The Library and Information Service has signed agreements with a number of publishers that make it easier for SU researchers to publish open access (OA), and in some cases to even publish OA without paying any article processing charge (APC). Many of these agreements have been negotiated by the South African National Library and Information Consortium (SANLiC), of which Stellenbosch University is a member. Herewith is a list of new and recently updated agreements with publishers.

Royal Society of Chemistry Platinum Agreement (2024-2027)

The Library and Information Service has signed a four-year agreement (2024-2027) with the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). This agreement allows authors affiliated with Stellenbosch University to publish open access in any of the RSC journals without paying article processing charges. The Royal Society of Chemistry consists of journals that cover the core chemical sciences and related fields such as biology, energy and the environment, engineering, materials, medicine, and physics. There is no limit on the number of articles that can be published open access by authors affiliated with Stellenbosch University. To read more about the titles that are part of the agreement, please visit https://libguides.sun.ac.za/c.php?g=1232541&p=9019731.

SAGE Publishing

This agreement commenced in 2022 and has been renewed for three years (2025-2027).

SAGE is an independent academic and professional publisher of journals, books and electronic media spanning a wide range of subjects. The SAGE SANLiC agreement provides access to SAGE Premier journals collection of over 1,100 titles and permits affiliated authors to publish open access in the hybrid titles listed in the SAGE SANLiC agreement without paying article processing charges.

Fully open access titles: eligible corresponding authors will receive a discount of 20% on SAGE’s fully open access portfolio of titles. Please Click here to see the list of Gold open access titles. There are a few titles where SAGE is contractually prevented from offering open access publishing. A list of excluded journals is available from the publishers

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

This agreement commenced in 2021 and has been renewed for three years (2025-2027). Cambridge University Press (CUP) currently publishes over 400 peer-reviewed scholarly journals, of which 330 are hybrid journals and 40 are gold open-access journals. Participating institutions receive access to CUP’s full collection and affiliated authors can also publish in most hybrid and gold open-access Cambridge Universit Press journals without paying article processing charges (APCs).

Emerald

 This agreement commenced in 2022 and has been renewed for three years (2022-2027). Emerald publishes over 300 scholarly, peer-reviewed journals. The Emerald/SANLiC agreement for 2025-2027 is a transformational open-access agreement that provides read access to the collection that Stellenbosch University subscribes to and authors affiliated with the institution can publish a capped number of articles open access at no extra charge

Oxford University Press

This is a three-year agreement (2025-2027) where read access is provided to OUP’s full collection of more than 370 journals. Affiliated authors can publish open access in OUP’s hybrid journals without paying APCs. In addition, there is a 10% discount on APCs for publishing in OUP’s gold open-access titles.

See the full list of agreements in the Open Access Publishing library guide.

Author and contact person: Sakhile Mngomezulu