New R&P contracts 2021: Publishing in open-access journals for ETH members

From 1 January 2021, researchers at ETH Zurich will be able to publish open-access articles in journals published by Cambridge University Press, Karger, Sage, Taylor & Francis and Trans Tech Publications without having to pay any fees. The associated costs are covered by the new read & publish agreements. These agreements require that you as the corresponding author of the submitted article are employed at ETH Zurich.

Cambridge University Press

Members of ETH Zurich can publish in external pageall journalscall_made published by Cambridge University Press, including gold-open-access journals. This applies to all articles with a publication date in 2021. Read access is now also available for external pageall journalscall_made published by Cambridge University Press since 1997.

Karger

Members of ETH Zurich can now also publish open access in external pageall journalscall_made published by Karger. This is valid for all articles submitted in 2021. Read access is now also available for the external pageentire Karger publication portfoliocall_made from 1998 onwards.

Sage

The agreement allows members of ETH Zurich to publish in external pageall hybrid journalscall_made published by Sage. This agreement applies to all articles with an acceptance date in 2021. Read access external pageremains the samecall_made.

Taylor & Francis

Members of ETH Zurich can publish in most hybrid and gold-open-access journals from Taylor & Francis. This applies to all articles with an acceptance date in 2021. Read access for the external pageexistingcall_made collections remains the same.

Trans Tech Publications

In addition to unlimited access to the external pageentire journal portfoliocall_made published by Trans Tech Publications, members of ETH Zurich can now publish in external pageall journalscall_made of the same publisher free of charge. This applies to all articles with a submission date in 2021.

In a combined contract model, the agreements bring together electronic access to all journals with the option of open-access publishing. For ETH Zurich, these agreements represent another important step in the implementation of the open-access policy and the external pagenational open-access strategycall_made. All researchers are now offered the very best opportunity to make sure their scientific findings are read by as many people as possible around the globe.

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