Open Access publishing agreements

The University has 20 Open Access publishing agreements in 2026. These agreements allow corresponding authors from the University to publish their work open access without paying article processing charges (APCs).

Open Access publishing agreements - also known as read and publish agreements – allow University authors to publish Open Access in eligible journals at no cost to them.

Te Kahu Tauira, Student and Scholarly Services pays a single annual fee that covers:

• Open Access publishing for University of Auckland corresponding authors
• Access to subscription content for all staff and students

Most agreements are negotiated nationally through the Council of Australasian University Librarians (CAUL), which represents university libraries across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.

To publish Open Access under these agreements, authors must:

1. Be the corresponding author affiliated with the University of Auckland.
2. Use a staff email address (name@auckland.ac.nz) when submitting the manuscript.
   a. Student email addresses (name@aucklanduni.ac.nz) cannot be used.
   b. Doctoral students may request a staff email account through their faculty group services co-ordinator or supervisor.
3. Select the Open Access publishing option during submission.
4. Choose a Creative Commons (CC) licence for the article (required by all agreements).

Note: Some journals may still charge additional fees (e.g. page charges, colour charges, service fees). These are not covered by the agreements.

You can browse the full A-Z list of journals included in our Open Access publishing agreements below. Select “University of Auckland” to filter the list to journals covered under our institutional agreements. You can also filter by publisher or use the search function to find specific titles.

2026 alphabetical title list: https://caul.libguides.com/read-and-publish/title-list

This list includes all journals covered by the University’s 2026 Open Access publishing agreements. The corresponding authors can publish Open Access in these journals without paying APCs.

Note:

• Not all titles from every publisher are included in the agreements, and not all article types may be covered. Once you locate a journal, check the publisher’s detailed eligibility in the CAUL guide.
• Some journals may still charge other fees, such as page charges, colour charges, or service fees.
• Annual Reviews titles are listed separately – Journals A-Z.
• Inclusion in an agreement does not indicate journal quality. Use the Think. Check. Submit. checklist to evaluate journal credibility.
• All our agreements this year, except Wiley Gold, are uncapped, which means authors can publish an unlimited number of eligible articles without the agreement running out.

Below is the list of publishers the University has agreements with this year. The CAUL guide provides publisher‑specific details, but because it covers many Australasian institutions, not all agreements apply to us. Confirm the publisher is on our university list before using the CAUL information.

• American Institute of Physics (AIP)
• American Psychological Association (APA)
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• Annual Reviews
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Brill
• Cambridge University Press
• Canadian Science Publishing
• The Company of Biologists
• CSIRO
• Elsevier
• Institute of Physics (IOP)
• Karger Publishers
• Microbiology Society
• Oxford University Press
• Portland Press (Biochemical Society)
• The Royal Society
• Sage
• Springer Nature
• Taylor & Francis
• Wiley

Publishing discounts – author-incurred charges apply

Below is a list of publishers that offer discounted open-access fees for corresponding authors affiliated with the University of Auckland. Most of these publishers are also included in our Open Access publishing agreements; the discounts listed here apply to journals not covered by those agreements.

 For each publisher's eligibility criteria, refer to the CAUL guide.

• Elsevier: 15% discount on publishing in fully gold journals.
• Oxford University Press: 10% discount on publishing in fully gold journals.
• Royal Society of Chemistry: 15% discount on publishing in fully gold journals.
• Sage: 20% discount on publishing in fully gold journals.
• Wiley: 20% discount for articles not covered by the agreement.