Open access agreement for authors at eligible OhioLINK institutions

Publish open access at Wiley

Corresponding authors affiliated with participating OhioLINK institutions may publish open access in any fully open access or hybrid journal, at no cost to the author.

You can be confident that by choosing open access your work has the best chance to be read, cited and shared. Read more about the advantages of publishing open access here.


Publishing open access:
  • Allows you to retain copyright through a CC BY license
  • Enables automatic deposit in PMC (when appropriate)

Check your eligibility:

  • You must be the responsible corresponding authorThe responsible corresponding author is the author who manages the manuscript and correspondence during the publication process - from submission through publication. This author has the authority to act on behalf of all the co-authors and will also be the contact for inquiries after publication. who is affiliated with an eligible OhioLINK member institution
  • You must publish in a fully gold open access journal or publish open access in a hybrid journal
  • If submitting to a fully gold open access journal your manuscript must have been submitted on or after 1 January 2024
  • If submitting to a hybrid journal your manuscript must have been accepted for publication on or after 1 January 2024
  • Your article must be primary research or a review article. Other article types e.g. letters, editorials etc. are excluded
  • This agreement cannot be used to cover additional charges (e.g. cover, color, and page charges), which individual journals administer separately
  • Eligibility is subject to availability. For additional eligibility details, see information for authors on OhioLINK's website
  • Some institutional funding policies may differ for gold and/or hybrid open access APCs. Please check with your library for any exceptions.

Please contact your university or library with questions. You also can view more information for authors on OhioLINK's website.

Follow our step-by-step guides and publish open access today

How to publish in a fully open access journal

How to publish in a hybrid open access journal