Read-and-Publish Agreements with RUP Journals

Rockefeller University Press (RUP) is proud to work with institutions and consortia creatively and collaboratively towards the shared goal of providing immediate public access to peer-reviewed research. Read-and-Publish Agreements offer a sustainable framework and provide the following benefits to researchers at participating institutions:

Monitoring and Reporting: OA Switchboard

OA Switchboard makes it easier for institutions to manage read-and-publish deals with multiple publishers. A "back office" service, OA Switchboard enables funders, institutions, and publishers to send and receive a standardized messaging between all parties via API, User Interface, or e-mail to report on deal compliance and share version-of-record article metadata, among other functions. RUP currently uses the OA Switchboard to report to its read-and-publish partners and share article metadata. We encourage more institutions, funders, and publishers to join OA Switchboard, and to contact OA Switchboard Executive Director Yvonne Campfens for more information. Learn more about OA Switchboard in this three-minute video.

Current Agreements

Germany:

Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL) Read-and-Publish Transformative Agreement

Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL) signed an unlimited Read-and-Publish Transformative Agreement with RUP on behalf of the Max Planck Society. The agreement, which benefits researchers at 86 Max Planck Institutes, runs from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2025.

Ralf Schimmer, Head of Information Provision at the Max Planck Digital Library, said of the agreement, "the opportunity to publish their research articles openly in highly selective journals, such as the Journal of Cell Biology, provides a great benefit to our researchers and contributes to the advancement of science. We are very pleased to have reached this new transformative agreement with Rockefeller University Press, marking a further step in the Max Planck Society's strategy to enable open dissemination of research, in line with the principles of the OA2020 Initiative and the Berlin Declaration on Open Access."

Read the 2021–2022 pilot announcement and find more instructions for authors here.

ZB Med Read-and-Publish Agreement

Participating members of the ZB Med consortium in Germany can publish unlimited Open Access articles. Find more instructions for authors here. Institutions that are eligible in the agreement include:

Ireland: IReL Read-and-Publish Agreement

RUP has entered into a Read-and-Publish agreement with the Irish Research eLibrary (IReL). The renewal agreement runs until December 2027 and provides unlimited Open Access publishing to Irish researchers. Find more instructions for authors here. Institutions that are eligible in the agreement include:

Japan: Participating members of the JMLA/JPLA consortium

Participating members of the JMLA/JPLA consortium can publish unlimited Open Access articles. Find more instructions for authors here. Participating libraries include:

If your institution is not listed above, please contact [email protected] to see if your article is eligible.

Spain: CSIC Read-and-Publish Agreement

RUP has entered into a Read-and-Publish agreement with the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC). The agreement expands access to RUP journals and provides unlimited Open Access publishing to all CSIC institutes. Find more instructions for authors here.

United Kingdom: Jisc Read-and-Publish Agreement

RUP was the first US-based university press to sign a transitional agreement with research and education not-for-profit Jisc, which negotiates Open Access agreements with publishers on behalf of all UK universities. The renewal agreement runs from until December 2025. Find more instructions for authors here. Institutions that are already participating in the agreement include:

United States: Commonwealth of Virginia, VIVA–RUP Read and Publish Agreement

Virginia's academic library consortium, VIVA, and RUP established a Read-and-Publish Agreement. This agreement is the first of its kind for RUP in the United States and represents an important milestone in its transition to being fully Open Access. It offers a sustainable framework and provides access and unlimited publishing at eligible VIVA member institutions.

Read the announcement and find more instructions for authors here.

Lower- and middle-income countries: Free Read-and-Publish Policy

In concurrence with the goal of providing vital scientific research to the developing world, RUP supports the Research4Life organizations HINARI, AGORA, and OARE by providing online access to our journals at no charge to over 100 countries. To address equity in Open Access publishing and promote important global research, publication fees for Open Access under CC-BY license in JCB, JEM, and JGP are automatically waived for primary corresponding authors based in eligible lower- and middle-income countries. This includes deposit in PubMed Central (PMC) and archive in LOCKSS/CLOCKSS. View the full list of eligible countries here.

Institutional Read-and-Publish Agreements

Single institutions can participate in our Read-and-Publish agreements, which provide unlimited read and publish access to the Journal of Cell Biology (JCB), Journal of Experimental Medicine (JEM), and Journal of General Physiology (JGP). The following institutions have signed up to participate:

Contact Us

Are you a librarian or agent interested in exploring a Read-and-Publish Agreement with RUP? Contact us at [email protected] to discuss.