University of Nevada, Reno members can choose to publish their articles as open access (OA) in many Cambridge journals without having to pay any fees, thanks to a new agreement between the University Libraries and Cambridge University Publishing.  

The agreement applies to any article containing original research where a university member serves as the corresponding author. It applies to both gold OA Cambridge journals, which are entirely OA, and hybrid Cambridge journals, where authors can choose to make their article OA. This includes more than 350 journals published by Cambridge. The process is easy for authors – just ensure you use your university email when submitting. The agreement lasts through 2023. 

The Cambridge OA agreement guide provides more information about how authors can take part. Authors can also email Social Sciences Librarian Teresa Schultz at teresas@unr.edu for help. 

Open access publishing helps make research freely available to everyone and ensures scholarly findings aren’t locked behind a paywall. Studies have found that it can help increase the impact of research, including through increased citations.  

This comes as part of a new read-and-publish agreement between the Libraries and Cambridge, which also means everyone in the University community can continue to access material from Cambridge journals. 

About the University Libraries

The University Libraries embrace intellectual inquiry and innovation, nurture the production of new knowledge, and foster excellence in learning, teaching and research.  During each academic year, the Libraries welcomes more than 1.2 million visitors across its network of three libraries: the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center, the DeLaMare Science and Engineering Library and the Savitt Medical Library. Visitors checked-out more than 90,000 items and completed more than 2 million database searches.