Update: APC tokens for 2023 have now expired as of 15/05/2023 and will be replenished for 2024.

Imperial is participating in Jisc’s read and publish agreement with Cambridge University Press, which allows us to make a limited number of articles open access at no charge to the authors.

To be eligible, the corresponding author must have an Imperial affiliation, the paper must have been accepted between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2024, the journal must be on this CUP journal list (Excel download), and the article type must be one of: research article, review article, rapid communication, brief report, case report.

Please submit your research using your institutional affiliation (ideally using an ORCID iD). On acceptance, you will be able to seek funding via the agreement following the instructions in this Author Guide to Paying an APC (see under Seek funding from your institution). Remember to select the CC BY license as required by UKRI.

If you have any questions regarding this agreement or the process please contact the open access team.