Open Access Publishing @ Wits: Transformative OA 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.

BENEFIT FOR WITS RESEARCHERS

Article Processing Charges (APCs) are covered partially/fully for researchers who choose to publish open access in journals under the publishers who have an agreement with Wits University.

Publishing Open Access increases broad access to the research output of Wits academics. This can promote progress and knowledge and, with the opportunity for greater readership, increase the impact of Wits research output.

QUICK STEPS TO PUBLISH OPEN ACCESS IN JOURNALS COVERED BY A TRANSFORMATIVE AGREEMENT

• Select publisher from the below list to find journal titles covered by the agreement, agreement details and instructions on how to submit and publish OA OR
• Use consolidated list of all journals covered by transformative agreements - see further down below
• Ensure that the title you choose is accredited

PUBLISHERS THAT HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH WITS UNIVERSITY

See below links with more information on the agreements, journal title lists, eligibility and instructions for authors.

• American Chemical Society (ACS)
• Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Cambridge University Press (CUP)
• Company of Biologists
• Elsevier
• Emerald
• Institute of Physics (IOP)
• Oxford University Press (OUP)
• Royal Society
• Sage Publishing
• Springer Nature
• Wiley
• Taylor & Francis

ELIGIBILITY OF WITS AUTHORS:

To be eligible, Wits authors should submit articles: 

• Through the publisher's submission system from the selected journal home page 
• Have a corresponding author affiliated with University of the Witwatersrand
• Students must co-author with Wits staff members 
• Eligible article types are research articles, review articles, rapid communications, brief reports and case reports

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: