A "Read & Publish" agreement covering the 2026–2028 period has been signed between TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM and Cambridge University Press (CUP).
The agreement is valid for three years, from January 1, 2026, to December 31, 2028.
Under the agreement, the right to publish open access (within the CJO “Full Package” content) is provided without any article quota limitations.
- Eligible Author: The corresponding author must be an authorized user of an EKUAL member institution.
- Institutional Affiliation: Authors are advised to use their institutional email addresses in their submissions. Personal email addresses (Gmail, Hotmail, etc.) cause delays in the verification process.
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Agreement Scope: The agreement covers unlimited OA article publishing in both hybrid journals and gold (fully) open access journals.
Retroactive Open Access Conversion Rules regarding the retroactive conversion of articles to OA under the agreement are as follows:
- Publications in Hybrid Journals: Articles published as closed access in "Hybrid" journals between January 1, 2026, and the agreement signing date (16.02.2026) can be converted to Open Access free of charge upon the request of the author(s) (notification to ukg@ulakbim.gov.tr is required) and the approval of TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM. No refunds will be issued for articles published as open access in hybrid journals by paying an APC fee.
- Publications in Fully Open Access Journals: No refunds will be issued for articles published as open access in Gold Open Access journals between January 1, 2026, and 16.02.2026 by paying an APC fee.
- General Conversion Right: During the agreement term, articles published as "Closed" in hybrid journals at any date can be converted to the OA model upon the author's request within a maximum of 3 months in the publication year.
Eligible Publication Types: research articles, review articles, rapid communications, brief reports, ve case reports types will be evaluated under the agreement.