Read and Publish Agreements

The University's Open Access publishing or read and publish agreements (often referred to as Transformative Agreements) provide University researchers with the opportunity to publish Gold OA across the range of journals that a specific publisher produces.

These are sector-wide agreements, and they are intended for researchers as already-paid-for APCs. Depending on the specific terms and conditions of each agreement, if the University is signed up to an agreement with a publisher then Gold OA comes either at no further cost to the author, or at a discounted cost. The author will have to pay any outstanding balance.

To be eligible to apply

• You must be the corresponding author and have a current contract with the University of Portsmouth;

• The article type should be either a research or review article;

• The journal that the article will be published in must be in scope of the publisher's agreement.

As the University has paid to be part of those agreements, we encourage researchers to use them where possible.  

Contact us

For guidance on using the University's Read and Publish deals, contact openaccess@port.ac.uk.