Read and Publish: Wiley
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 Wiley from 2024 to 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
- Original review articles
- Case reports
The following article types are not covered:
- Book reviews
- Editorials
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.
- Journals previously published by Hindawi, that are now published by Wiley.
The following journals are not covered:
How to Access
More Information
Wiley 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
- If your article is approved for funding, but has not been accepted by the journal editors by 31st December 2025, Wiley will cancel the funding approval and it will not be covered by the deal
- If your article is in a hybrid journal, it can still be published for free behind a paywall
- If your article is in a fully-OA journal, you will need to find alternative funding or submit to a different journal