Read and Publish: Cambridge University Press
BCU Library's Read & Publish deal with Cambridge University Press (CUP) has been extended to cover 2025.
This deal covers the fees for the following:
Please see below for eligibility criteria and links to more information.
Criteria and Restrictions
Author eligibility
- You must be the corresponding author
- You must declare your affiliation with BCU
Article eligibility
Eligible article types include:
- Original research articles
- Review articles
- Rapid communications
- Brief reports
- Case studies
The following article types are not covered:
- Book reviews
- Editorials
- Introductions
- Announcements
- Meeting reports
- Abstracts
Journal eligibility
Eligible journals are:
- Hybrid journals. These are journals that charge a subscription fee, but publish some Open Access articles.
- Fully Open Access journals. These are journals that don't charge a subscription fee, and publish all articles Open Access.
- Research Open journals. These are like hybrid journals, but all research articles are published Open Access.
The following journals are not covered:
How to Access
- Declare your affiliation to BCU when submitting your article, ideally by including your ORCID.
- It's easiest for the Library to confirm your affiliation if you also use your BCU email address.
- When your article is accepted, CUP will contact you to fill in the author publishing agreement.
- Select Gold Open Access and a Creative Commons licence.
- CUP will then send the request to the Library's account for approval.
More Information
CUP has several resources to help you navigate this agreement:
- Step-by-step guide to publishing under a CUP Read & Publish deal.
- CUP Eligibility Checker confirms that you are covered by a deal and which journals are included.
- Webpage explaining the CUP Read & Publish deal.
- Definitions of article types and eligibility.
- Overview of Creative Commons licences.
Approaching the End of the Deal
This deal ends on 31st December 2025:
- UK university libraries and Jisc are currently exploring the possibilities after this point, but do not have a deal in place at present.
- Eligibility is determined by acceptance date, not submission date. We recommend submitting your articles early enough for an acceptance date before 31st December.
- Articles accepted in a hybrid journal after this date can still be published for free behind a paywall.
Please be aware of this upcoming deadline and check review timeframes when using this deal in 2025. We will keep the Next Gen OA page updated with the latest developments.