The Dartmouth Libraries have long supported efforts to make scholarship publicly available.
Publisher Agreements
The Dartmouth Libraries support Open Access publication in a variety of ways, including through a growing list of negotiated agreements with publishers. These deals provide full or partial APC coverage for Dartmouth authors who publish Open Access. Through these and future agreements, the Libraries aim to foster a paradigm shift within the scholarly communications landscape that makes full public access to research the norm rather than the exception. Information about the agreements is available in the table below.
Unless otherwise stated in the instructions, these deals apply to current Dartmouth faculty, students, and staff. When submitting an article, always use your Dartmouth email address.
Publisher | APC Coverage | Agreement Details | Instructions for Authors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge University Press | 100% | This full APC discount applies to Dartmouth-affiliated corresponding authors who publish in hybrid and gold Cambridge University Press journals. Authors can see exactly which journals qualify here. The following article types are included: research articles, review articles, rapid communications, brief reports, and case reports. | An author guide is available here. |
| IEEE | 15% | This 15% APC discount applies to Dartmouth-affiliated authors who publish in hybrid and gold IEEE journals. The IEEE publication finder helps authors identify journals. | Authors submitting to gold journals will be asked to accept Open Access terms and charges during Step 1. Authors submitting to hybrid journals will not be asked to select Open Access until after acceptance. |
| Institute of Physics | 100% | This full APC discount applies to Dartmouth-affiliated corresponding authors who publish in hybrid and gold IOP journals. All journals listed in sections A-D here are eligible. The following article types are included: research papers, special issues, letters, and review articles. | An author guide is available here. |
| Microbiology Society | 100% | This full APC discount applies to Dartmouth-affiliated corresponding authors who publish in any of the Microbiology Society journals. All article types are eligible. | An author guide is available here. |
| The Royal Society | 100% | This full APC discount applies to Dartmouth-affiliated primary corresponding authors who publish in any of The Royal Society’s journals. All article types are eligible. | An author guide is available here. |
| Royal Society of Chemistry | 100% | This full APC discount applies to the Dartmouth-affiliated primary corresponding authors as designated in the article submissions system who publish in any of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s hybrid journals, gold journals, and RSC Advances. | When submitting, do not sign the standard publishing license to publish. If the manuscript is accepted, the corresponding author will be able to select between a CC BY and CC BY-NC Open Access license. |
Last Updated: 2024-03-20
Other Support
For the remainder of FY24, the Libraries also offer APC support for authors publishing in Open Access journals not covered by these agreements. You can learn more about that program here.
The Scholarly Communication, Copyright, and Publishing department can assist with other Open Access projects, including publishing Open Access journals, monographs, anthologies, edited volumes, textbooks, and more. If you have an idea along these lines, please email us at dartmouthdigitalcommons@groups.dartmouth.edu.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a transformative agreement?
These agreements between institutions and publishers aim to shift the scholarly publishing business model from a subscription-based model to a publication-based model, enabling full Open Access. Names for these agreements vary, including “publish and read agreements”, “read and publish agreements”, or “Open Access agreements”.
What is a gold journal?
In a gold journal, all articles are published Open Access and made freely available to read and download on the journal website immediately upon publication.
What is a hybrid journal?
In a hybrid journal, articles are available through subscription but authors can choose to publish their article Open Access. This result is that within the journal, some articles are freely available to read and download on the journal website immediately upon publication and others are available only to subscribers.
What is an Open Access license?
Creative Commons licenses allow the author to both retain copyright ownership of their work and provide clear sharing and reuse permissions. Each license has a different set of sharing and reuse permissions, some more expansive and some more restrictive. A list detailing all Creative Commons licenses is available here. In the agreements listed above, authors will often be able to choose between a selection of Creative Commons licenses for their work.
These agreements primarily cover STEM disciplines, what about the Humanities and Social Sciences?
The Open Access landscape operates somewhat differently within these disciplines. The Libraries are no less committed to making Humanities and Social Science research available to all. In light of this commitment, the Libraries participate in three “Subscribe to Open” initiatives for Annual Reviews, Demography, and MIT Press, and support the Open Library of Humanities.
How can I deposit my research in Dartmouth’s institutional repository?
Archiving your published work on Dartmouth Digital Commons represents another way to publish your work Open Access. Dartmouth’s institutional repository hosts a wide range of faculty, student, and staff scholarship, broadening the community’s research impact. Before uploading your work to the platform, please check with your publisher about any conditions that might limit archiving on an institutional repository. Once you’ve obtained that information and are ready to submit, simply proceed to the submission page here.
Get in Touch
Learn more about the Scholarly Communication, Copyright, and Publishing department here. If you have questions about these publishing agreements or want to discuss Open Access publishing more generally, please email us at dartmouthdigitalcommons@groups.dartmouth.edu. We welcome your thoughts and questions.
The format of this page was inspired by the University of British Columbia’s “Open Access Publisher Discounts” page, created by their Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office.
