Under the EKUAL Project conducted by TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM, the Read and Publish agreement with the Oxford University Press has become active for the period of 2026-2028. The agreement provides access to the publisher's electronic journals (Read) APC support is provided for a certain number of articles (subject to a limit) through the open-access article publication model (Publish). Detailed information about the platform and the agreement is as follows:
- Corresponding author must be affiliated with Üsküdar University and the institutional email address (@uskudar.edu.tr) must be used during the submission process.
- OA support is available only for publications of the following types: Research Article, Review Article, Brief Report, and Case Report.
- All Oxford Journals Online hybrid and fully open access journals listed in the SCIE, SSCI, and AHCI (Web of Science) indexes are covered by the agreement, regardless of their impact factor.
Retroactive Open Access Conversion: Articles published between 1 January 2026 and 27 February 2026 (the agreement signing date): Articles that were published as closed access in hybrid journals during this period may be converted to Open Access without paying any fee. The author(s) must submit a request by email to ukg@ulakbim.gov.tr. The conversion is subject to the approval of TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM.
25% Post-Quota Discount: If the annual total quota is exhausted (the library will provide notification), authors may publish their articles at a 25% discount on the open access article processing charges (APCs) set by the journal in which the article is published. This discount applies only to Hybrid and Full Open Access journals included in the agreement.
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