Open access agreement for authors at NOAA

Publish open access with Wiley

Eligible NOAA authors may publish open access in any of Wiley's hybrid journals (subscription-based journals that offer an open access option) or Wiley or Hindawi fully open access journals at no cost to the author.

Choosing to publish your work in either gold or hybrid open access journals increases the discoverability, visibility, reach, and impact of your research.

To be eligible:

• 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.
  must be a NOAA federal employee (FTE) or federal contractor (per terms and conditions of contract) who is currently affiliated with NOAA at the point of acceptance
• Your article must fall under one of the following categories:¹
  • Data Article
  • Method and Protocol
  • Perspective
  • Practice and Policy
  • Rapid Publication
  • Research Article
  • Review Article
  • Short Communication
  • Technical Note
• You must publish open access (in a fully gold OA journal or a hybrid journal that offers open access) by using our workflow as described below
• Your manuscript must have been accepted for publication on or after 1 January 2024 in a Wiley hybrid (subscription) journal, or submitted to a Wiley or Hindawi fully open access journal on or after 1 January 2024.
• This agreement cannot be used to cover additional charges (e.g. cover, color, and page charges), which individual journals administer separately

For Cooperative Institute Employees & Grantees: CI employees are not eligible under this agreement. As part of NOAA’s agreements with CI host institutions, NOAA expects CI employees to leverage the “personnel, services, or facilities of such organizations for research, education, training, and outreach"² of said institution, which could include similar agreements with publishers or additional funds to cover publication costs.

NOAA Licensing Preferences

In support of NOAA's open science initiatives, it is recommended that all authors select a license that supports the most open license available; free from restrictions on use (commercial or otherwise), reuse, and derivative works.

For NOAA federal employees, it is recommended that authors select the most open license available to them when publishing: in most cases this would be a CC BY license. Publications authored by federal contractors should be released under the license identified in their contract. If licensing is not explicitly stated in your contract, NOAA recommends selecting a CC BY license.

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