As part of Washington State University Libraries’ renewal of their Wiley journal contract, WSU authors can now have articles published in roughly 1,400 different Wiley journals using an open-access license without paying an article processing charge (APC). The service is available until the end of 2024, barring a cancellation of the Wiley package.
To cover publication costs, Wiley open access journals typically charge a publication fee. The APC is the price an author, institution, or funder pays on acceptance for publication of an open access article.
WSU Libraries received support this fiscal year from WSU’s Offices of the President and Provost to offset journal price inflation and to prevent the cancellation of large journal packages. As a result, the libraries were able to renew their contract with Wiley, which would have been difficult without additional funding, notes Joel Cummings, WSU Libraries’ head of collection development.
The Wiley open access publishing agreement is intended to promote the research being published by WSU researchers by making it accessible to everyone with an internet connection free of charge. In general, research has shown that open access research tends to increase citation impact.
To make an article open access within the Wiley submission process, interested parties may refer to a brief guide available online.
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