe for the deal? Articles accepted on or after January 1, 2024 are eligible. The deal ends December 31, 2026.

University of Calgary-affiliated authors will get discounts on article processing charges in Elsevier gold open access journals with the following discounts based on year:

• Articles accepted Jan 1-Dec 31, 2024: 20%
• Articles accepted Jan 1-Dec 31, 2025: 15%
• Articles accepted Jan 1-Dec 31, 2026: 10%

Through a "transformative agreement," UCalgary-affiliated corresponding authors can publish an unlimited number of articles Open Access at no charge to themselves.

• Who is eligible? Corresponding authors who indicate an affiliation with the University of Calgary. Please ensure that you use your @ucalgary.ca e-mail address as your corresponding address.
• What is the timeframe? Articles accepted between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2024 are eligible for this deal. There is no limit on the number of articles submitted by any one author.
• What journals are included? Many hybrid and gold journals are eligible. A complete list of eligible and ineligible journals is available on the CRKN website (link to Excel spreadsheet)

IOP has a visual guide for authors to submitting under a Transformative Agreement. More information is available via the CRKN website.

University of Calgary-affiliated authors are eligible for a 10% discount. When submitting, please identify yourself as a University of Calgary researcher to qualify for the discount.

University of Calgary-affiliated authors are also eligible for a 15% discount on language editing services. Learn more about this service.

The University of Calgary has a transformative Publish and Read agreement with the Microbiology Society which allows Open Access publishing for corresponding authors for all titles in this portfolio. For more information please see the digital toolkit.

Eligible journals:

Fully Open Access:                        Hybrid:

Microbial Genomics                            Journal of General Virology

Access Microbiology                          Journal of Medical Microbiology

Microbiology                                      International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Through the Canadian Research Knowledge Network, the University of Calgary is participating in a license agreement with Oxford University Press (OUP) that allows UCalgary-affiliated researchers to publish articles Open Access in Oxford UP hybrid Open Access journals at no charge. 

Articles accepted for publication in OUP's gold Open Access journals are not eligible under this agreement; however, authors will receive a 10% discount on article processing charges (APCs). More information about this deal is available on the CRKN website.

• Who is eligible? Corresponding authors who indicate an affiliation with the University of Calgary. If your primary affiliation is an institute or centre affiliated with UCalgary, please enter both institutions (e.g. Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary). Please also ensure that you use your @ucalgary.ca e-mail address as your corresponding address, as this is used as a secondary data point for approvals.
• What is the timeframe? Articles accepted for publication as of Feb 1, 2024 are eligible for this deal. Our current agreement with this publisher lasts until December 31, 2026.
• What journals are eligible? Most Oxford UP hybrid journals are eligible. A list of eligible journals can be downloaded on the CRKN website.

Step by Step Guide for publishing Open Access With Oxford UP [PDF document]

Authors affiliated with the University of Calgary, publishing in hybrid RSC journals, are eligible for a 15% discount.

• Who is eligible? Corresponding authors who indicate an affiliation with the University of Calgary. Please ensure that you use your @ucalgary.ca e-mail address as your corresponding address.
• What is the timeframe? Articles submitted between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2024 are eligible for this deal. There is no limit on the number of articles submitted by any one author.
• What journals are included? Hybrid journals are eligible. If you're not sure whether a particular journal falls into that category, contact us with the name of the journal.

Through the Canadian Knowledge Research Network, the University of Calgary is participating in two Open Access programs with SAGE:

1. A "read and publish" deal with most "hybrid" open access journals (called SAGE Choice Journals) as well as Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) and Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) journals for the period 2021 to 2026. This allows University of Calgary authors publishing in all but 12 SAGE hybrid open access journals to publish papers open access at no cost to the individual. The list of SAGE Choice hybrid journals eligible to have their APC fees waived for open access publication is available here. 
2. A 40% discount on article publishing charges for most "gold" open access journals. The list of gold OA journals eligible to receive the 40% discount on APC fees is available here.

• Who is eligible? Corresponding authors who indicate an affiliation with the University of Calgary. Please ensure that you use your @ucalgary.ca e-mail address as your corresponding address.
• What is the timeframe? Articles accepted for publication between January 1, 2021 and December 31, 2026 are eligible for this deal.

Please follow the instructions on the CRKN website to claim. 

University of Calgary-affiliated authors are eligible for a 25% discount in T&F Open Select journals. This applies to articles accepted for publication up until December 31, 2024. Please follow the instructions on the CRKN website to claim.

As of January 16, 2023, corresponding authors affiliated with an institution participating in the license agreement will be able to publish an unlimited number of their articles as open access in all Wiley’s hybrid journals for the duration of the agreement (2023-2024). No article processing charges (APC) fees will be levied for open access publication.

Articles accepted for publication in Wiley’s gold journals are not eligible under this agreement. Authors will continue to be charged APCs for accepted articles in these journals.

Upon article acceptance for publication in a hybrid journal, the corresponding author will begin the Author Services process within the Wiley Open Access Account system. A customized message notifies the author upon login that their accepted article is eligible for open access at no cost (will refer to their institution and CRKN as providers) and the default selection for the author is to publish the article open access at no charge. Authors must identify themselves as affiliated with a participating CRKN institution in order for their article to be verified and approved for no charge OA under the agreement. An autocomplete form will populate with institutional affiliations as the author types, and the institution names are pulled from the Ringgold institutional hierarchy.

Please review the step-by-step guide to open access publishing for authors.