Optica 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 the following hybrid and fully OA titles:
- Advances in Optics and Photonics
- Applied Optics
- Biomedical Optics Express
- Journal of the Optical Society of America A
- Journal of the Optical Society of America B
- Optica
- Optical Materials Express
- Optics Continuum
- Optics Express
- Optics Letters
Eligibility criteria
- This agreement covers research articles accepted from 1 January 2022 until 31 December 2024.
- The agreement is only available for the following article types:
- research articles
- review articles
- 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.
- The corresponding author is the person who submits the manuscript and will handle correspondence throughout the peer review and publication process. They will have the authority to act on behalf of all authors and the responsibility for keeping all co-authors informed as to the status of the submission, as well as being noted on the article as the primary contact for any inquiries after the paper is published.
- The corresponding author designation does not indicate the contribution made to the article. Contributor statements and contact information for other authors can be provided separately.
- 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.