This guide is intended to help you make decisions about where to publish your research. Find out about:
In 2022, CAUL (Council of Australian University Librarians) negotiated Open Access agreements with several publishers, “providing authors the opportunity to publish open access immediately on acceptance, and free of any transactional Article Processing Charges (APCs)”. These agreements have continued into 2024, with the addition of more major publishers.
The publishers listed in the table below have CAUL-negotiated Open Access agreements that cover Federation University during 2024. Some publishers have CAUL-wide article publishing caps, as indicated in the table, which mean that when the cap is reached, submitting authors can choose to publish the article as “closed access” or pay an APC for the article to be published Open Access. Click on the publisher name for further details.
| Publisher name | Number of titles | Article cap | Notes |
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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) (new in 2024) |
73 journal titles | No article cap | ACM does not charge additional fees for page and/or colour fees. |
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American Psychological Association (APA) (new in 2024) |
87 journal titles | No article cap | American Psychological Association does charge additional fees for page and/or colour fees |
| Cambridge University Press | 397 journal titles | No article cap | Page and colour charges are not included in the R&P agreement, and only apply to print journals. |
| CSIRO Publishing | 22 journal titles | No article cap | Page charges are included in the R&P agreement, with the exception of colour pages or reprints. |
| Elsevier |
1639 journal titles | 10,440 articles cap |
Titles not include in the agreement for open access publishing may still benefit from a 15% discount on open access article processing charges (APCs). A small number of journals have 'submission charges' or 'mandatory page charges' that are not covered by the agreement. Optional colour printing charges are not included under the terms of the agreement. |
| Oxford University Press | 366 journal titles | 1101 articles cap |
A small number of included journals have mandatory page charges that are not covered by the agreement. Optional colour printing charges are not included under the terms of the agreement. |
| Sage |
1181 journal titles | No article cap | |
| Springer Nature | 2078 journal titles | 3,511 articles cap | Other charges (including page and colour charges) will vary by imprint and may not be covered under the agreement. Page charges for Springer Nature owned journals will be waived. |
| Taylor & Francis |
2128 journal titles | 3,850 articles cap | Other charges, such as colour and page charges, are not included within the agreement and are charged separately by the individual title. |
| Wiley/ Hindawi | 1,926 journal titles | 6,900 articles cap | Page and colour charges are not included under the terms of this agreement. |
Information for authors
Check each linked publisher in the above table to view the CAUL Read & Publish (Open Access) guide. Each guide has
If you are having difficulty in choosing a journal, please view the Subject Guide ‘Research: Where to Publish’ for advice on
Federation University Library subscribes to an extensive list of journal titles covered by Open Access Agreements (see the MS Excel file attached below). For any further queries, contact your campus Liaison Librarian from the Research and Learning Services Team, or make an online appointment.
