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Publishing: Welcome

About this guide

This guide is intended to help you make decisions about where to publish your research. Find out about:

  • Choosing the right journals to target
  • Identifying potential predatory journals and publishers
  • Finding and comparing journal impact factors
  • The benefits of publishing open access
  • Writing for publication

Open Access agreements

Federation University Library subscribes to an extensive list of journal titles covered by Open Access Agreements which allow researchers to publish open access without paying an Article Processing Charge (APC).

The publishers listed in the table below have CAUL-negotiated Open Access agreements that include 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, corresponding 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.

For any further queries, contact Marcus Chester, Liaison Librarian (Publishing) from the Research and Learning Services Team, or make an online appointment.

The full list of journal titles can be found in the spreadsheet below.

For further details on a specific agreement, check the linked publisher guide in the table to view the following:

  • Links to the list of journal titles included
  • Article types covered by the agreement
  • How to submit your article
  • Up to date information on article caps if applicable
Publisher name Number of titles Article cap Notes

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

 73 journal titles No article cap ACM does not have additional fees for page and/or colour.

American Psychological Association (APA)

 87 journal titles No article cap American Psychological Association does have additional fees for page and/or colour.
Cambridge University Press 397 journal titles No article cap Page and colour charges are not included in the R&P agreement, but 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 included 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 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 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

  • Corresponding authors must use their institutional email address when submitting an article for publication i.e., x.name@federation.edu.au
  • Authors can track the current approval numbers for individual publishers that have an article cap by using the Reports page on the CAUL Guide.
  • Authors should view the article types that are covered by each publisher in the 2024 Open Access agreement prior to submitting.
  • Corresponding authors will be required to choose a Creative Commons licence.
  • Although APCs (article processing charges) are covered as part of the current Open Access agreement, there may be ‘colour and page charges’.

If you are having difficulty in choosing a journal, please view the Choosing the right journal for your research page for advice on

  • Journal content matching – programs or sites to match journals to your manuscript
  • Measuring journal quality – how to determine and understand the impact factor of a selected journal

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