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Open access agreement for authors at eligible UK institutions

Publish open access with Wiley

Authors affiliated with UK institutions participating in Wiley’s Jisc agreement may publish primary research and review articles in any of Wiley's fully gold open access journals or Wiley’s hybrid (subscription-based) journals which offer open access with no further open access costs* to the author.

To publish without having to pay additional Article Publication Charges (APCs), the article's

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.

must be from an eligible institution and the article must have been accepted on or after 1 January 2022 if submitted to a hybrid journal, and on submission from 1 January 2022 if submitting to a fully gold open access journal.

You can be confident that by choosing open access, your work will have the best chance to be read, cited, and shared. Read more about the advantages of publishing open access here.
*subject to availability of sufficient funds and approval from eligible institutions' Wiley Open Access Account holders

Publishing open access:

Complies with funder or institution mandates
Allows you to retain copyright through a CC-BY license
Enables automatic deposit in PMC (when appropriate)

To be eligible:

Your manuscript must have been accepted on or after 1 January 2022 if submitting to a hybrid journal
Your manuscript must have been submitted on or after 1 January 2022 if submitting to a fully gold open access journal
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 a participating UK institution
You must publish open access in a fully gold OA journal or a hybrid (subscription) journal that offers open access
Your article must be primary research or a review article¹
If publishing in a hybrid (subscription) journal, you must order open access at the point of acceptance by using our order workflow as described below²
This agreement cannot be used to cover additional charges (e.g. cover, color, and page charges), which individual journals administer separately

Learn more:

	How to publish in a fully open access journal
	How to publish in a hybrid open access journal

Additional information and questions

Please contact your university or library with questions.

¹Other article types e.g. letters, editorials etc. are excluded.

²If you do not order open access, your manuscript will be published as a subscription (closed access) article. Once your paper is published in Early View or In Issue online you will no longer be eligible to publish open access under the agreement.