Open Access Publishing

Read-and-Publish deals are subscription contracts between UNCW Library and publishers that allow UNCW authors to avoid article processing charges (APCs) when publishing open access in some portion of those publishers' journal portfolios.

Step 1: Identify eligible journals

• Refer to the information below about each specific publisher agreement to browse or search for journals included in a UNCW Library Read-and-Publish deal. If you have questions about journal eligibility or need support identifying suitable options, contact your liaison librarian at this link or contact the Open Knowledge & Research Impact Librarian using the links to the left.

Step 2: Designate a UNCW-affiliated author as the corresponding author during submission

• To qualify for coverage in any and all eligible journals, the article’s corresponding author must be affiliated with UNCW.

Step 3: Upon acceptance, confirm that credits or funds remain to cover your article's APCs

• The pools through which APCs are covered differ between each deal. If the standard review time for your target journal would lead your article to be accepted near the end of the calendar year, we encourage you to check with UNCW Library for estimates about if/when the credits in that APC pool may lapse.

Step 4: Upon acceptance, indicate UNCW Library's support by including the provided acknowledgement statement in the article's funding disclosure or acknowledgement section

• In the below information about each agreement, you will find acknowledgement statements that recognize UNCW Library's role in providing an open access pathway for your article. We request that you include the corresponding statement in the article's funding disclosure or acknowledgement section.

Step 5: Upon publication, deposit a copy of the article in the UNCW Institutional Repository

• Once your article is published open access, you can either deposit a copy in the UNCW Institutional Repository yourself using the steps described in this LibGuide, or send a copy to the Open Knowledge & Research Impact Librarian for help depositing.

Association of Computing Machinery

UNCW-affiliated authors can publish open access in any of ACM’s journals, conference proceedings, or magazines.

• For more information about the terms of this agreement and/or an article’s eligibility, see ACM OPEN’s FAQ page.

If publishing open access through UNCW Library's Read-and-Publish Deal with ACM, please include the following acknowledgement statement in the funding disclosure or acknowledgement section of your accepted article:

Open access to this publication was made possible by a Read-and-Publish agreement between the Association of Computing Machinery and UNCW Library, facilitated by Lyrasis.

Cambridge University Press

UNCW-affiliated authors can publish open access in a wide selection of CUP-owned hybrid or gold open access journals without paying article processing charges. “Hybrid” refers to a journal’s publishing model that allows authors to publish either open access or behind a paywall, whereas “fully gold open access” refers to a publishing model in which all articles require article processing charges and are published open access.

• For a list of eligible journals, use Cambridge’s Eligibility Checker tool.

If publishing open access through UNCW Library's Read-and-Publish Deal with Cambridge, please include the following acknowledgement statement in the funding disclosure or acknowledgement section of your accepted article:

Open access to this publication was made possible by a Read-and-Publish agreement between Cambridge University Press and UNCW Library.

Company of Biologists

UNCW-affiliated authors can publish open access in all five of Company of Biologists’ journals without paying article processing charges: Biology Open, Development, Disease Models & Mechanisms, Journal of Cell Science, and Journal of Experimental Biology.

• For more information on publishing in one of these journals through this agreement, see this guide by Company of Biologists.

If publishing open access through UNCW Library's Read-and-Publish Deal with Company of Biologists, please include the following acknowledgement statement in the funding disclosure or acknowledgement section of your accepted article:

Open access to this publication was made possible by a Read-and-Publish agreement between Company of Biologists and UNCW Library.

Elsevier

UNCW-affiliated authors can publish open access in a wide selection of Elsevier-owned hybrid journals without paying article processing charges. “Hybrid” refers to a journal’s publishing model that allows authors to publish either open access or behind a paywall. Through this agreement, UNCW-affiliated authors can draw from a pool of credits that waive processing charges. This pool of approximately 1,100-1,300 credits is shared between all participating Carolina Consortium institutions. Although the pool is substantial enough to cover many eligible articles, credits may thin near the end of each calendar year. UNCW authors interested in publishing through this agreement near the end of the calendar year are advised to confirm the status of this agreement with our Open Knowledge & Research Impact Librarian.

• Click here for a list of participating journals.
• If you’d like to browse journals or explore through a more filterable interface, you can use Elsevier’s JournalFinder tool. 
  • For accurate results, make sure to mark your affiliation with UNCW on the main landing page, and then after searching for keywords, in the lefthand toolbar, toggle “Journals that offer gold OA” off, so that you’re only looking at results for “Journals with subscription.”

If publishing open access through UNCW Library's Read-and-Publish Deal with Elsevier, please include the following acknowledgement statement in the funding disclosure or acknowledgement section of your accepted article:

Open access to this publication was made possible by a Read-and-Publish agreement between Elsevier and UNCW Library, facilitated by the Carolina Consortium.

SAGE (discount)

UNCW-affiliated authors can receive a 10% discount off article processing charges when publishing in fully gold open access journals. “Fully gold open access” refers to a publishing model in which all articles require article processing charges and are published open access.

• Click here for a list of eligible journals.

To take advantage of this discount, complete the following steps:

For articles accepted for publication in a fully gold open access journal, the author should email APCqueries@sagepub.co.uk when they are asked to arrange payment of the APC. The author should include the following information:

• Article ID
• Article title
• Journal
• Institutional affiliation
• A statement that they are eligible for the Carolina Consortium 10% discount.

The SAGE open access team will verify that the institution is a member of the Carolina Consortium and will provide the author with a discount code and instructions on how to apply the code at checkout in the payment system.

If publishing open access through UNCW Library's Read-and-Publish Deal with SAGE, please include the following acknowledgement statement in the funding disclosure or acknowledgement section of your accepted article:

Open access to this publication was made possible in part by a Read-and-Publish agreement between SAGE and UNCW Library, facilitated by the Carolina Consortium.

Wiley

NOTICE: Read & Publish Coverage for Gold Open Access (OA-only) Wiley Journals paused until January 1, 2026
Coverage for Gold Open Access journals (i.e. journals that only publish open access articles) through UNCW Library’s Read & Publish agreement with Wiley will be paused between September 1, 2025–December 31, 2025. See full announcement at the top of this page for more details.

UNCW-affiliated authors can publish open access in a wide selection of Wiley-owned hybrid or fully gold open access journals without paying article processing charges. “Hybrid” refers to a journal’s publishing model that allows authors to publish either open access or behind a paywall, whereas “fully gold open access” refers to a publishing model in which all articles require article processing charges and are published open access. Through this agreement, UNCW-affiliated authors can publish publish in Hybrid open access journals without limit, and can draw from a pool of funds to cover processing charges for Gold open access journals. This pool of $375,000 for Gold open access journals is shared between all participating Carolina Consortium institutions. Although the pool is substantial enough to cover many eligible articles, funds may thin near the end of each calendar year. UNCW authors interested in publishing in Gold open access journals through this agreement near the end of the calendar year are advised to confirm the status of this agreement with our Open Knowledge & Research Impact Librarian.

Wiley has divided the list of eligible journals by publishing model:

• Click here for a list of eligible hybrid journals.
• Click here for a list of eligible fully gold open access journals.
• For more information about the eligibility of your article, read through the “Check your eligibility” section of this page on the Carolina Consortium’s deal with Wiley.

If publishing open access through UNCW Library's Read-and-Publish Deal with Wiley, please include the following acknowledgement statement in the funding disclosure or acknowledgement section of your accepted article:

Open access to this publication was made possible by a Read-and-Publish agreement between Wiley and UNCW Library, facilitated by the Carolina Consortium.