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Read and Publish: Oxford University Press

This guide covers how academics can access journals the library subscribes to, and we support our researchers to publish gold open access papers in these journals.

BCU Library has a Read & Publish deal with Oxford University Press (OUP) for 2025.

This deal covers the fees for the following:

  • Read access to all OUP journals 1996-present
  • Publishing articles Gold Open Access in almost all OUP journals

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:

  • Research articles

  • Review articles

  • Brief reports

  • Case reports

 

The following article types are not covered:

  • Book reviews

  • Commentaries

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.

The following journals are not covered.
BCU Library cannot fund articles in them:

  • Supplement issues

  • Ten journals that do not accept Open Access material at all

  • Seven journals that are not managed on OUP's system

 

 

Eligible and ineligible OUP journals (Excel file )

How to Access

  • When you submit your article to OUP, declare BCU your first affiliation.
  • It is easiest for the Library to confirm your affiliation if you use your BCU email address to submit the article
  • Once your article is accepted, follow this step-by-step guide (pdf).

More Information

OUP has several resources to help you navigate this agreement:

 

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.

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