Open access publishing agreements
CSU Libraries has negotiated several publishing agreements that enable researchers affiliated with CSU to publish their work open access at no cost. All article processing charges (APCs) are covered under these agreements by CSU Libraries.
Fully covered charges
100% discount
- Included journals: All ACM conferences, journals, and magazines
- Agreement effective dates: January 2023–December 2026
- Who is eligible: Corresponding authors affiliated with CSU
- Excluded journals: Journals and conference proceedings series not included due to co-publishing with other publishers. Visit ACM Eligibility and Exceptions for more information.
- Submission instructions: Use your colostate.edu email address for the submission. Visit ACM Open for Authors for more information.
- Additional information: CSU Institutional Profile
100% discount
- Included journals: Visit Cambridge Eligibility Checker
- Agreement effective dates: January 1, 2024–December 31, 2026
- Who is eligible: Corresponding authors affiliated with CSU
- Submission instructions: Use your colostate.edu email address for the submission. Visit Cambridge Open Access for Authors for more information.
100% discount
- Included journals: Development, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology, Disease Models & Mechanisms, Biology Open
- Agreement effective dates: January 1, 2023–December 31, 2026
- Who is eligible: Corresponding authors affiliated with CSU
- Submission instructions: Follow the steps with your chosen journal’s Editorial Manager submission system
100% discount
- Included journals: Hybrid and gold journals, search Emerald for titles
- Agreement effective dates: October 2025–December 2026
- Who is eligible: Corresponding authors affiliated with CSU
- Excluded journals: ICE Publishing journals
- Submission instructions: Authors must identify CSU (not a particular CSU college or department) during submission to ensure proper eligibility
100% discount
- Included journals: All IWA journals
- Agreement effective dates: January 2023–December 31, 2028
- Who is eligible: Corresponding authors affiliated with CSU
- Submission instructions: Visit IWA’s How to Submit
100% discount
- Included journals: All hybrid and gold journals
- Agreement effective dates: January 1, 2024–December 31, 2026
- Who is eligible: Corresponding authors affiliated with CSU
- Submission instructions: Use your colostate.edu email address for the submission. Follow the steps at A Guide to Submitting Under a Transformative Agreement.
100% discount
- Included journals: Access Microbiology, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, Journal of General Virology, Journal of Medical Microbiology, Microbial Genomics, Microbiology
- Agreement effective dates: January 1, 2022–December 31, 2026
- Who is eligible: Corresponding authors affiliated with CSU
- Submission instructions: Use your colostate.edu email address for the submission. Follow the steps in the Information for Authors section.
100% discount
- Included journals: Hybrid journals
- Agreement effective dates: January 2024–December 31, 2026
- Who is eligible: Corresponding authors affiliated with CSU
- Excluded journals: Gold journals
- Submission instructions: Use your colostate.edu email address for the submission. Follow the steps at Information for Authors.
100% discount
- Included journals: Hybrid and gold journals
- Agreement effective dates: January 1, 2024–December 31, 2026
- Who is eligible: Corresponding authors affiliated with CSU
- Excluded journals: RSC Advances
- Submission instructions: Visit RSC Publish a Journal Article
- Additional information: Chemical Science is a Diamond open access journal with no APC. If at any time during the agreement the status of this journal changes, articles in Chemical Science will not be covered.
100% discount
- Included journals: Hybrid and gold journals, visit Wiley Journal Finder
- Agreement effective dates: January 1, 2023–December 31, 2026
- Who is eligible: Corresponding authors affiliated with CSU
- Submission instructions: Visit Wiley Submission Checklist
- Limitations: Due to publishing caps, CSU authors may only have one article processing charge (APC) covered per calendar year
Discounted charges
10% discount
- Included journals: See eligible journals for Colorado Alliance at Journal Search
- Agreement effective dates: April 2024–December 2026
- Who is eligible: Corresponding authors affiliated with CSU via Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries
- Submission instructions: Use your colostate.edu email address for the submission. Visit Publish with Elsevier for more instructions.
5% discount
- Included journals: Visit OA Journal Program and OA Book Program for more information
- Agreement effective dates: January 1, 2026–December 31, 2026
- Who is eligible: Corresponding authors affiliated with CSU via Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries
- Submission instructions: Use your colostate.edu email address for the submission.
10% discount
- Included journals: Visit Journal Search
- Agreement effective dates: January 2022–December 31, 2026
- Who is eligible: Corresponding authors affiliated with CSU
- Submission instructions: Visit Author Resources
10% discount
- Included journals: Search hybrid and gold journals
- Agreement effective dates: January 2025–December 31, 2027
- Who is eligible: Corresponding authors affiliated with CSU
- Submission instructions: Visit Information for Authors
Open access initiatives
Open access is a collaborative, world-wide movement. We support the following open access initiatives:
DOAJ – The Directory of Open Access Journals, an independent index containing over 17,000 peer-reviewed open access journals
Knowledge Unlatched – offers a crowd-funding model that enables scholarly content (books and journals) in a variety of disciplines to be freely available.
SCOAP3 – Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics
SPARC – A global non-profit advocacy organization that promotes open access, open education, and open data