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Open Access Publishing @ Wits: Transformative OA agreements

This LibGuide provides useful information about Open Access at Wits including the Wits Article Processing Charge (APC) fund, as well as Transformative OA agreements that apply to Wits authors

Transformative Open Access Agreements

ABOUT TRANSFORMATIVE AGREEMENTS                                                                         

Transformative agreements are those contracts negotiated between institutions (libraries, national and regional consortia) and publishers that transform the business model underlying scholarly journal publishing, moving from one based on toll access (subscription) to one in which publishers are remunerated a fair price for their open access publishing services. (Efficiency and Standards for Article Charges, ESAC).

Transformative agreements are also known as 'Read & Publish' agreements. Through transformative agreements Institutions are, in effect, redirecting their expenditures on subscriptions to cover open access article processing charges.

FUNDING FOR PUBLISHING WITH PUBLISHERS WHERE A TRANSFORMATIVE AGREEMENT IS NOT IN PLACE

The University has established the Wits Open Access Publishing Fund to assist with funding of Article Processing Charges (APCs). For more info on eligibility and instructions for authors see: APC Fund for OA publications

CONSOLIDATED LISTS OF ALL JOURNALS COVERED BY TRANSFORMATIVE AGREEMENTS

See below the DHET List and all R&P journal list in alphabetical order which are covered by transformative agreements negotiated by the SANLIC Consortium: