UAB-affiliated authors can publish open access in select Wiley gold and hybrid open access journals at no cost to the author through an ongoing read-and-publish agreement between Wiley and UAB Libraries.
Unlike traditional publishing systems, open access journals do not require a subscription to access paywalled resources; to offset that loss of revenue, most OA publications collect what is called an article processing charge (APC) in order to publish.
The average APC cost is just over $1,600, according to an article published earlier this year in Sci Ed, and UAB Libraries funds up to 100 Wiley APCs per year on a first-come, first-served basis. Since Jan. 1, 2023, UAB Libraries has saved more than $773,000 in APC fees for UAB authors via its agreement with Wiley.
“The Wiley agreement is one of the most significant ways UAB Libraries can equip our authors to publish open access,” said Jeff Gravline, J.D., associate dean for Research and Scholarly Communication and director of the Office of Scholarly Communication in UAB Libraries. “We’re excited to continue offering APC funding assistance for the third year running.”
After the cap is reached, UAB-affiliated authors remain eligible for a 15% discount on APCs when publishing open access with Wiley.
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To qualify for APC funding through UAB Libraries’ agreement with Wiley, authors must currently be affiliated with UAB and be either the lead or corresponding author on the article. Articles must be a Research Article, Review Article or a Case study, and it must have been accepted on or after Jan. 1, 2025. Authors also are limited to one funded APC per calendar year. Find additional details in this research guide.
More opportunities to publish open access
In addition to its agreement with Wiley, UAB Libraries also has read-and-publish agreements with Springer Nature, which has saved more than $397,00 for UAB authors since January 2024, and Cambridge Publishing, which has saved more than $100,000 for UAB authors since January 2021.
Two new agreements with Mary Ann Liebert Inc. and The Company of Biologists were launched in January 2025, and UAB also has ongoing agreements with IOP Publishing, the Association for Computing Machinery and the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Learn more about open access publishing support through UAB Libraries in this research guide, and contact Graveline (jgraveli@uab.edu) in the Office of Scholarly Communication with questions.