Until 31 December 2026, submitting corresponding authors affiliated to the University of Nottingham (UoN) may publish open access in ACS's hybrid or fully open access journals without needing to pay the associated Article Processing Charge (APC). 

This 'read and publish' agreement, negotiated by Jisc on behalf of UK institutions, applies to research articles only and the articles will be published under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence.

Corresponding authors should use their UoN email address and select their institution from a drop-down menu during the online manuscript submission process. Please read the ACS page about this agreement for step-by-step guidance and a list of the journals included. 

If you are acting as a co-author (not the submitting corresponding author), please note that ACS's hybrid journals impose an Article Development Charge (ADC) for authors who need to make their Author's Accepted Manuscript available without embargo if the Version of Record is being published non-open access. In certain circumstances, the ADC will be waived for UoN co-authors. 

Until 31 December 2025, and subject to an annual cap, corresponding authors affiliated to the University of Nottingham may publish open access in AIP's hybrid journals without needing to pay an Article Processing Charge.

The agreement applies to the following types of peer-reviewed article: Brief Communication; Communication; Conference Article; Fast Track or Article-FT; Letter; Note; Perspective; Article; Research Update; Review; Roadmap; Tutorial; Methods. 

Note: overlength page charges will apply for articles accepted in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA).  

Research articles will be published under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence.

Corresponding authors will need to use their institutional address and email address during the submission process. Author guidelines are available on the AIP Read and Publish page.

Until 31 December 2026, corresponding authors affiliated to the University of Nottingham may publish their research articles on an open access basis in the following AMS journals at no cost:

Research articles will be published under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence.

Corresponding authors should use their University of Nottingham email address during submission and select 'University of Nottingham' as their affiliation. Author guidelines are available at the AMS Author Information hub.

Until 31 December 2028, articles are eligible for APC-free open access publishing as long as the corresponding author is affiliated to the University of Nottingham and the journal is a hybrid title listed below:

All original research articles are eligible, including but not limited to: regular articles, letters, reviews and perspectives.

Corresponding authors should use their University of Nottingham email address during submission. For more information, please see the publisher's page on this agreement, particularly the sections 'Author eligibility criteria' and 'Article eligibility criteria'. 

The agreement covers open access charges only: authors will be liable for any optional additional fees such as print colour charges and offprints.

Until 31 December 2025, corresponding authors affiliated to the University of Nottingham may publish articles on an open access basis in the following APS hybrid journals at no cost:

Articles will be published under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence.

Corresponding authors will be offered a one-year APS membership free of charge (new members only).

Corresponding authors should use their University of Nottingham email address during submission.

ACM publications (journals, conference proceedings, workshop proceedings and magazines) include articles that attract an APC ('APC-eligible') and articles that do not ('non-APC-eligible').

The three article types that are APC-eligible are: research articles; short papers; and survey articles.

From 1 January 2026 until 31 December 2030, the University of Nottingham (UoN) is participating in the ACM Open Program. Under this program, UoN-affiliated corresponding authors (including those at the China and Malaysia campuses) are able to have the APC fully covered for APC-eligible articles.

Please use your institutional email during the submission process in order for the ACM Rights System to recognise your eligiblity under the ACM Open Program. 

Please also note that exceptions apply to sponsored publications where ACM co-publishes with other organisations: this applies chiefly to conference proceedings co-published with IEEE. Please read the Open Access Publishing Eligibility and Exceptions page for more details.

Until 31 December 2026, corresponding authors affiliated to the University of Nottingham may publish open access in the following Bioscientifica hybrid journals at no cost:

• Journal of Endocrinology;
• Journal of Molecular Endocrinology; and
• Endocrine-Related Cancer; and

For 2025, the hybrid journal Reproduction is also included but please note that this journal will transfer publisher from 1 January 2026 when it will be published by Oxford University Press. 

 All article types are included and will be published under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence.

Corresponding authors will need to use their institutional email address during the submission process. 

From 1 January 2026 until 31 December 2026, funded* corresponding authors affiliated to the University of Nottingham may publish open access in the following 36 BMJ hybrid titles without needing to pay the associated APC:

Funded* corresponding authors affiliated to UoN will also be eligible for APC-free publishing in the following 33 BMJ fully open access (gold) titles:

 *Funded means authors whose article acknowledges funding from any of the following: Blood Cancer UK; British Heart Foundation; Cancer Research UK; Parkinson's UK; UKRI (AHRC, BBSRC, ESRC, EPSRC, Innovate UK, MRC, NERC, Research England, STFC); Versus Arthritis; Wellcome Trust.

To comply with the requirements of the funders listed above, authors must select the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence from the journal.

Article types eligible under this agreement are original articles reporting on primary research, brief reports and (UKRI-funded) review articles.

Corresponding authors will be asked to indicate eligibility on submission by using their institutional email address and selecting their institution. Please see BMJ's Information for Authors page for further details about the agreement and instructions for authors at participating UK institutions.

Note: Authors whose research is not funded by the funders listed above can receive a partial discount on APCs in BMJ's hybrid or fully open access (gold) titles. Please see our APC discounts page for further information. 

Until 31 December 2026, corresponding authors affiliated to the University of Nottingham may publish open access in Brill's hybrid or fully open access journals without paying an Article Processing Charge (APC). 

 Article types eligible under this agreement are research articles, review articles and conference papers.

Corresponding authors will be asked to indicate eligibility on submission by using their institutional email address and selecting their institution. Please see Brill's Information for Authors page for further details about the agreement and instructions for authors at participating UK institutions.

Until 31 December 2026, UoN-affiliated corresponding authors can publish research or review articles on an open access basis at no cost in the following CSHLP titles:

• Genes & Development;
• Genome Research;
• RNA; and
• Learning & Memory

Eligibility will be determined by the institutional affiliation and email address used during submission. For further information, please read the publisher's page about transformative agreements which includes FAQs for authors.

Until 31 December 2026, UoN-affiliated corresponding authors can benefit from open access publishing of research articles at no cost in the following titles:

• Development;
• Journal of Cell Science; 
• Journal of Experimental Biology;
• Disease Models & Mechanisms; and
• Biology Open

Authors should use their institutional email address during submission in order to be identified as eligible.

Please read the publisher's announcement about this Read and Publish agreement and their step-by-step guide for authors.

Until 31 December 2026, authors will be eligible for APC-free publishing in any De Gruyter journal type.

Authors should use their institutional email address during submission in order to be identified as eligible.

For further details, please read the De Gruyter page on open access agreements which includes information on the UK agreement. 

Until 31 December 2025, UoN-affiliated corresponding authors (including those at the China and Malaysia campuses) will be able to publish on an open access basis at no cost in the following:

• Elsevier hybrid journals;
• Cell Press hybrid journals; and
• The Lancet hybrid journals.

This 'Read and Publish' agreement covers research and review articles (some exceptions apply in Cell Press and The Lancet titles).

Authors should use their institutional credentials (affiliation, email address) during submission in order to be identified as eligible. Please refer to the Elsevier page about the agreement, which includes instructions to corresponding authors.

Note: UoN corresponding authors can also receive a partial discount on APCs in fully open access Elsevier, Cell Press and The Lancet titles. Please see our APC discounts page for further information.

Frontiers titles are all fully open access and the University of Nottingham has signed up to a one-year Flat Fee agreement with this publisher.

From 1 January 2026 until 31 December 2026, corresponding authors affiliated to the University of Nottingham's UK, China or Malaysia campuses will be able to publish in Frontiers journals without needing to pay the associated APC.

Authors should use their institutional email address and affiliation during the submission process. 

Until 31 December 2026, University of Nottingham corresponding authors can publish on an open access basis without paying the associated Article Processing Charge (APC) in any journal appearing in Lists A, B, C or D on the IOP page of eligible journals.

Eligible article types: primary research articles, including research papers, special issue articles, letters and review articles. Note: review articles in Reports on Progress in Physics are not covered.

Authors remain liable for any other (non-APC) publication charges that may be imposed by individual journals (e.g. page charges).

Please read the IOP Guide to submitting under a Transformative Agreement for further instructions. We also recommend consulting the IOP guidelines on transformative agreements, particularly the section 'Our criteria for eligibility'.

The corresponding author will be required to provide their affiliation in the article submission form and in the article itself.

JMIR titles are all fully open access and the University of Nottingham has signed up to the Jisc-mediated Flat Fee agreement with this publisher.

From 1 August 2025 until 31 July 2026, UoN-affiliated corresponding authors will be able to publish without having to pay an Article Processing Fee (APF) in any JMIR title. Eligible article types are: 

• Original research papers;
• Reviews; and
• Protocol papers

Please be aware that the following article types are not covered: Research Letters; Viewpoints; Case Reports; Letters to the Editor. 

To secure APF-free publishing, the UoN corresponding author should use their institutional email address during submission and include the following text in the submission cover letter: "Requesting APF waiver through the University of Nottingham-JMIR OA deal via Jisc."

Until 31 December 2026, corresponding authors affiliated to the University of Nottingham will be able to publish their research articles on an open access basis in John Benjamins hybrid journals without paying an Article Processing Charge (APC). 

Corresponding authors should use their institutional credentials when submitting their manuscript. Please see the publisher's Read and Publish Deals page for further details about the agreement with UK institutions.

Until 31 December 2026, corresponding authors affiliated to the University of Nottingham may publish open access in Karger's hybrid or fully open access journals without paying an Article Processing Charge (APC). 

Corresponding authors should use their institutional credentials when submitting their manuscript. Please see Karger's Publish and Access Transformative Agreements page for further details about the agreement with Jisc institutions in the UK.

Until 31 December 2026, corresponding authors affiliated to the University of Nottingham may publish open access in Optica's core hybrid/fully open access journals without having to pay an APC.

Optica's partner journals are not included in the agreement.

To see whether your journal of interest is included or not, please consult the 'Core journals' section of Optica's publications page. Please also read the publisher's page about institutional open access agreements. 

Article types eligible under this Read and Publish agreement: Research Article, Letter, Memorandum, Discussion, Negative Results, Reproducibility Studies, Opinion, Engineering & Laboratory Note, Tutorial, Review.

Authors will be liable for any colour or overlength pages that apply. 

Corresponding author must use institutional address and email address at point of submission. 

PeerJ titles are all fully open access and the University of Nottingham has signed up to a one-year institutional membership with this publisher.

From 1 April 2025 until 31 March 2026, UoN-affiliated corresponding or submitting authors from the UK, China or Malaysia campuses will be able to publish in PeerJ journals without needing to pay the associated APC.

Authors should use their institutional email address and affiliation during the submission process. 

Until 31 December 2026, UoN-affiliated corresponding authors will be able to publish open access, with no APC to pay, in the following Portland Press titles:

• Biochemical Journal;
• Biochemical Society Transactions;
• Bioscience Reports; 
• Clinical Science; and
• Essays in Biochemistry.

Article types covered: research articles, review articles, commentaries, perspectives and brief reports.

Authors should use their institutional email address and affiliation during the submission process. 

PLOS titles are all fully open access and the University of Nottingham has signed up to a Flat Fee agreement with this publisher.

Until 31 December 2027, UoN-affiliated corresponding authors will be able to publish without having to pay an APC in the following PLOS titles:

Authors should use their institutional email address and affiliation during the submission process. A PLOS-produced video explains how authors can request APC-free publishing in the journals covered by the agreement.

Until 31 December 2027, UoN-affiliated corresponding authors may publish open access in this publisher's three hybrid journals at no cost. The eligible titles are:

• Journal of Cell Biology;
• Journal of Experimental Medicine; and
• Journal of General Physiology. 

Eligible article types: article, brief definitive report, communication, hypothesis, methods and approaches, report, technical advances and resources, and tools.

Authors should use their institutional email address and validate their institution during the submission process. More details are available in the RUP Author Experience document and on the RUP 'Read-and-Publish' Agreement page. 

Until 31 December 2028, UoN-affiliated corresponding authors are eligible for APC-free open access publishing in the following Royal Society titles:

• Philosophical Transactions A;
• Philosophical Transactions B;
• Proceedings A;
• Proceedings B;
• Biology Letters;
• Interface;
• Interface Focus;
• Notes & Records;
• Open Biology; and
• Open Science.

Corresponding authors must list their affiliation and use their institutional email address during submission in order to be identified as eligible for this 'Read and Publish' agreement. For further details, please read the publisher's Read and Publish page. 

Until 31 December 2029, UoN-affiliated corresponding authors are eligible for APC-free open access publishing in RSC hybrid journals.

This agreement covers all peer-reviewed article types (research articles, communications and reviews). Editorials and Corrections are not covered.

Authors should use their institutional credentials (affiliation, email address) during submission in order to be identified as eligible. Please refer to the author guidelines on the RSC Open Access Agreements page.

Note: UoN corresponding authors can also receive a partial discount on APCs in fully open access RSC titles. Please see our APC discounts page for further information.

Until 31 December 2026, UoN-affiliated corresponding authors will be able to publish their research and review articles open access at no cost in the The Journal of Neuroscience (JNeurosci).

Authors will need to validate their institutional affiliation in the Society for Neuroscience submission system in order to be identified as eligible. Please see the SfN Read and Publish page for further information.  

Until 31 December 2025, corresponding authors affiliated to UoN (UK) may publish open access in Springer, Nature Academic, Nature Research and Palgrave Macmillan hybrid journals without needing to pay APCs.

Lists of eligible titles in the Springer and Nature portfolios are available on the Springer page about the agreement.

The Springer page contains useful FAQs on the article types covered by the agreement and how to ensure your eligibility is recognised by the publisher's systems.

Note: UoN corresponding authors can also receive a partial discount on APCs in fully open access Springer Nature titles (including BioMed Central, SpringerOpen). Please see our APC discounts page for further information. 

Until 31 December 2025, a full APC waiver applies to research and review articles accepted in World Scientific-owned hybrid subscription journals, under the terms of a direct agreement between the publisher and the University.

Please consult the list of included titles (the 'Journal Type' must be 'Hybrid' to be eligible for APC-free publishing).

Please note that some journals may impose submission fees, page charges or colour charges for which the authors will be liable.

The corresponding author should use their University of Nottingham affiliation and email address during submission.

Note: UoN corresponding authors can also receive a partial discount on APCs in fully open access World Scientific-owned titles. Please see our APC discounts page for further information.