Transformative Agreements
We have transformative agreements with several major publishers to provide financial support for Western Michigan University researchers who publish open access. Our agreements cover the cost of the article processing fee (APC) for WMU researchers publishing in eligible open access journals and other publications from these publishers.
Our agreements
Our transformative agreements make publishing open access easier than ever before.
- You don’t need to pay article processing fees—select WMU as your institution and we’ll take care of the publishing charges.
- Your work will comply with funder mandates.
- You retain the copyright for your work and publish it under a Creative Commons license.
- Your work will be available for everyone to read, cite and share.
(Adapted from MCLS practical guide to publishing open access.)
ACM OPEN
University Libraries has access to an ACM OPEN agreement as a member of the Midwest Collaborative for Library Services (MCLS) consortium. This agreement enables WMU researchers to publish open access at no cost to all Association of Computing Machinery journals, magazines, and conference proceedings for which ACM manages production and rights.
ACS Publications
University Libraries has access to an ACS read and publish agreement as a member of MCLS. This agreement enables WMU researchers to publish open access at no cost in any of ACS’ fully open access journals and hybrid journals.
Cambridge University Press
University Libraries’ agreement with Cambridge will help cover the open access fees for WMU researchers publishing in more than 380 open access journals. Available journals focus primarily on the sciences, healthcare and the humanities. This agreement runs through December 2026.
Karger Publishers
Western Michigan University's agreement with Karger will fully cover the APC and Authors Choice™ publication fee and all additional costs for WMU researchers publishing in more than 100 full open access and hybrid journals (subscription journals with an open access option). Available journals comprise nearly the entire medical spectrum.
Wiley
Western Michigan University's agreement with Wiley will fully cover the APC (article publication charge) for Western researchers publishing in more than 550 gold open access journals and 1200 online open (hybrid) journals (subscription journals with an open access option).
When your article manuscript has been accepted and sent to production, WMU Libraries will approve the APC payment. Funds may be used by a WMU corresponding author once per calendar year.
