OA-Wiley

Annual Quotas (2026–2028): Quotas operate separately for Gold and Hybrid journals:

2026: Gold / 650 + Hybrid / 1,173 (Total: 1,823)

2027: Gold / 659 + Hybrid / 1,196 (Total: 1,885)

2028: Gold / 668 + Hybrid / 1,220 (Total: 1,888)

The 2026 quota allocated for Gold/Fully Open Access journals was exhausted on 12 August 2026.

The 2026 quota allocated for Hybrid journals was exhausted on 15 September 2026.

• Quota Exhaustion Rules: If the agreement is active, quota is available, and TÜBİTAK criteria are met upon acceptance, APC fees are covered. If no quota is available at acceptance (whether the agreement is active or not), the APC fee will be the author's responsibility.
• Application Process: For Gold journals, authors may apply during submission or upon acceptance (if missed during submission or if quota was unavailable at submission). For Hybrid journals, OA applications can be made after acceptance.
• Post-Quota Options: If the agreement cannot be utilized upon acceptance in a Hybrid journal, the author may publish free of charge under the traditional (subscription-based) model. For Gold journals, paying the APC is mandatory, with no free publishing option.
• No institutional quota allocation is made.
• Articles are processed on a "first-come, first-served" basis upon author application.

• Quotas operate independently each year; unused quotas cannot be rolled over or borrowed from previous/subsequent years.

   

Developments Regarding the Quota Throughout the Year:

According to the announcement made by TÜBİTAK on 16 September 2026:

Gold / Fully Open Access Journals:

The 2026 quota allocated for Gold/Fully Open Access journals was exhausted on 12 August 2026.

• If articles for which an open access application was submitted to TÜBİTAK in 2026 and which are still “Under Review” are accepted between 12 August and 31 December 2026, open access support cannot be provided under the agreement, as the 2026 quota has been exhausted. The article will automatically be directed to the “Author Pays” option.
  If articles for which an open access application was submitted to TÜBİTAK in 2026 and which are still “Under Review” are accepted in 2027, and if quota is available in 2027, the agreement may be used once the post-acceptance author workflows have been completed.

• If articles submitted to the journal in 2026 and still “Under Review” are accepted in 2027, an application can be made to benefit from the agreement once the post-acceptance author workflows have been completed.

• For Gold/Fully Open Access journals, regardless of whether an open access application has been submitted to TÜBİTAK, the agreement can be used in either case provided that quota is available at the time the article is accepted and the post-acceptance author workflows are completed.

• For Gold/Fully Open Access journals, submitting an open access application to TÜBİTAK and receiving approval at the time of manuscript submission does not constitute a quota reservation. The approval granted by TÜBİTAK is a “conditional approval”. In other words, the conditional approval becomes effective only if quota is available at the time the article is accepted and the post-acceptance author workflows are completed.
   

Hybrid Journals:

The 2026 quota allocated for Hybrid journals was exhausted on 15 September 2026.

• For articles accepted between 15 September and 31 December 2026, it is not possible to submit an open access application.
• For Hybrid journals, an application can be submitted after acceptance in order to benefit from the agreement.
• For articles accepted in 2027, if quota is available for 2027, an application can be submitted to benefit from the agreement once the post-acceptance author workflows have been completed.

• Activation Date: The 2026 TÜBİTAK-Wiley Open Access (OA) Account became active on February 17, 2026. As long as the agreement remains active, OA applications can be submitted for articles accepted in Hybrid and Gold journals on or after February 17, 2026. Articles accepted prior to February 17, 2026, will not be evaluated under this agreement.
• Effective Date Criterion: Regardless of whether a journal is Hybrid or Gold, the submission date of the article is not used as the basis for eligibility; the key date is the acceptance date. If the agreement is active on the acceptance date, quota is available, and the article meets the specified TÜBİTAK criteria, it will be supported.
• Definition of Acceptance Date: To avoid misunderstandings, the "acceptance date" of an article is not the date the "your manuscript has been accepted" notification was sent to the author, but the date listed under the "Accepted Date" heading in the TÜBİTAK OA Account. TÜBİTAK has no control over the data in this account; all entries are made by Wiley/the journal and automatically populate the account.

• Journal Impact & Indexing Criteria:

  Subject categories (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI) from Web of Science (WoS), as well as Impact Factor (IF) and Quartile (Q) values from WoS-JCR-Journal Impact Factor (JIF), are used for journal evaluations.

  Supported journals include Q1 and Q2 Hybrid journals as well as Gold/fully open access journals in the SCIE and SSCI categories according to JCR-JIF values.

  Because JIF evaluations are not performed for AHCI journals in WoS-JCR (thus receiving no "Q" rating), all journals in the AHCI group are included within the scope until further notice.

  Journals in the WoS-ESCI category are not supported.

• Author Eligibility: The "Corresponding Author" (Responsible Corresponding Author) must be an active academic staff member of a university.
• Information Source Warning: Authors are advised not to rely solely on information on Wiley's website regarding the TÜBİTAK OA agreement. Due to country quotas and specific TÜBİTAK funding criteria, authors must consult the information, files, and "Funded OA Journal Lists" on the EKUAL page (or downloadable via the "Journals" link below) before submitting manuscripts.
• An author can receive APC support for a maximum of 5 articles per year.

Eligible Publication Types: "Research Article", "Review Article", "Data Article", and "Rapid Publication" types will be evaluated under the agreement.

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Developments Regarding the Journals Throughout the Year:

According to the information communicated on 22 September 2026:

The ASME (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers) journals (36 journals) will be included in the Wiley collection starting from 2027. These journals will be accessible to TÜBİTAK EKUAL members and will also be covered by the existing TÜBİTAK-Wiley Open Access Agreement.

Starting from 2027, authors of articles accepted in these journals that meet the TÜBİTAK eligibility criteria will have the opportunity to benefit from the TÜBİTAK-Wiley Open Access Agreement.