Transformative Agreements
Our University participates from 2021 in national Transformative Agreements, signed between CRUE-CISC and the publishers Wiley, Springer, ACS and Elsevier, for access to read the contents published in their journals and also to have a certain number of APCs (Article Processing Charges) for publication in open access at no additional cost.
Transformative Agreements 2025
- Agreement signed
- Term of the agreement: 2025-2028
- APCs will apply to accepted items from the date of signing the new contract: April 7, 2025.
- Applicable mainly to hybrid journals, although it also incorporates a small number of APCs for Gold journals.
- Number of APCs assigned to UMH for the year 2025:
- 12 for hybrid magazines.
- 1 for Gold magazines.
- List of journal titles covering APCs (Hybrid OA and Gold OA) and total Wiley titles.
- Agreement signed
- Term of the agreement: 2025-2027
- Articles published on or after January 1, 2025 will be eligible for APCs under the new agreement.
- Applicable to hybrid magazines. Does not include Gold magazines.
- Number of APCs assigned to UMH by 2025: 26 APCs.
- Types of articles for publication:
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- Original Paper. Original Article - Standard article, which generally presents new results and may also be called Original Research, Original Article, Original Paper or Research Paper.
- Review paper. Review article: standard article that interprets previously published results.
- Short communication. Short communication: short article submitted for rapid publication that has the same structure as a standard article.
- Continuing Education. Continuing Education: An item that is an integral part of continuing education (usually medical).
- The number of APCs available for UMH is 17.
- List of magazines:
- Agreement pending signature.
- Term of the agreement 2025-2027.
- ACS Publications informs that the activation of the open access publication management panel for the new 2025-2027 contract will be delayed and advises authors to publish under subscription (closed) until the contract is signed, at which time it will be allowed to revert to open access retroactively from January 1, 2025 provided the articles meet the eligibility criteria.
- Includes unlimited APCs.
- The themes of the magazines can be consulted at this link.
- List of journal titles covering APCs.
Crue Accession Agreement with IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
- Duration: accession agreement for three years, 2023-2025.
- Start-up: from June 2023.
- Number of APCs available at UMH:
- 2023: 2 articles
- 2024: 4 articles
- 2025: To be determined
- The request for publication will be made by the corresponding author.
- APC cost overruns (limiting the number of pages of the article if indicated by the journal, inclusion of colour graphics if indicated by the journal, etc.) are not covered.
- You can publish in the related hybrid journals at https://open.ieee.org/publishing-options/hybrid-journals/
- It also offers a 20% discount on magazines IEEE Gold e IEEE Access
- The agreement includes access to the complete collection IEEE Electronic Library (IEL)
List of titles included in the CRUE-IEEE agreement for the funding of APCs:
List of titles with 20% discount on the publication of articles:
IEEE Open Access Gold Journal:
- Agreement signed.
- Term of the agreement 2025-2028.
- Unlimited APCs exclusively in hybrid journals (1,600 approx.). Not in Gold Open Access journals.
- Not included in the agreement: The Lancet, CELL Press
- Type of documents accepted: articles, reviews
- List of journal titles covering APCs.