Luiss Library, on behalf of the University, adheres to some transformative agreements negotiated by CARE-CRUI with the major international publishers, effective from 2020.
Based on the CRUI agreement, the Library staff will verify and validate the request for open access publication on the publisher's platform. Please note that these transformative agreements apply exclusively to the publication of journal articles, excluding monographs and book chapters.
Corresponding authors eligible for APCs coverage are those in the following roles:
- Core Faculty
- Adjunct Faculty non-tenured at other universities
- Post-Docs
- PhD Students
Active Transformative Agreements
- Cambridge University Press [2023-2025] - Under negotiation
- Elsevier [2023-2027]
- Emerald [2020-2024; extension 2025-2026]
- Oxford University Press [2024-2026]
- Sage [2025-2027]
- Springer [01/07/2025–31/12/2029]
- Wiley [2024-2027]
Transformative agreements are transition contracts based on the Read & Publish model negotiated between institutions (libraries, national and regional consortia) and publishers. These agreements not only provide access to journals but also allow open access publishing, without additional fees, for articles by authors affiliated with the institution who choose to publish their work in this manner.
In the majority of cases, journals born completely open access do not require the payment of APC (Article Processing Charges, i.e., publication costs).
“Traditional” publishers also require payment of APC for their so-called “hybrid” journals, which offer the possibility of publishing articles in open access. In this case, the journal remains accessible by subscription, but the individual article can become Open Access by paying the APC.
In this context, transformative agreements aim to shift institutions' spending from accessing paid content to publishing open access content, making it available to everyone permanently. The only amount established by this type of contract includes both access to the journals and the payment of APCs, which authors affiliated with the subscribing institution will be able to benefit from for an unlimited or pre-established number of articles.
The published article is generally licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY or other Creative Commons licenses, and authors retain the rights to the publication.
In the case of multiple authors, the option of open access publication without further payment is provided if the corresponding author is affiliated with the subscribing body. In the case of several corresponding authors, the publisher considers the person who actually submits the article (submitter) as corresponding.