Type of Agreement:

• CAUL Read and Publish Agreement - This agreement allows UWA corresponding authors to publish open access in 23 hybrid AIP journals without incurring individual APC payments. See title list for journals covered.
• Eligible article types: Research articles, Review articles

Number of Included Articles:

• Capped agreement - shared publishing allowance of 342 articles by authors from participating institutions in 2025

Article Licence:

• Articles published with a CC BY licence

Included Titles:

• See Title List - Included titles list "University of Western Australia" as an Eligible university and are visible when "University of Western Australia" is selected in the Institution filter.

More Information:

• See CAUL agreement page
• Articles with a 2024-2025 acceptance date are eligible to be published under this agreement.
• Eligible article types: Research article, Review article

Type of Agreement

• CAUL Read and Publish Agreement - This agreement allows UWA corresponding authors to publish open access in most hybrid APA journals without incurring individual APC payments.

Number of Included Articles

• No limits on number of articles published.

Article Licence

• Articles published with a CC BY licence.

Included Titles

• See Title List - Included titles list "University of Western Australia" as an Eligible university and are visible when "University of Western Australia" is selected in the Institution filter.

Full Information and Author Journey

• See CAUL agreement page.
• Articles accepted in 2025 are eligible for this agreement
• Page and colour charges may apply and will be the responsibility of the authors
• Eligible article types: Research Article, Review Article, Brief Report

Type of Agreement:

• CAUL Read and Publish Agreement - This agreement allows UWA corresponding authors to publish open access in all 35 ASME hybrid journals and the ASME Open Journal of Engineering without incurring individual APC payments.

Number of Included Articles:

• No limit on the number of articles published

Article Licence:

• Articles published with a CC BY licence

Included titles:

• Title list. 35 ASME Hybrid journals and the ASME Open Journal of Engineering

More Information:

• See CAUL Agreement page
• All peer reviewed research articles submitted in 2025 with a UWA corresponding author are eligible
• ASME journals may charge other page and colour fees, and these are the responsibility of the author

Type of Agreement:

• Subscribe to Open (S2O) - articles will be published open access in Annual Reviews journals free of individual cost to authors

Number of Included Articles:

• No limit on number of articles published under this initiative in 2025

Article Licence:

• Articles published with a CC BY licence

Included titles:

• Title List

More Information:

• See information on the Annual Reviews webpage
• Articles with a 2024 or 2025 submission date are eligible to be published under this agreement

Type of Agreement

• CAUL Read and Publish Agreement - This agreement allows UWA corresponding authors to publish open access in ACM journals without incurring individual APC payments

Number of Included Articles

• No limits on number of articles published.

Article Licence

• Articles published with a CC BY or a CC BY-NC-ND licence.

Included Titles

• See Title List Included titles list "University of Western Australia" as an Eligible university and are visible when "University of Western Australia" is selected in the Institution filter.

Full Information and Author Journey

• See CAUL ACM agreement page.
• Articles accepted in 2024-2026 are eligible for this agreement.
• Eligible article types: Research article, review article, short paper, survey, technical note, tutorial, interview, note

Type of Agreement:

• Subscribe to Open (S2O) - articles will be published open access in Berghahn Open Anthro journals free of individual cost to authors

Number of Included Articles:

• No limit on number of articles published under this initiative in 2024

Article Licence:

• Articles published with either a CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-ND or CC BY-NC-ND licence

Included titles:

• Title List

More Information:

• See information on the Berghahn Open Anthro webpage
• Articles with a 2024-2025 submission date are eligible to be published under this agreement

Type of Agreement:

• CAUL Read and Publish Agreement - This agreement allows UWA corresponding authors to publish open access in Biochemical Society journals without incurring individual APC payments

Number of Included Articles:

• No limit on number of articles published

Article Licence:

• Articles published with a CC BY licence

Included Titles:

• Title List - All Biochemical Society journals are included in this agreement

Full Information and Author Journey:

• See CAUL Agreement Page
• Articles with a 2024-2025 acceptance date are eligible for this agreement
• Eligible article types: All

Type of Agreement:

• 15% APC Discount

Number of Included Articles:

• No limit on the number of articles published

Article Licence:

• Articles published with a CC BY licence

Included titles:

• All BMC journals

More Information:

• All peer reviewed research articles accepted in 2024 or 2025 with a UWA corresponding author are eligible
• UWA corresponding author will be identified based on their email address and affiliation as listed in the submitted article

Type of Agreement:

• CAUL Read and Publish Agreement - This agreement allows UWA corresponding authors to publish open access in many CUP journals without incurring individual APC payments

Number of Included Articles:

• No limit on number of articles published

Article Licence:

• Articles published with a choice of either a CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-SA, CC BY-ND, or CC BY-NC-ND licence

Included Titles:

• Title List - Included titles list "University of Western Australia" as an Eligible university and are visible when "University of Western Australia" is selected in the Institution filter.

Full Information and Author Journey:

• See CAUL Agreement page
• Articles with a 2024-2025 acceptance date are eligible for this agreement
• Eligible article types: Research articles, Review articles, Rapid communications, Brief reports, Case reports

Type of Agreement:

• CAUL Read and Publish Agreement - This agreement allows UWA corresponding authors to publish open access in all Canadian Science Publishing journals without incurring individual APC payments

Number of Included Articles:

• No limit on number of articles published

Article Licence:

• Articles published with a CC BY licence

Included Titles:

• All CSP titles

Full Information and Author Journey:

• See CAUL Agreement page
• Articles with 2025-2027 submission dates are eligible for this agreement
• Eligible article types: Article, Review, Communication, Note, Data paper, Comment, Invited review, Letter, Mini review, Research article, Science Applications Forum, Perspective, Editorial, Retrospective, Reply

Type of Agreement:

• Institutional Membership Agreement - This agreement allows UWA corresponding authors to publish open access in Cogitatio Press journals without incurring individual APC payments

Number of Included Articles:

• No limit on number of articles published

Article Licence:

• Articles published with a CC BY licence

Included Titles and More Information:

• See Institutional Membership information page

Type of Agreement:

• CAUL Read and Publish Agreement - This agreement allows UWA corresponding authors to publish in all Company of Biologists journals without incurring individual APC payments

Number of Included Articles:

• No limit on number of articles published

Article Licence:

• Articles published with a CC BY licence

Included Titles:

• Title List- Included titles list "University of Western Australia" as an Eligible university and are visible when "University of Western Australia" is selected in the Institution filter.

Full Information and Author Journey:

• See CAUL agreement page
• Agreement valid for articles accepted in 2024-2025
• Eligible article types: Original research papers

Type of Agreement:

• CAUL Read and Publish Agreement -This agreement allows UWA corresponding authors to publish open access in all CSIRO owned journals without incurring individual APC payments

Number of Included Articles:

• No limit on number of articles published

Article Licence:

• Articles published with the choice of a CC BY, CC BY-NC or CC BY-NC-ND licence

Included Titles:

• Title List - Included titles list "University of Western Australia" as an Eligible university and are visible when "University of Western Australia" is selected in the Institution filter.

Full Information and Author Journey:

• See CAUL agreement page
• Articles accepted in 2023-2025 are eligible for this agreement
• Eligible article types: Research articles

Type of Agreement:

• CAUL Read and Publish Agreement - This agreement allows UWA corresponding authors to publish open access in most of Elsevier's hybrid journals without incurring individual APC payments

Number of Included Articles:

• Capped agreement - shared publishing allowance of 12,584 articles across all institutions in 2025

Article Licence:

• Articles published with the choice of either a CC BY, CC BY-NC or CC BY-NC-ND licence

Included Titles:

• Title List

Full Information and Author Journey:

• See CAUL agreement page

Notes:

• 15% discount on Open Access publishing in titles not in the Read and Publish agreement or once cap reached
• Articles with a 2023-2025 acceptance date are eligible to be published under this agreement, provided the annual cap has not been reached by the date of acceptance
• Eligible article types: Full length articles, Review articles, Case reports, Protocols, Short communications, Micro articles, Original software publications, Short surveys, Data, Practice guidelines, Replication studies, Video articles
• Additional page and/or colour fees may apply and are the responsibility of the authors. Authors advised to check submission guidelines.

Type of Agreement:

• CAUL Read and Publish Agreement - This Read and Publish agreement allows UWA corresponding authors to publish open access in all of The Geological Society hybrid journals without incurring individual APC payments.

Number of Included Articles:

• No limit on number of articles published under this agreement in 2025

Article Licence:

• Articles published with a CC BY licence

Included titles:

• This agreement allows for publishing in all 9 of the Geological Society's actively published journals and 4 book series.

More Information:

• See CAUL Agreement page
• Articles with a 2024-2025 submission date are eligible to be published under this agreement
• Eligible article types: All

Type of Agreement:

• CAUL Read and Publish Agreement - This agreement allows UWA corresponding authors to publish open access in most of IoP's hybrid and gold journals without incurring individual APC payments

Number of Included Articles:

• No limits on number of articles published

Article Licence:

• Articles published with either a CC BY or CC BY-NC-ND licence

Included Titles:

• Title List - Included titles list "University of Western Australia" as an Eligible university and are visible when "University of Western Australia" is selected in the Institution filter.

Full Information and Author Journey:

• See CAUL agreement page

Notes:

• Articles with a 2024-2025 acceptance date are eligible to be published under this agreement
• Eligible article types: Research articles, Special issue articles, Review articles, Letters

Type of Agreement:

• CAUL Read and Publish Agreement -This agreement allows UWA corresponding authors to publish open access in 14 of IWA's hybrid and gold journals without incurring individual APC payments

Number of Included Articles:

• No limits on number of articles published

Article Licence:

• Articles published with either a CC BY, CC BY-NC or CC BY-ND licence

Included Titles:

• Title List - Included titles list "University of Western Australia" as an Eligible university and are visible when "University of Western Australia" is selected in the Institution filter.

Full Information and Author Journey:

• See CAUL agreement page

Notes:

• Articles with a 2024-2025 acceptance date are eligible to be published under this agreement
• Eligible article types: All

Type of Agreement:

• CAUL Read and Publish Agreement - This agreement allows UWA corresponding authors to publish open access in all of John Benjamins' hybrid journals without incurring individual APC payments

Number of Included Articles:

• No limits on number of articles published

Article Licence:

• Articles published with a CC BY licence by default, other CC licences available on request.

Included Titles:

• Title List - Included titles list "University of Western Australia" as an Eligible university and are visible when "University of Western Australia" is selected in the Institution filter.

Full Information and Author Journey:

• See CAUL agreement page

Notes:

• Articles with a 2024-2025 acceptance date are eligible to be published under this agreement
• Eligible article types: Research articles, Review articles, Book review

Type of Agreement:

• CAUL Read and Publish Agreement - This agreement allows UWA corresponding authors to publish open access in most Karger hybrid and OA journals without incurring individual APC payments

Number of Included Articles:

• No limits on number of articles published

Article Licence:

• Articles published with either a CC BY or CC BY-NC licence

Included Titles:

• Title List - Included titles list "University of Western Australia" as an Eligible university and are visible when "University of Western Australia" is selected in the Institution filter.

Full Information and Author Journey:

• See CAUL agreement page

Notes:

• Articles with a 2024-2025 acceptance date are eligible to be published under this agreement
• Eligible article types: Research article, Review article, Systematic review, Brief report, Commentary, Editorial, Letter, Method article, Case study

Type of Agreement:

• 10% APC Discount

Number of Included Articles:

• No limit on the number of articles published

Article Licence:

• Articles published with a CC BY licence

Included titles:

• All MDPI journals

More Information:

• All articles submitted in 2024-2025 with a UWA corresponding author are eligible
• UWA corresponding author will be identified based on their institutional email address and affiliation on the paper

Type of Agreement:

• CAUL Read and Publish Agreement - This agreement allows UWA corresponding authors to publish open access in all of the Microbiology Society hybrid and gold journals without incurring individual APC payments

Number of Included Articles:

• No limit on the number of articles published

Article Licence:

• Articles published with a CC BY licence

Included titles:

• Title List - Included titles list "University of Western Australia" as an Eligible university and are visible when "University of Western Australia" is selected in the Institution filter.

More Information:

• See CAUL Agreement page
• Articles with a 2024-2025 acceptance date are eligible to be published open access under this agreement
• Eligible article types: All

Type of Agreement:

• CAUL Read and Publish Agreement - This agreement allows UWA corresponding authors to publish open access in some OUP hybrid and gold journals without incurring individual APC payments

Number of Included Articles:

• No limit on the number of articles published in 2025

Article Licence:

• Articles published with a CC BY, CC BY-NC or CC BY-NC-ND licence

Included titles:

• Title List - Included titles list "University of Western Australia" as an Eligible university and are visible when "University of Western Australia" is selected in the Institution filter.

More Information:

• See CAUL Agreement page
• 10% discount for fully open titles excluded from agreement
• Articles with a 2024-2027 acceptance date are eligible to be published open access under this agreement
• Eligible article types: Research article, Review article, Brief Report, Case Report

Type of Agreement:

• CAUL Read and Publish Agreement - This agreement allows UWA corresponding authors to publish open access in all of The Royal Society's hybrid and gold journals without incurring individual APC payments

Number of Included Articles:

• No limit on the number of articles published under this agreement

Article Licence:

• Articles published with a CC BY licence

Included titles:

• Title List - Included titles list "University of Western Australia" as an Eligible university and are visible when "University of Western Australia" is selected in the Institution filter.

More Information:

• See CAUL Agreement page
• Articles with a 2024-2025 acceptance date are eligible to be published open access under this agreement
• Eligible article types: Original paper, Review, Brief Communication, Correction, Additions

Type of Agreement:

• 15% APC Discount for articles published in hybrid journals

Article Licence:

• Articles published with either an CC BY or CC BY-NC licence

Included titles:

• All RSC journals that offer an open access option

Type of Agreement:

• CAUL Read and Publish Agreement and APC Discount - This agreement allows UWA corresponding authors to publish open access in most of SAGE's hybrid journals without incurring individual APC payments

Number of Included Articles:

• No limit on the number of articles published under this agreement

Article Licence:

• Articles published with either a CC BY or CC BY-NC licence

Included titles:

• Title List - Included titles list "University of Western Australia" as an 'Eligible' university. Gold OA titles with a 20% APC discount will have 'University of Western Australia' listed under institutions eligible for discounted APCs.

More Information:

• See CAUL Agreement page
• Articles with a 2023-2025 acceptance date are eligible to be published open access under this agreement
• 20% discount on APCs for articles published in SAGE Gold Open Access journals not included in the Read and Publish agreement
• Eligible article types: Original research paper, Review paper, Brief communication, Short report, Case report

Type of Agreement:

• Publish Open Access at no cost through UWA's partnership with SCOAP³

Number of Included Articles:

• No limit on the number of articles published

Article Licence:

• Articles published with a variety of Creative Commons licences

Included titles:

• Select High-Energy Physics journals

More Information:

• Articles accepted in 2024-2027 are eligible
• An ORCID must be provided for the corresponding author(s).

Type of Agreement:

• CAUL Read and Publish Agreement and APC Discount (Springer fully OA titles) - This Read and Publish agreement allows UWA corresponding authors to publish open access in most of Springer's hybrid journals without incurring individual APC payments.
• There is a separate 15% discount on APC charges for Springer titles that are fully Open Access.
• Nature Publishing Group titles are not included in this agreement, but UWA offers a separate fund for corresponding authors of Nature articles (flagship journal only).

Number of Included Articles:

• Read and Publish agreement is a capped agreement - shared publishing allowance of 3,511 articles by authors of participating CAUL institutions in 2025.
• This cap is currently estimated to reach completion by 7 October 2025.

  Please note this date is subject to change, this information will be updated weekly (information current as of 1 September 2025)

Once the cap is reached, authors who have articles accepted by journals included in this agreement will have the option of publishing behind the paywall, or paying the APC out of their own funds. Authors are advised to consider the lag period between submission and acceptance when submitting their work to one of these journals.

• No limit on Springer fully open access titles APC discounts.

Article Licence:

• Articles published with either a CC BY or CC BY-NC licence

Included titles:

• Read & Publish Title List - Included titles list "University of Western Australia" as an Eligible university. Nature journals are not included in this agreement.
• UWA has an APC fund for publications in Nature (flagship journal only) with a UWA corresponding author. More information available on the Staff Intranet.
• A 15% discount applies to all Springer fully open access journals

More Information:

• See CAUL Read & Publish Agreement page
• Articles with a 2024-2025 acceptance date are eligible to be published open access under this agreement, provided the annual cap has not been reached by the date of acceptance.
• Eligible article types: Original paper, Review paper, Brief communication, Continuing education
• Springer Nature information for authors

Type of Agreement:

• CAUL Read and Publish Agreement and APC Discount - This Read and Publish agreement allows UWA corresponding authors to publish open access in some T&F hybrid journals without incurring individual APC payments.
• There is a separate discount on APC charges for some journal titles not covered as part of this agreement.

Number of Included Articles:

• Capped agreement - shared publishing allowance of 3,877 articles by authors of participating CAUL institutions in 2025
• This cap is currently estimated to reach completion by 30 October 2025.

  Please note this date is subject to change, this information will be updated weekly (information current as of 1 September 2025)

Once the cap is reached, authors who have articles accepted by journals included in this agreement will have the option of publishing behind the paywall, or paying the APC out of their own funds. Authors are advised to consider the lag period between submission and acceptance when submitting their work to one of these journals.

Article Licence:

• Articles published with either a CC BY, CC BY-NC or CC BY-NC-ND licence

Included titles:

• Title List - Included titles list "University of Western Australia" as an Eligible university and are visible when "University of Western Australia" is selected in the Institution filter.
• Some Taylor & Francis journal titles not included in the agreement may benefit from a 10% discount on APCs, check an individual journal's information to see if 'University of Western Australia' is listed as receiving a discount for the APC.

More Information:

• See CAUL Agreement page
• Articles with a 2024-2025 acceptance date are eligible to be published open access under this agreement, provided the annual cap has not been reached on the date of acceptance.
• Some journals not included in the Read and Publish agreement may benefit from a 10% discount on APCs.
• Eligible article types: Research article, Review article, Report, Short communication, Case report, Note, Original article, Guest editorial

Type of Agreement:

• CAUL Read and Publish Agreement - This Read and Publish agreement allows UWA corresponding authors to publish open access in most Wiley hybrid and gold journals without incurring individual APC payments.

Number of Included Articles:

• Capped agreement - shared publishing allowance of 5,348 articles in hybrid journals and 1,690 articles in fully OA journals by authors of participating CAUL institutions in 2025.
Caps are currently estimated to reach completion at the following dates. Dates subject to change, this information will be updated weekly. As of 1 September 2025:
• Wiley hybrid journals: 17 September 2025
• Wiley Gold (full open access) journals: 14 November 2025.

Once the cap is reached, authors who have articles accepted by hybrid journals will have the option of publishing behind they paywall, or paying the APC out of their own funds. Authors publishing in Gold journals will need to cover the cost of the APC out of their own funds. Authors are advised to consider the lag period between submission and acceptance when submitting their work to a journal covered under these agreements.

Article Licence:

• Articles published with either a CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-ND or CC BY-NC-ND licence

Included titles:

• Title List- Included titles list "University of Western Australia" as an Eligible university and are visible when "University of Western Australia" is selected in the Institution filter. Includes a selection of both fully OA and hybrid journals.

More Information:

• See CAUL Agreement page
• 10% discount on APCs for articles in participating journals once cap has been reached
• Articles with a 2024-2025 acceptance date are eligible to be published under this agreement, provided the annual cap has not been reached on the date of acceptance.
• Eligible article types: Research article, Review Article, Case Study, Short communication, Commentary, Method & protocol, Technical note. See full list via link in CAUL agreement page.