The Leatherby Libraries is pleased to announce that Chapman University has joined three new read-and-publish deals through the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Emerald, and Oxford University Press. These agreements will allow Chapman-affiliated authors to publish their articles Open Access at reduced or zero cost.

About the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Agreement:

The read-and-publish agreement with ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) will last through June 2026. This agreement covers the Article Processing Charges (APCs) (i.e., Open Access publication fees) for Chapman authors who have their research articles accepted for publication in applicable ACM journals, technical magazines, and conference proceedings.

To be eligible, articles must:

  • Be accepted for publication in any of ACM’s 68 journals and technical magazines or 500+ conference proceedings during the agreement term.
  • Have a corresponding author affiliated with Chapman University (i.e., researcher, professor, adjunct faculty member, lecturer, graduate or undergraduate student). The corresponding author must have an ORCID. Learn more about the importance of ORCID here. 

About the Emerald Agreement:

The read-and-publish agreement with Emerald for 2025-2027 covers the APCs for Chapman authors who have their research papers accepted in one of Emerald’s 312 hybrid journals.

To be eligible, articles must:

  • Be one of the following article types: case reports, conceptual papers, literature reviews, technical papers, viewpoints papers, research articles, extended editorials, practitioner papers, impact articles, brief reports, or policy briefs.
  • Have a corresponding author whose primary affiliation is with Chapman University (i.e., faculty, lecturer, staff, or student).

This agreement will provide free open access publication for up to 30 articles in 2025, 31 in 2026, and 32 in 2027 across participating institutions (including Chapman University). These numbers are higher than the average historical publishing output from the participating institutions. 

This agreement also offers eligible authors a 5% discount on the APCs for Emerald’s 11 fully open access journal titles, to be paid by the author(s). However, these titles are likely eligible for SOARS awards for full-time faculty authors to cover the remaining 95% of the APC.

About the Oxford University Press Agreement:

Unlike most of our read-and-publish deals, the agreement with Oxford University Press (OUP) provides discounts to authors for the costs of publishing open access instead of covering APCs fully. This deal will last through 2028.

To be eligible, articles must:

  • Be a research article, review article, case report, or brief report.
  • Be published in one of OUP’s 140 fully open access journals or 357 hybrid journals covered under the agreement.
  • Have a corresponding author affiliated with Chapman University (i.e., faculty, lecturer, staff, or student).

For authors submitting to fully OA (i.e., gold) journals, the agreement will cover the first $750 of the APC. Authors are responsible for covering the rest of the cost beyond this $750 discount. However, full-time faculty may apply for SOARS awards to cover the remainder of the APC costs.

For authors submitting to hybrid journals, the costs will depend on whether the author has grant funding to cover the costs of open-access publishing:

  • The library agreement will cover the full cost of the APC for authors who do not have grant funding to cover it.
  • The library agreement will cover the first $1,000 of the APC for authors with grant funding to cover the rest of the cost, with the authors responsible for covering the remainder with their grant funds.

Further Information about Open Access Publishing Opportunities

To learn more about how to publish an open access article in these or other publications, please see our guide on Free Open Access Publishing Opportunities for Chapman Authors.

Please contact the Chair of Resources & Scholarly Communications, Kristin Laughtin-Dunker, at laughtin@chapman.edu with any questions.