The SJSU Library supports open access publishing for SJSU faculty through read and publish agreements with academic publishers. These agreements allow the library to cover the cost of open access publishing for SJSU faculty.
Read and publish agreements expand traditional subscription agreements between the library and publishers to include support for SJSU authors to publish their work open access. You may also see these agreements referred to as transformative agreements. If we are able to negotiate these types of agreements with more publishers, we will continue to update the list below.
The 10-campus University of California system, 20 of 23 California State University campuses (including SJSU), and 30 private academic and research institutions represented by the Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium have reached a comprehensive four-year transformative open access agreement with OUP. Beginning Feb 2025 through 2028, eligible authors from participating institutions will be able to request use of this account to contribute towards the Open Access charge when arranging payment in OUP’s online licensing and payment system. Authors with grant funds available will pay a discounted open access publishing fee across OUP’s hybrid and fully open access journals. Authors without grant funds available will be able to publish open access in hybrid journals at no cost to them. To request use of Open Access funds from the UC, CSU or SCELC Read and Publish deal, please follow the steps outlined in this step-by-step guide.
Click here to download a spreadsheet of eligible hybrid or fully open access OUP titles.
Through an agreement between Elsevier and CSU, eligible SJSU authors are able to publish open access in select Elsevier journals at no additional cost to the author. Learn more about the agreement between Elsevier and CSU. Articles must have an original acceptance date between 1 January 2025 and 31 December 2027.
Use Elsevier's journal search tool to find eligible titles.
As part of an agreement reached through the Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium (SCELC), SJSU authors can publish open access in Cambridge University Press Journals at no additional cost to the author.
See which Cambridge journals are part of this agreement.
SJSU is one of over 50 California institutions to enter into a read and publish agreement with the American Chemical Society (ACS). This agreement allows SJSU authors to publish open access in ACS journals at a discounted rate. Learn more about the agreement with ACS.
SJSU has reached an agreement with IGI Global which will provide open access to a limited number of previously-published articles and book chapters by SJSU authors. Learn more about IGI Global's read and publish initiative.
At this time, the SJSU Library is not able to offer funding directly to faculty authors to subsidize the cost of Article Processing Charges (APCs).
While the SJSU Library is excited to support faculty publishing open access with Elsevier and other publishers, it is important to note that many open access journals have no article processing charges (APCs) and are free to both authors and readers.
The California State University system subscribes to Pressbooks, a digital publishing platform that can be used to create dynamic, interactive learning materials or open education resources. SJSU faculty: fill out this form to request an account on the CSU Pressbooks platform.
Tip: if you plan to use your Pressbooks learning materials in your course(s), contact SJSU's Affordable Learning Solutions (AL$) team for more information on the benefits of being part of AL$.
CSU faculty can request access to Pressbooks for publishing open access books and learning materials. Fill out the form below and the library will forward your contact information to the CSU Pressbooks administrator. Or contact the CSU Pressbooks administrator directly. You'll find her information on the AL$ Pressbooks page.