Project MUSE - Subscribe to Open Journals 2025-2027
What is Subscribe to Open?
Subscribe to Open (S2O) is an equitable open access model for scholarly journals that enables subscription journals to open access to their current content without Article Processing Charges (APCs). The Project MUSE S2O program is built around our current journal collections model and will launch with the calendar year 2025 subscription term for participating journals. In 2025, over 100+ journals will be S2O.
Visit the Project Muse website.
The Library Service is proud to align with this open access model to support high-quality humanities research.
American Society for Microbiology (ASM) - Subscribe to Open 2025
New for 2025 - six ASM titles have flipped to the S20 model.
Authors do not pay APCs but are responsible for page charges and supplemental material fees.
Read the ASM website or the publisher agreement tab on this page for further details on this offer.
Swansea University currently subscribes to a selection of transitional publishing agreements to facilitate ‘gold’ open access in a wide variety of journals. These ‘Read & Publish’ agreements are facilitated by JISC, the negotiating body representing UK academic research institutions on behalf of the library service.
If we do not have an active agreement with a publisher, open access costs will need to be met through another funding source.
If publishing in a hybrid journal that is not included in a publishing agreement you can use the Swansea University Research Publications Policy to self-archive your author accepted manuscript (AAM) in the institutional repository, Cronfa. You can ‘green’ self-archive with a Creative Commons CC-BY licence and no publisher embargo is required. This is a no-cost open access option which meets funder requirements.
Check individual publisher tab for details
updated 16/04/2025
Eligibility Checklist: how to ensure you qualify
Use of the publishing agreements will normally be restricted to corresponding authors with a contract of employment at Swansea University. Registered postgraduate students who are the corresponding author can apply.
Am I eligible? Corresponding author only. Use Swansea University email address to authenticate and add ORCiD where prompted.
Publisher website: AIP Author Guidelines Read & Publish
Article types: All research articles
Hybrid journals included? Yes
OA journals included? No, some titles are excluded
(Journal of the Physics Society of Japan, Physics Today. Biophysics Review and Chemical Physics Review)
Which licence should I select? Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC-BY) and retain copyright
Do I need to submit an article processing charge (APC) request form? Not unless the specific journal is excluded from the agreement and you are eligible to apply for UKRI open access funding.
Type of deal? Read & Publish
Agreement expires 31/12/2025.
Note: You will receive an invoice that shows that the APC has been paid through the institutional Read & Publish agreement. A deposit will be made by the publisher in PubMed central where appropriate.
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Am I eligible? Corresponding author only. Use Swansea University email address to authenticate and add ORCID where prompted
Publisher Website: American Physical Society Publications Journal List
Article Types: original research and reviews, including regular articles letters, reviews, perspectives and tutorials.
Hybrid Journals? Yes
OA Gold Journals included? No, charges apply to non-participating journals.
Which licence should I select? A Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC-BY)
Do I need to submit an article processing charge (APC) form? Only if you are publishing in a pure OA journal. Check if you are eligible to apply for UKRI funding.
Type of deal: Read & Publish UK Interim
Agreement expires 31/12/2025.
Note: Corresponding authors affiliated with a participating institution (this information provided at submission). The corresponding author is the author submitting the manuscript and managing the peer-review process. Articles must be accepted during the term of the license.
Open Access Publishing Options
American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
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Learn more about Subscribe to Open (S20) for ASM Journals.
Expires 31/12/2025
ACM Open Journals
Am I eligible? Submitting corresponding author only. Use Swansea University email address to authenticate and add ORCID where prompted.
Publisher Website: Open Access Publications and OA
Article Types: Research Article, Short Paper, Review Article, Survey Article, Technical Note, Tutorial, Interview, Note
Hybrid journals included? Yes
OA Gold journals included? Yes
Which licence should I select? A Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY) and retain copyright.
Do I need to submit an article processing charge (APC) request form? No
Type of deal: Read and publish uncapped. Swansea University corresponding authors will be published Open Access at no direct cost to the individual.
Agreement expires 31/12/2025.
Note: The University prefers selection of a Creative Commons CC-BY licence in line with major funder requirements.
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ACM Open Author eRights Experience
Am I eligible? Corresponding author only. Use Swansea University email address to authenticate and add ORCID where prompted.
Publisher Website: BMJ Open Access Agreement
Article Types: Original research articles reporting on primary research.
Includes: Manuscript Type(s) Link
Cohort profile; Methodology; Methods; Original research; Practice; Protocol; Quality education report; Quality improvement programme; Quality improvement report; Registered report stage 1; Registered report stage 2; Research; Research Methods and Reporting; Systematic review
Hybrid journals included? Yes. Standard collection titles.
OA Gold journals included? Yes.
Which licence should I select? A Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY) and retain copyright.
Do I need to submit an article processing charge (APC) request form? No.
Type of deal: Publish and read uncapped deal.
Agreement expires 31/12/2025.
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Open Access agreements for the United Kingdom: information for authors
Open Access publication guide for authors at eligible institutions
What is Ringgold and why is it important?
Video - BMJ How to publish your article open access with BMJ
Am I eligible? Corresponding author only. Use Swansea University email address to authenticate and add ORCID where prompted.
Publisher Website: Publications list available via the waivers and discounts tool. Input our institutional information to access the full list of journals where you can publish OA at no cost.
Article Types: Research articles, Rapid communications, Review articles, Brief Reports, Case Reports.
Hybrid journals included? Yes.
OA Gold journals included? Most CUP journals are included but check the list available from the CUP website.
Which licence should I select? A Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY) and retain copyright*.
Do I need to submit an article processing charge (APC) request form? No.
Type of deal: Read and publish uncapped. Swansea University corresponding authors will be published Open Access at no additional cost.
Active: Until 31 December 2025.
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Step-by-step guide to Publishing Open Access in Cambridge journals
Am I eligible? Submitting corresponding author only. Use Swansea University email address to authenticate and add ORCID where prompted.
Publisher Website: Search the Elsevier journals participating in the agreement.
Article Types
Elsevier: Research and Review articles. Case Reports / Data in Brief / Microarticle / Original Software Publication / Protocol / Replication Study / Short Communication / Short Survey / Video Article / Practice Guideline.
Cell Press: some exceptions apply. Hybrid titles are included: check website.
The Lancet: some exceptions apply.
Hybrid journals included? Yes.
OA Gold journals included? No. When publishing in fully gold open access journals you will receive an invoice with a 15% discount applied if you are affiliated to the institution. If we, as administrators, reject the request the author will receive a full price invoice.
Which licence should I select? A Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY) and retain copyright.
Do I need to submit an article processing charge (APC) request form? No, unless you are a UKRI funded corresponding author entitled to apply for financial support to publish in a pure open access journal.
Type of deal: Read and publish uncapped. Swansea University corresponding authors will be published Open Access at no additional cost for hybrid titles.
Agreement expires 31/12/2025.
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Elsevier - UK Institutions Agreement
Am I eligible? Corresponding author only. Use Swansea University email address to authenticate and add ORCID where prompted.
Publisher Website: Transformative Agreement Publishing Support
Article Types: All primary research articles, including research papers, special issue articles, letters and review articles* are eligible.
Hybrid journals included? Yes; eligible hybrid journals are listed on the IOP transformative agreements website and you are required to check the criteria prior to submitting your article. Visit the journal finder webpage.
OA Gold journals included? Unlimited OA publishing in all fully OA titles with the exception of journals published on behalf of the American Astronomical Society.
Which licence should I select? Creative Commons attribution license (CC-BY) and retain copyright.
Do I need to submit an article processing charge (APC) request form? No.
Type of deal: Read and publish uncapped. Swansea University corresponding authors will be published Open Access at no additional cost.
Agreement expires 31/12/2025.
Note: Reports on Progress in Physics, a new addition to the hybrid publishing list, will only include primary research articles within the publishing element of the license.
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Am I eligible? Corresponding author only. Use Swansea University email address to authenticate and add ORCID where prompted.
Publisher Website: UK Institutions (JISC Affiliated).
Article Types: Research articles, review articles, brief reports and case reports. Article-commentary types are not considered eligible.
Participating journal list: Download a list or read the list included in the OUP OA Brochure
Hybrid journals included? Yes.
OA Gold Journals included? Yes.
Which licence should I select? A Creative Commons attribution license (CC-BY) and retain copyright.
Do I need to submit an article processing charge (APC) request form? No.
Type of deal: Read and publish uncapped. Swansea University corresponding authors will be published Open Access at no additional cost. Publication of research articles in supplements is not included in the OUP read and publish agreement.
Agreement expires 31/12/2025.
Other: Updated Author Workflow
Note:
OUP will not reject submitted manuscripts or divert such manuscripts to alternative journals due to either a) the inclusion of a rights retention statement or b) the adherence of authors of such manuscripts to institutional or funder rights retention policies. OUP do not restrict deposition of an Author Accepted Manuscript (AAMs) to repositories, for release immediately on first online publication with a CC-BY licence.
The Version of Record is automatically deposited by UP on issue publication in PubMed Central for indexed fully OA journals and all papers acknowledging Wellcome Funding.
Project MUSE - Subscribe to Open Journals 2025-2027
Subscribe to Open Model
What is Subscribe to Open?
Subscribe to Open (S2O) is an equitable open access model for scholarly journals that enables subscription journals to open access to their current content without Article Processing Charges (APCs). The Project MUSE S2O program is built around our current journal collections model and will launch with the calendar year 2025 subscription term for participating journals.
The MUSE S2O program makes open access to the current year’s content of participating journals contingent on the continued support of MUSE subscribers. Each year, MUSE will set the minimum sustainability threshold required to fund the participating S2O journals that year. If the sustainability threshold is reached, the current year’s content of the participating titles will be opened to all readers. If the threshold is not reached, that year’s content will remain gated.
In 2025, over 100+ journals will be S2O.
Article types covered:
All article types for the current year published in the S2O participating journals.
Article licence:
Project MUSE highly recommends that publishers apply a Creative Commons license to their S2O content. To satisfy author demands, we expect most of the MUSE publishers participating in S2O will give their authors the choice of several Creative Commons licenses. Authors retain copyright to their publications.
Expires 31/12/2025
Am I eligible? Corresponding author only. Use Swansea University email address to authenticate and add ORCID where prompted.
Publisher Website: Explore your publisher options with PLOS journals
Article Types: All article types in the eligible journals.
Hybrid journals included? Not applicable.
Pure OA Gold journals included? Yes.
Which licence should I select? A Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY) and retain copyright.
UKRI 2022 OA Policy Compliant Deal? Yes.
Do I need to submit an article processing charge (APC) request form? No.
Type of deal: Flat Fee Agreement.
Swansea University corresponding authors will be published Open Access at no additional cost for the following titles:
Agreement expires 31/12/2025.
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PLOS Author Instructions - Flat Fee (How to...)
Am I eligible? Corresponding author only. Use Swansea University email address to authenticate and add ORCID where prompted.
Publisher Website: Check the Royal Society Transformative Agreement 'Read and Publish' webpage or the Journals List.
Article Types: Original research.
Hybrid journals included? Yes
Pure OA Gold journals included? Yes
Which licence should I select? A Creative Commons attribution license (CC-BY) and retain copyright.
Do I need to submit an article processing charge (APC) request form? No.
Type of deal: Read and publish uncapped. Swansea University corresponding authors will be published Open Access at no additional cost.
Agreement expires 31/12/2025.
Note: The University prefers selection of a Creative Commons CC-BY licence in line with major funder requirements. The version of record document will be deposited by the Publisher on acceptance in PubMed Central.
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Introducing Royal Society Read and Publish
The Royal Society open access publishing
Publishing your open access article in our hybrid research journals
Publishing your open access article in Royal Society Open Science
Am I eligible? Corresponding author only. Use Swansea University email address to authenticate and add ORCID where prompted.
Publisher Website: Check the Royal Society of Chemistry 'Read & Publish webpage
Article Types: All peer reviewed article types are covered in this agreement which fall into three main categories: full papers, communications, and reviews.
Hybrid journals included? Yes
OA Gold journals included? No. When publishing in fully gold open access journals you will receive an invoice with a 15% discount applied if you are affiliated to the institution. If we, as administrators, reject the request the author will receive a full price invoice.
Which licence should I select? A Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY) and retain copyright.
Do I need to submit an article processing charge (APC) request form? No, unless you are a UKRI funded corresponding author entitled to apply for financial support to publish in an open access journal.
Type of deal: Read and publish uncapped.
Agreement expires 31/12/2025.
Author guide to publishing open access
How to publish open access - check requirements and expectations
Am I eligible? Corresponding author only. Use Swansea University email address to authenticate and add ORCID where prompted.
Publisher Website: Check the SAGE Open Access Agreement site. You can browse journals from their webpage.
Article Types: Original research paper, review paper, case reports, brief communications, short reports.
The agreement excludes some article types, for example; book reviews, commercially sponsored articles, and titles joining mid-year.
Hybrid journals included? Yes, the majority of Open Select hybrid journals can be published open access at no direct cost.
OA Gold journals included? No. The majority of titles are only available with a 20% discount. Author must pay.
Which licence should I select? A Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY) and retain copyright.
Do I need to submit an article processing charge (APC) request form? No, unless you are a UKRI funded corresponding author entitled to apply for financial support to publish in an open access journal.
Active: The current agreement expires on 31/12/2025
Note: Dove Press and the Expert Medicine series titles are excluded from the agreement.
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SAGE UK JISC Agreement
Am I eligible? Corresponding author only. Use Swansea University email address to authenticate and add ORCID where prompted.
Publisher Websites: Transformative Open Access Agreement for the UK (Springer Portfolio & Nature Portfolio)
Springer Read and Publish: This agreement covers selected OA publications in the Springer, Nature & Palgrave portfolios.
The list of Open Choice Journals is subject to revision and change by the publisher.
Article Types: Original paper, review paper, brief communication or continuing education.
Hybrid journals included? Yes.
OA Gold journals included? Selected fully open access journals are included.
Check the list of journals that are included in the agreement (Springer & Nature portfolio spreadsheets available to download)
Which licence should I select? Creative Commons attribution license (CC-BY) and retain copyright.
Do I need to submit an article processing charge (APC) request form? Not for publication in hybrid journals. Apply for UKRI funding for full open access journals if eligible.
Type of deal: Gold transitional 'Read and publish'.
If opting out of gold OA, use green self-archiving in the repository with zero embargo and a CC-BY licence on the author accepted manuscript.
Agreement expires 31/12/2025.
Note: Excludes BMC and Adis titles.
We do not have 'Pay As You Go' funds to publish in a fully open access Springer/Nature portfolio journal that are not included in our agreement unless eligible for UKRI support until 31/03/2025.
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Am I eligible? Corresponding author only. Use Swansea University email address to authenticate and add ORCID where prompted.
Publisher Website: SCOAP3 Journals, 2017-2024
The SCOAP3 FAQ section provides a list of High Energy Physics (HEP) supported journals and explains the full funding of all articles in specified HEP journals.
Covered Journals:
Full funding of all articles (entire journal):
Which licence should I select? Creative Commons attribution license (CC-BY) and retain copyright.
Do I need to submit an article processing charge (APC) request form? No.
Type of deal: Swansea University corresponding authors will be eligible for immediate Open Access at no direct cost.
Active: 2020 - December 2024 ‘The current agreement expires on 31/12/2024’
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Am I eligible? Corresponding author only. Use Swansea University email address to authenticate and add ORCID where prompted.
Publisher Website: Open Access Agreements for Authors in the UK
Article Types: Original research and review articles only.
Hybrid journals included? Yes - 'Open Select' hybrid titles only. Use the Open Access Cost Finder tool and only pick the 'Open Select' button.
OA Gold journals included? Selected Routledge Open Research fully open access titles and using the F1000Research open research publishing platform included.
Which licence should I select? A Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY) and retain copyright.
Do I need to submit an article processing charge (APC) request form? Not unless the specific journal is excluded from the agreement. UKRI funded authors publishing in fully gold journals that require a fee can apply for financial support.
Type of deal: Read and Publish Capped
Agreement expires 31/12/2025.
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Am I eligible? Responsible corresponding author only. Use Swansea University email address to authenticate and add ORCID where prompted.
Publisher Website: Open Access Agreement for Institutions
Article Types: Primary research and review articles.
Hybrid journals included? Yes. Your manuscript must have been accepted on or after 1 January 2024.
OA Gold journals included? Yes, if your manuscript was submitted on or after 1 January 2024 in a fully gold open access journal published by Wiley or Hindawi.
Note: Once a sector cap is reached full open access payments under the agreement will not be permitted. A discount will apply and an article payment charge will be required.
Which licence should I select? A Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY) and retain copyright.
Do I need to submit an article processing charge (APC) request form? No.
Type of deal: Read and publish capped. Swansea University corresponding authors will be published Open Access at no additional cost until the UK Sector cap is achieved. A 15% discount will be applied and a payment will be required if this happens.
Agreement expires 31/12/2025.
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Make your article open access within a Wiley hybrid journal
