Read and Publish agreements

OUP is helping drive the transition to open access through its Read and Publish agreements with institutions and consortia around the world. These agreements provide the academic community with transparent, flexible, and inclusive options for open access publishing in OUP journals, opening the doors to trusted research.

OUP’s Read and Publish agreements allow affiliated researchers at participating institutions to:

• publish accepted articles open access in OUP journals, with their institution covering the open access publication charge

• read high quality, high impact research from OUP’s prestigious journals

For authors

OUP’s Read and Publish agreements make open access publication simple for authors. The benefits of these agreements for authors include:

• Wide dissemination of your research – you can publish open access and make your research available to readers around the world

• No open access charge to pay - it is included in your institution’s agreement

• Quick and easy process following a simple, guided workflow

Find out if your institution has an agreement with OUP, which journals are participating, exclusions that may apply and how to make use of institutional funding for your article.

Find out more by reading our Step-by-Step Guide or watching our Author Video.

For librarians

Considering a new Read and Publish agreement?

As the world’s largest university press publisher of open access research, our goal is to support you in facilitating open access publishing from your researchers. Read and Publish agreements through Oxford University Press provide the following benefits:

• Transparent agreements covering both content access and OA publishing

• Secure online dashboard and control over author requests with detailed, live reporting

• Easy management of agreement, with a dedicated training team available

If you are interested in learning more about Read and Publish deals with Oxford University Press, please contact us or refer to the following downloadable documents.

• Read and Publish with OUP - an overview of Read and Publish benefits for your institution

• Open Access at OUP – a brochure of OUP’s open access publications 

Already have a Read and Publish agreement?

Already have an agreement in place with OUP? Make use of these tools to promote it to your researchers and colleagues:

• Read and Publish Library flyer - an overview of Read and Publish benefits for institutions and authors to share with your colleagues
• Read and Publish author benefits flyer – explains the benefits of your agreement to authors and researchers
• Social media toolkit to promote your Read and Publish offer on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram

Full list of institutions and agreements