FAQ – Read and Publish Deals / Publisher OA payment schemes

Publisher Open Access agreements / Transformative Agreements / Read & Publish deals

- What is meant by Transformative Agreement?
  
  They are known as transformative agreements because they aim to transition towards a full open access model, in line with funder requirements such as Plan S and the new 2021 Wellcome Trust OA policy.
- What is meant by Read & Publish deals?
  
  Read and Publish deals cover both subscription (read) and Article Processing Charge (OA publishing) payments.
- Which publishers do we have agreements with?
  
  We have signed Transformative (“Read & Publish”) Agreements with the publishers listed here:
  
  We have signed a centralised invoicing arrangement with Frontiers.
- How do I find out if I’m eligible and what the process is?
  
  Please see our “What do I need to do?” pages.
- Do the agreements cover all publication costs such as page or colour charges?
  
  Not necessarily, it will depend on the particular publisher agreement and sometimes on the journal title.