Dear AGU Members,
Within the scope of EKUAL, conducted by TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM, a new "Read & Publish" agreement has been signed with Cambridge University Press, covering the period 2026-2028, which supports both access to academic content and the publication of Open Access (OA) articles.
The details and implementation principles of the agreement are provided below:
- Time: The agreement is valid for three years, from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2028.
- Access: All EKUAL member institutions in Turkey will continue to have access to the Cambridge Journals Online (CJO) "Full Package" content.
- Open Access: Under the relevant agreement, the right to publish open access (in the CJO "Full Package" content) is provided without quota.
TÜBİTAK AE Publication Support and Acceptance Criteria
Responsible authors must meet the following criteria in order to publish their articles as AE without paying an Article Processing Charge (APC):
- Copyright Holder Author: The corresponding author must be an authorised user of an EKUAL member institution.
- Institutional Affiliation: Authors are advised to use their institutional email addresses in their applications. Personal email addresses (gmail, hotmail, etc.) cause delays in the verification process.
- Institutional Scope: Includes all institutions that are members of EKUAL.
- Agreement Scope: The agreement covers unlimited AE article publication in both hybrid journals and gold (fully/complete) open access journals.
Retroactive Open Access Conversion
Under the agreement, the rules regarding the retroactive conversion of articles to Open Access are as follows:
- Publications in Hybrid Journals: Articles published in "Hybrid" journals between 1 January 2026 and the date of signing the agreement (16 February 2026) may be converted to Open Access without any fees, upon request by the relevant author(s) (notification required to ukg@ulakbim.gov. tradresine) and the approval of TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM, can be converted to Open Access without any fee. No refund will be made for articles published in open access in hybrid journals with the APC fee paid.
- Publications in Fully Open Access Journals: No refunds will be made for articles published in Gold Open Access journals between 1 January 2026 and 16 February 2026 with an APC fee paid.
- General Conversion Right: During the contract period, articles published as "Closed" in hybrid journals may be converted to the AE model at the author's request within three months of the year of publication.
Regards,
AGU Library
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