About the Read and Publish agreements
The Library has transformative Read and Publish agreements in place with publishers to support open access publishing. Agreements are negotiated by the Council of Australasian University Librarians (CAUL).
Important information about agreements
- When publishing in journals covered by these agreements, you may be able to publish directly to open access with no transactional Article Processing Charges (APCs). The publisher will alert you to an open access option on acceptance of the eligible article.
- Each publication has a different submission process and criteria. Exclusions and caps apply to some journals.
- Eligible submissions must be received and accepted for publication during the current agreement year.
To find out more about open access publishing, the agreements, and Creative Commons licenses, go to our guide on Open Access Publishing.
If you have any questions, please contact our Research team (login required).
Journals covered by APC waivers and discount agreements
Q1 journals rank among top 25% of journals in the same area of research. Publishing in a Q1 journal may result in higher impact for your article. Individual researchers are in the best position to make the decision where to publish their content.
To assist you with this decision, we have compiled a list of journal titles covered by these agreements. There are separate versions of the same list available for staff and students.
RMIT Read and Publish Agreements title list also includes discounted journal titles. Please read carefully the 'Waiver/Discount' column to determine if an APC will be waived or a discount will be applied. Check the discount applied for each publisher.
Please note: the 2026 title lists will be added when they are available.
Authors, please note:
- Ensure you are the corresponding author when submitting.
- You must use your RMIT email (e.g. ...@rmit.edu.au, ...@student.rmit.edu.au or ...@rmit.edu.vn), to be accepted as eligible.
- RMIT University Ringgold ID 5376 if requested.
- List institution as Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology or RMIT University.
- Select your choice of Creative Commons (CC) license.
Agreements for 2026
The links below will take you to the CAUL guides. Pay attention to the following:
- if the agreement is capped,
- if extra charges are applicable, and
- what Creative Commons (CC) licences are available.
Accessibility: If you encounter issues accessing the content in any of the guides, please email library.collection@rmit.edu.au for assistance.
RMIT staff and students are eligible for the following agreements:
RMIT staff and students are eligible for the following agreements:
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