Free Open Access Publishing Opportunities for Azusa Pacific University Authors

Azusa Pacific University, as a member of the Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium (SCELC), is part of a read-and-publish agreement with Wiley for January 2024 through December 2026. This agreement allows Azusa Pacific-affiliated authors to publish their articles Open Access in many Wiley journals at no cost to themselves (if grant-funded, authors will need to cover a $1000 APC fee).

In other terms, this agreement covers the Article Processing Charges (APCs) for Azusa Pacific authors whose research articles are accepted for publication in applicable Wiley journals from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2026.

Please read on for information to determine if your research publication is eligible and to learn how to take advantage of this opportunity.

Articles from authors at participating institutions will be published under the author's choice of the following licenses:

• CC-BY
• CC-BY-NC
• CC-BY-NC-ND

For more information on Creative Commons licenses see the home page of this guide

Please see Wiley's Open Access Article Licensing page for more details. Learn more about the advantages of publishing on the Wiley platform.

To be eligible, articles must:

• Be an Original Research or Review article. (Article Type definitions)
• Be accepted for publication in one of Wiley Fully OA Journals (336+) and Wiley Hybrid titles (1316+)
• Be accepted between 1 January 2024 and December 31, 2026
• Have a corresponding author affiliated with Azusa Pacific University (i.e. researcher, professor, adjunct faculty member, lecturer, graduate, or undergraduate student). The corresponding author may also be affiliated with select SCELC institutions or the California State University system.
• Be submitted using their Azusa Pacific University email address.

• APC discounts will be provided for grant-funded corresponding authors ($1000 of list price APC)
• Full APC list is covered for Unfunded Authors

 As an author affiliated with this institution, which is part of an agreement with Wiley, you are automatically eligible for a 15% discount on your open access article processing charges (APC) as well as a $1000 subvention paid for by SCELC covered by your library's subscription fee. If you do not have research funds to contribute to the remaining APC after the discount and subvention, click the green “HELP” button at the bottom right of the screen on the Wiley site and a live Wiley Customer Support agent will route your request to the SCELC administrative dashboard.

There are many ways that authors may learn of their eligibility.   

• By indicating their institutional affiliation as part of the article submission process (the system includes multiple checkpoints to encourage authors to match their institution to a standardized list).   
• By using an email address associated with their institution’s organizational domain.   
• By checking to see that their institution is listed on Wiley’s Institutional Eligibility Page.
• Via an email campaign from Wiley which will only go to participating institution authors that have previously opted-in to be notified about open access opportunities.

You may also view this Author Journey overview video (10:33) that will walk you through the steps for publishing open access through this pilot.

• Approval is mediated by SCELC.
• There is no cap on the number of publications approved.

• Wiley has created a publication process tracking sheet that will help you know what happens next.

Submit your title and abstract to Wiley's journal finder. 

• Results that indicate: Open Access Yes or Optional are likely included in our agreement.

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