This page describes the different agreements the library has negotiated with each of the following publishers for UNLV researchers.
If you are affiliated with UNLV and are looking for information about general support for Open Access publishing (not publisher specific), please review the UNLV Open Article Fund information.
These efforts to make UNLV research available to anyone, anywhere, with an internet connection support the UNLV Top Tier initiative and R1 status, specifically by helping UNLV achieve wide dissemination of the outstanding research that is conducted on our campuses.
To share suggestions for publishers that you would like to see open access agreements with please let us know by emailing digitalscholarship@unlv.edu.
Starting in 2023, and through the Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium (SCELC), the UNLV University Libraries has an agreement with ACM to support open access publishing by UNLV corresponding authors. ACM has committed to transition to a fully open access publication model by the end of 2025. The University Libraries membership (subscription) means that UNLV corresponding authors can publish their work open access without charge to the author(s). The current agreement is for three years from July 2023 - June 2026.
What to know about this agreement
Research published by corresponding authors based at UNLV can be made open access at no additional cost thanks to a new 2021 agreement negotiated between UNLV University Libraries and Cambridge University Press. This agreement means UNLV authors have the opportunity to publish open access in Cambridge University Press hybrid and fully open access journals, at no additional cost to themselves or UNLV.
The agreement covers the Article Processing Charges (APCs) for affiliated corresponding authors whose research articles are accepted for publication in CUP hybrid and gold journals during the three year agreement term.
Research published by corresponding authors based at UNLV can be made open access at no additional cost due to a new 2021 agreement negotiated between UNLV University Libraries and The Company of Biologists. This agreement means UNLV authors have the opportunity to publish open access in The Company of Biologists subscription-based hybrid journals, at no additional cost to themselves or UNLV.
The agreement covers the Article Processing Charges (APCs) for affiliated corresponding authors whose research articles are accepted for publication in The Company of Biologists hybrid journals (not fully OA journals) during the three year agreement term.
Learn more about The Company of Biologists Read & Publish model (opens a PDF on The Company of Biologists website).
Starting in 2023, and through the Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium (SCELC), the UNLV University Libraries has an agreement with the Institute of Physics to support open access publishing in IOP journals by UNLV corresponding authors.
Complete details for authors are available on the SCELC website.
UNLV University Libraries has partnered with MDPI to provide a 10% discount on articles published with MDPI. Through the Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP), which is free to UNLV, authors automatically receive the discount.
UNLV's agreement with the Microbiology Society provides UNLV researchers both uncapped OA publishing and unlimited usage of the Society archive, including reading as well as text and data mining.
What to know about this agreement:
Learn more about this agreement through the Microbiology Society.
Starting in 2023, the UNLV University Libraries subscription to the Royal Society of Chemistry journal package includes payment of seven (7) APCs across all RSC journals.
Learn more about RSCs open access "Read and Publish" services and download the guide for Read and Publish authors (below).
Publishers are choosing to flip some or all of their traditional journals to open access using subscription revenue. This means that as long as enough subscriptions are renewed in a given calendar year, the journal will make all the articles from that year open access. There are no additional costs to institutions or authors under this model.
UNLV University Libraries are proud to prioritize access to journals in our collections that commit to a "subscribe to open (S2O)" model of publishing.