Update: Read & Publish agreements in 2026
The Council of Australasian University Librarians (CAUL), in partnership with Universities Australia (UA) and Universities New Zealand (UNZ), has been negotiating new agreements with Elsevier, Wiley, Springer Nature, and Taylor & Francis, to secure fairer pricing and improved open access publishing opportunities for 2026.
An in-principle agreement with Taylor & Francis has been announced, and agreements are being finalised with Wiley and Springer Nature. Negotiations with Elsevier have been paused, with no agreement in place for 2026. Learn more on Network and the Major Publisher Negotiations Hub.
Further updates for 2026 will be provided as they become available.
Update: Article caps reached for 2025
We have reached the annual cap for open access publishing with several publishers in 2025.
- Wiley (hybrid journals) - cap was reached on 19 September.
- Springer Nature - cap was reached on 9 October.
- Taylor & Francis - cap was reached on 24 October.
- Wiley (fully open access journals) - cap was reached on 28 October.
There will be no further open access article approvals for these publishers in 2025.
Hybrid journals
Articles that are accepted to hybrid journals after the cap is reached are published with subscription access unless the authors elect to pay the article processing charge (APC) themselves. Instead of paying the APC, we recommend uploading the accepted manuscript version to Elements for free repository (Green) open access in DRO after any applicable publisher embargo.
Fully open access (gold) journals
In fully open access journals, it is likely that authors will need to pay the APC, as there is no option to publish behind a paywall. Information about APCs is available on the journal’s website.
- Regarding Wiley fully OA journals, please see further guidance available on CAUL's guide to the Wiley agreement.
For further advice, please contact your librarian.
Read & Publish agreements and APC discounts at Deakin
Click on the plus (+) icons below for information on the Read & Publish agreements and discounts available to corresponding authors at Deakin.
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Read & Publish agreement
This agreement allows Deakin corresponding authors to publish with open access in all of ACM's hybrid and gold journals without needing to pay an article processing charge (APC).
This agreement is available for articles published between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2025.
This is an uncapped agreement. There is no limit to the number of articles that can be published open access.
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AIP Publishing
Read & Publish agreement
This agreement allows Deakin corresponding authors to publish in most of AIP Publishing's hybrid journals without needing to pay an article processing charge (APC).
This agreement is available for articles accepted from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2025.
This is a capped agreement. Capped agreements limit the number of articles that can be published open access without paying additional APCs. The 2025 cap for this agreement is 385 articles by all participating institutions. The cap is tracked on the CAUL guide to this agreement. The cap for AIP Publishing is not expected to run out in 2025.
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Read & Publish Agreements Negotiated by CAUL: AIP Publishing
American Psychological Association (APA)
Read & Publish agreement
This agreement allows Deakin corresponding authors to publish with open access in most of the American Psychological Association's hybrid journals without needing to pay an article processing charge (APC).
This agreement is available for articles accepted from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2025.
This is an uncapped agreement. There is no limit to the number of articles that can be published open access.
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American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Read & Publish agreement
This agreement allows Deakin corresponding authors to publish in all of ASME's hybrid journals without needing to pay an article processing charge (APC).
This agreement is available for articles submitted from1 January 2024 to 31 December 2025.
This is an uncapped agreement. There is no limit to the number of articles that can be published open access.
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BioMed Central (BMC) and SpringerOpen
Article Processing Charge (APC) discount
Deakin corresponding authors are eligible for a 15% discount on open access APCs. Please follow these submission guidelines to access the discount.
BMJ Case Reports
Article Processing Charge (APC) discount
Deakin has an Institutional Fellowship - you may not need to take out an individual 12-month Fellowship to publish in BMJ Case Reports.
Please contact your librarian for details and the Institutional Fellowship code.
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Read & Publish agreement
This agreement allows Deakin corresponding authors to publish in most of CUP's hybrid and gold journals without needing to pay an article processing charge (APC).
This agreement is available for articles accepted from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2025.
This is an uncapped agreement. There is no limit to the number of articles that can be published open access.
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Read & Publish Agreements Negotiated by CAUL: Cambridge University Press
CSIRO
Read & Publish agreement
This agreement allows Deakin corresponding authors to publish in some of CSIRO Publishing's hybrid and gold journals without needing to pay an article processing charge (APC).
This agreement is available for articles accepted from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2025.
This is an uncapped agreement. There is no limit to the number of articles that can be published open access.
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Read & Publish Agreements Negotiated by CAUL: CSIRO Publishing
Elsevier *2026 update*
2026 update: Negotiations between Council of Australasian University Librarians (CAUL) and Elsevier have been paused, with no agreement in place for 2026. Learn more on the Major Publisher Negotiations Hub.
Read & Publish agreement
This agreement allows Deakin corresponding authors to publish in most of Elsevier's hybrid journals without needing to pay an article processing charge (APC).
This agreement is available for articles accepted from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2025.
This is a capped agreement. Capped agreements limit the number of articles that can be published open access without paying additional APCs. The 2025 cap for this agreement is 13,689 articles by all participating institutions. The cap is tracked on the CAUL guide to this agreement. The cap for Elsevier is not expected to run out in 2025.
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Read & Publish Agreements Negotiated by CAUL: Elsevier
Article Processing Charge (APC) discount
Deakin corresponding authors may be eligible for a 15% discount on fully open access (gold) journal title APCs. These journals are not included in the Read & Publish agreement.
A 15% discount may also be available for optional open access in hybrid journals that are not included in the Elsevier Read & Publish agreement. Please note, we do not recommend paying an APC to make your article open access in hybrid titles where this is not covered by a Read & Publish agreement.
You will be automatically identified as eligible for the discount based on your Deakin affiliation and email address.
Emerald (New in 2025)
Read & Publish agreement
This agreement allows Deakin corresponding authors to publish in most of Emerald’s hybrid and gold journals without needing to pay an article processing charge (APC).
This agreement is available for articles accepted from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025.
This is an uncapped agreement. There is no limit to the number of articles that can be published open access.
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IOP Publishing
Read & Publish agreement
This agreement allows Deakin corresponding authors to publish in most of IOP's hybrid and gold journals without needing to pay an article processing charge (APC).
This agreement is available for articles accepted from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2025.
This is an uncapped agreement. There is no limit to the number of articles that can be published open access.
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Read & Publish Agreements Negotiated by CAUL: IOP Publishing
Oxford University Press (Changes for 2025)
Read & Publish agreement
This agreement allows Deakin corresponding authors to publish in all of OUP's hybrid journals without needing to pay an article processing charge (APC).
This agreement is available for articles accepted from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2025.
This is an uncapped agreement. There is no limit to the number of articles that can be published open access.
The CAUL open access publishing agreement with OUP has been renegotiated and now only covers hybrid open access journals. Journals that 'flipped' to be fully open access between 2022-2024 are no longer included in this agreement. The affected journals are listed on the CAUL guide to this agreement. Authors with articles currently under review in these journals may be required to pay APCs if their articles are accepted. Please email openaccess@oup.com if you have questions.
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Read & Publish Agreements Negotiated by CAUL: Oxford University Press
The Royal Society
Read & Publish agreement
This agreement allows Deakin corresponding authors to publish in all of The Royal Society's hybrid and gold journals without needing to pay an article processing charge (APC).
This agreement is available for articles accepted from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2025.
This is an uncapped agreement. There is no limit to the number of articles that can be published open access.
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Read & Publish Agreements Negotiated by CAUL: The Royal Society
The Royal Society of Chemistry
Article Processing Charge (APC) discount
Deakin corresponding authors may be eligible for a 15% discount on hybrid journal title APCs. Please note, we do not recommend paying an APC to make your article open access in hybrid titles where this is not covered by a Read & Publish agreement.
You will be automatically identified as eligible for the discount based on your Deakin affiliation and email address.
Sage
Read & Publish agreement
This agreement allows Deakin corresponding authors to publish in most of Sage's hybrid journals without needing to pay an article processing charge (APC).
This agreement is available for articles accepted from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2025.
This is an uncapped agreement. There is no limit to the number of articles that can be published open access.
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Read & Publish Agreements Negotiated by CAUL: SAGE
Article Processing Charge (APC) discount
Deakin corresponding authors may be eligible for a 20% discount APCs for titles not included in the Sage read-and-publish agreement.
You will be automatically identified as eligible for the discount based on your Deakin affiliation and email address.
Springer Nature *Cap exhausted*
Read & Publish agreement
This agreement allows Deakin corresponding authors to publish in most of Springer Nature's hybrid journals without needing to pay an article processing charge (APC).
This agreement is available for articles accepted from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2025.
This is a capped agreement. Capped agreements limit the number of articles that can be published open access without paying additional APCs. The 2025 cap for this agreement is 3,513 articles by all participating institutions. The cap is tracked on the CAUL guide to this agreement.
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Read & Publish Agreements Negotiated by CAUL: Springer Nature
Caution
The open access cap was exhausted on 9 October 2025. There will be no further open access article approvals in 2025. Articles that are accepted after the cap is fully utilised will be published with subscription access unless the authors elect to pay the article processing charge. For articles published with subscription access (e.g. behind a paywall) we recommend depositing the accepted manuscript version to Elements for free repository (Green) open access in DRO after any applicable publisher embargo.
Taylor & Francis *Cap exhausted*
Read & Publish agreement
This agreement allows Deakin corresponding authors to publish in some of Taylor & Francis's hybrid journals without needing to pay an article processing charge (APC).
This agreement is available for articles accepted from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2025.
This is a capped agreement. Capped agreements limit the number of articles that can be published open access without paying additional APCs. The 2025 cap for this agreement is 3,877 articles by all participating institutions. The cap is tracked on the CAUL guide to this agreement.
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Read & Publish Agreements Negotiated by CAUL: Taylor & Francis
Caution
The open access cap was exhausted on 24 October 2025. There will be no further open access article approvals in 2025. Articles that are accepted after the cap is fully utilised will be published with subscription access unless the authors elect to pay the article processing charge. For articles published with subscription access (e.g. behind a paywall) we recommend depositing the accepted manuscript version to Elements for free repository (Green) open access in DRO after any applicable publisher embargo.
Article Processing Charge (APC) discount
Deakin corresponding authors may be eligible for a 15% discount on Open Select (hybrid) journal title APCs not included in the Taylor & Francis Read & Publish agreement. Please note, we do not recommend paying an APC to make your article open access in hybrid titles where this is not covered by a Read & Publish agreement.
You will be automatically identified as eligible for the discount based on your Deakin affiliation and email address.
Taylor & Francis Expert Medicine (formerly Future Science Group)
Read & Publish agreement
This agreement allows Deakin corresponding authors to publish in some of the Taylor & Francis Expert Medicine Collection’s (formerly Future Science Group) hybrid journals without needing to pay an article processing charge (APC).
This agreement is available for articles accepted from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2025.
This is an uncapped agreement. There is no limit to the number of articles that can be published open access. The Expert Medicine Collection (formerly Future Science Group) journals are not currently included in the main Taylor & Francis agreement cap.
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Read & Publish Agreements Negotiated by CAUL: Taylor & Francis Expert Medicine
Wiley *Hybrid and fully OA (gold) journal caps exhausted*
Read & Publish agreement
This agreement allows Deakin corresponding authors to publish in most of Wiley's hybrid and gold journals without needing to pay an article processing charge (APC).
This agreement is available for articles accepted from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2025.
This is a capped agreement. Capped agreements limit the number of articles that can be published open access without paying additional APCs. The 2025 cap for this agreement is split between 5,348 articles in hybrid journals and 1,690 articles in fully open access (gold) journals by all participating institutions. The cap is tracked on the CAUL guide to this agreement.
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Read & Publish Agreements Negotiated by CAUL: Wiley & Hindawi
Caution
In 2025, there is a separate cap for hybrid and gold journals.
Hybrid journals
The hybrid open access cap was exhausted on 19 September 2025. There will be no further hybrid open access article approvals in 2025. Articles that are accepted to hybrid journals will be published with subscription access unless the authors elect to pay the article processing charge (APC) themselves. Instead of paying the APC, we recommend uploading the accepted manuscript version to Elements for free repository (Green) open access in DRO after any applicable publisher embargo.
Fully open access (gold) journals
The fully open access article cap was exhausted on 28 October 2025. After the cap is reached, authors will need to pay an APC to publish their articles, as there is no option to publish behind a paywall in fully open access journals. Please see further guidance available on CAUL's guide to the Wiley agreement. Information about APCs is available on the journal’s website.
For further advice, please contact your librarian.
Read & Publish agreements and APC discounts
Read & Publish agreements are when libraries pay a flat fee to cover both subscription access to journal content and the open access publication costs for their authors.
Deakin Library participates in Read & Publish agreements negotiated by the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) consortium, which means corresponding authors at Deakin don’t have to pay open access article processing charges (APCs) in the included journals. Some agreements only include journals where open access is optional (hybrid journals), and some also include journals where all articles are open access (fully open access or gold journals).
Read & Publish agreements are applied automatically when your article is accepted in an included journal. It's important to:
- Check to see if your chosen journal is included:
- Search for the journal in Where Should I Publish, and check the Deakin OA Publishing Agreement field, or
- Search the 2025 Title List published by CAUL. Be aware Deakin doesn’t participate in every CAUL agreement. If you search this list, make sure you check for Deakin in the Eligible Institutions field.
- Check that your article is an eligible type. Most types of research articles are eligible, but editorials, notes, book reviews etc. are often not included. Check the eligible article list on CAUL’s guide for the specific publisher.
- Use your Deakin email address and Deakin affiliation.
- When prompted, select Deakin University as your institution.
- Be aware that some publishers charge additional fees, such as page or colour charges. These fees are not covered by the Read & Publish agreement.
FAQs and troubleshooting
Explore our Open Research Hub FAQs for further information on Read & Publish agreements and APC discounts at Deakin.