PLEASE NOTE: THIS AGREEMENT FINISHED ON 31 DECEMBER 2024 You may wish to consider other publishers with similar agreements: A very limited fund is available to pay individual APC charges for some articles. Please see the recent blog post. Any questions: email repository@westminster.ac.uk
UPDATED: JANUARY 2026 Authors affiliated with the University of Westminster may publish original research articles in any of Elsevier’s hybrid journals at no further charge to the author. This ‘Read & Publish’ agreement will allow you to publish eligible articles in a wide variety of participating Elsevier journals across disciplines through gold open access. This includes Cell …
UPDATE FROM 1st JANUARY 2026 From 1st January 2026, the Taylor & Francis agreement has been updated. This agreement combines continued access to Taylor & Francis journals with the opportunity for UK researchers corresponding at a participating JISC institution to publish gold open access in Taylor & Francis and Routledge Open Select (hybrid) and fully open …
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Corresponding authors affiliated with the University of Westminster may publish their articles through Gold Open Access in select PLOS journals, without having to pay open access, or APC fees. This is because, as a university, we have entered into an agreement with PLOS, covering the cost of publishing in PLOS ONE and any of the community …
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UPDATED: JANUARY 2026 Authors affiliated with the University of Westminster may publish their research articles, review articles and rapid communications Open Access (OA) at no further charge to the author in Cambridge University Press gold (open) and hybrid journals. To be eligible, articles must: Please note: Further information: Other publishers with similar agreements: Any questions: …
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Coming up against forbidding paywalls when undertaking research or literature surveys is a common experience. Yet an increasing amount of content is available open access (OA) if you know where to look and especially if the requirements of your search are not absolutely predetermined. OAPEN‘s huge library of open access titles can be navigated via …
Despite the drive to achieve open access to scholarly research results encouraged by the submission requirements of REF2021 and the principles of Plan S, much research remains locked behind publisher paywalls. In this blogpost, we’ll take a look at some of the ways that you can still legally and freely access paywalled articles, and some …
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The theme of International Open Access Week this year is ‘Open with Purpose: Taking Action to Build Structural Equity and Inclusion’. The theme is a recognition that while openness can be a powerful tool for building more equitable systems of sharing knowledge, structural racism, discrimination, and exclusion are present and persistent in places where openness …
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UPDATED: JANUARY 2026 Throughout the post, there are links to sources of further information. The University has an institutional repository called WestminsterResearch. Outputs can be added by all researchers through the Virtual Research Environment (VRE). It aims to be a showcase of research outputs from the University, with as many as possible being made openly …
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International Open Access Week, Monday 19 – Sunday 25 October is an annual, global event to raise awareness about open access and to advocate for open access to be adopted as the norm in scholarship and research. Theme This year’s theme, ‘Open with Purpose: Taking Action to Build Structural Equity and Inclusion’, provides an opportunity to …
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