The Library continues to increase the number of signed agreements with scholarly publishers to support open access publishing.
About the Read and Publish agreements
The Library has transformative Read and Publish agreements in place with publishers to support open access publishing. Agreements are negotiated by the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL).
Important!
- When publishing in journals covered by these agreements, you may be able to publish directly to open access with no transactional Article Processing Charges (APCs). The publisher will alert you to an open access option on acceptance of the eligible article.
- Each publication has a different submission process and criteria. Exclusions and caps apply to some journals.
- Eligible submissions must be received and accepted for publication during the current agreement year.
- Authors may have the option to select different Creative Commons (CC) licenses for their publications.
To find out more about open access publishing, the agreements, and Creative Commons licenses, go to our guide on Open Access Publishing.
For assistance, please email library.collection@rmit.edu.au.
Journals covered by APC waivers and discount agreements
Q1 journals rank among top 25% of journals in the same area of research. Publishing in a Q1 journal may result in higher impact for your article. Individual researchers are in the best position to make the decision where to publish their content.
To assist you with this decision, we have compiled a list of journal titles covered by this Agreement.There are separate versions of the same list available for staff and students.
RMIT Read and Publish Agreements title list also includes discounted journal titles. Please read carefully the 'Waiver/Discount' column to determine if an APC will be waived or a discount will be applied. Check the discount applied for each publisher.
Agreements for 2025
The links below will take you to the CAUL guides. Pay attention to the following:
- if the agreement is capped,
- if extra charges are applicable, and
- what Creative Commons (CC) licences are available.
RMIT staff and students are eligible for the following agreements:
RMIT staff and students are eligible for the following agreements:
Publish via a Read and Publish Agreement
RMIT author, Anh Le, who has published an Open Access Article via one of our Read and Publish Agreements shares her experience and thoughts.
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