Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press has an open access publishing agreement with the University of Birmingham. It allows UoB affiliated corresponding authors (subject to eligibility criteria listed below) to publish open access at no additional cost in fully OA and hybrid titles.

Eligibility criteria

  • This agreement covers research articles accepted for publication from 1 January 2021.
  • The agreement is only available for the following article types:
    • research articles
    • review articles
    • rapid communications
    • brief reports
    • case reports
  • The corresponding author must be affiliated to the University of Birmingham, and ensure their @bham.ac.uk email address is used on submission to the journal.
  • Any additional page, colour or other charges will not be covered through this agreement or the open access budget.

Next steps

If you meet the eligibility criteria for this agreement, you can submit to the journal. On acceptance, remember to create a record in Pure and link to any funding acknowledged on the paper.

If you are uncertain whether you are eligible for this agreement, please complete an APC request form.

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