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Faculty Publishing

This guide exists to help Walsh faculty and scholars with the publication and dissemination of their work.

Overview

OhioLINK, Ohio’s academic library consortium, has secured five transformative “read and publish” agreements with major academic publishers. These agreements allow faculty at participating institutions to publish open access articles at no cost—no Article Processing Charges (APCs) for authors or their institutions.

At the article level, OhioLINK’s open access (OA) publishing agreements have saved institutions an average of $3,613 per article in APCs. 

From 2022 through May 2025, OhioLINK institutions have published 6,010 articles for a total APC cost avoidance of $21,715,318.

Key Benefits for Faculty Authors

  • Free Open Access Publishing: Authors can publish in eligible journals without paying APCs.
  • Wide Subject Coverage: Agreements span disciplines including STEM, social sciences, humanities, and physics.
  • Increased Visibility: Open access publishing enhances the reach and impact of research.

Participating Publishers & Coverage

  • Cambridge University Press [1/2025 – 12/2027 (no cap)]:
    • 400+ hybrid and fully OA journals (social sciences, humanities).
  • Elsevier [1/2024 – 12/2027 (cap)]:
    • 1,800+ hybrid journals (especially STEM).
  • IOP (Institute of Physics)Publishing [1/2023 – 12/2025 (no cap)]:
    • 100+ journals (physics and STEM).
  • Springer Nature [1/2024 – 12/2026 (cap)]:
    • 2,000+ hybrid journals (especially STEM).
  • Wiley [1/2024 – 12/2026 (cap)]:
    • 1,800+ hybrid and fully OA journals (especially STEM).

Cambridge University Press

Eligibility: Corresponding author must be affiliated with an OhioLINK institution at the time of acceptance.

Journals: Over 400 hybrid and fully open access journals.

Annual Cap: No

Acceptance Dates: 1/1/2025 – 12/31/2027

Process:

  • Submit your article to a participating journal.
  • Identify yourself as the corresponding author with an OhioLINK institution.
  • Upon acceptance, you’ll be offered the option to publish open access at no cost.
  • Confirm your choice and complete the license agreement (typically CC-BY).

Tools: Use Cambridge’s OA Waivers & Discounts checker to verify eligibility.

Elsevier

 Eligibility: Corresponding author must be affiliated with an OhioLINK institution and the article must be accepted between Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2027.
 Journals: Most hybrid journals (excludes Cell Press and Lancet).
 Annual Cap: Yes
 Acceptance Dates: 1/1/2024 – 12/31/2027
 Process:
  • Submit to an eligible hybrid journal.
  • Use your institutional email and affiliation to ensure recognition.
  • Upon acceptance, if the annual cap hasn’t been reached, you’ll be offered the open access option.
  • Select open access and complete the license agreement.
 Note: There is an annual cap on free OA articles. Once reached, authors can still publish OA by paying the APC or publish behind a paywall at no cost.
Tools: Use Elsevier’s Journal Finder for OhioLINK

IOP Journals Open Access Publishing

 Eligibility: Corresponding author must be affiliated with an OhioLINK institution at the time of acceptance.
 Journals: All hybrid and fully OA journals in IOP’s transformative agreement.
 Annual Cap: No
 Acceptance Dates: 1/1/2023 – 12/31/2025
 Process:
  • Submit your article and identify your institutional affiliation.
  • IOP will detect eligibility and contact you near acceptance.
  • Confirm your choice to publish open access.
  • Article is published under a CC-BY 4.0 license at no cost.
 Note: No annual cap—unlimited OA publishing for eligible authors.
 Tools: Use IOP’s Journal Finder

Springer Nature

 Eligibility: Corresponding author must be affiliated with an OhioLINK institution.
 Journals: Over 2,000 hybrid journals.
 Annual Cap: Yes
 Acceptance Dates: 1/1/2024 – 12/31/2026
 Process:
  • Submit to an eligible journal.
  • Identify yourself as the corresponding author from an OhioLINK institution.
  • Upon acceptance, select the open access option.
  • Complete the license agreement to publish OA at no cost.

Note: OA coverage request approved following editorial acceptance.

Wiley

 Eligibility: Corresponding author must be affiliated with an OhioLINK institution.
 Journals: Over 1,800 hybrid and fully OA journals.
 Annual Cap: Yes
 Acceptance Dates: 1/1/2024 – 12/31/2026
 Process:
  • Submit to a participating journal.
  • Use your institutional email and affiliation.
  • Upon acceptance, choose to publish open access.
  • Wiley confirms eligibility and waives the APC.

Note: Fully OA workflow updated, see workflow considerations.

Workflow differs from hybrid journals:
  • OA request made at submission, but only confirmed after editorial acceptance and license signing.
  • Authors must ensure they can cover APCs if institutional coverage lapses (e.g., due to allocation limits or affiliation changes).
  • Timing matters—especially near year-end when funding may be exhausted.