Open Access (OA) initiative aims at transforming scholarly publishing towards a barrier-free approach and making the research outputs of researchers to all users at no cost. To support OA Publishing @ LU, the Library is committed to explore suitable OA Agreements with major publishers / institutions that would allow LU researchers to publish OA with wider dissemination of our scholarly outcomes.
Cambridge University Press - Humanities and Social Science Collection
The Library has entered a “Read & Publish” Agreement with Cambridge University Press since 2022. Under this agreement, LU researchers are eligible to publish their "accepted manuscripts" with Open Access (OA) at no additional cost, upon fulfilling the following conditions:
- ACCEPTED for Publication in CUP’s suite of journals within Humanities and Social Sciences Collection (HSS Collection) (with Gold OA / Hybrid OA option) [Journal List]
- Date of Acceptance : Fall within 1 Jan 2022 to 31 Dec 2024
- Have a Corresponding Author AFFILIATED with Lingnan University
- Eligible Article Types:
- Research Article
- Review Article (except Book Review)
- Rapid Communication
- Brief Report
- Case Report
Already having an Article Accepted in CUP - HSS Collections?
Please follow “Step-by-Step Guide” and observe some important notes highlighted for LU researchers below:
"Step-by-Step guide to publishing OA in Cambridge Journals" (PDF)
Point to note:
- You are the corresponding author and use “Lingnan University” as your primary institutional affiliation. Please use your Lingnan email address when submitting your work.
- Upon reaching “Publication Decision” stage, choose "Gold Open Access" and your preferred Creative Commons license (e.g. CC-BY)
- Corresponding author will then receive an email from the Publisher's Rightslink system to process Article Process Charges (APCs)
- Register and log in to the Rightslink. You will then see a notification funding options. Check "Seek Funding from the Lingnan University" option.
- Upon receiving your response, CUP will check if the article is eligible for APC wavier based on the corresponding author's institution information.
Other useful information:
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Effective from December 2023 , the Library has entered OA Publishing Agreement with ACM (the Association for Computing Machinery), allowing Lingnan authors to publish unlimited number of accepted research articles as open access in ACM journals, conference proceedings and magazines at no cost to the author, upon fulfilling the following conditions:
- ACCEPTED for publications within ACM Open Program [Eligible Publication List for OA]
- Date of Acceptance : Fall within 1 December 2023 to 31 December 2026
- Have a Corresponding Author AFFILIATED with Lingnan University
- Corresponding Author MUST use Lingnan Email Address (ending with @LN.edu.hk or @LN.hk) upon manuscript submission, in order to attribute your accepted article manuscript with OA Agreement between LU and ACM.
- Eligible Article Types - Articles in the ACM Digital Library designated as "research articles" including:
- Research Articles
- Review Articles
- Conference or Proceedings papers
- Other article types which ACM would charge an Article Processing Charge (APC)
OA Publishing @ ACM Open
Upon acceptance of a manuscripts by ACM, corresponding author would need to complete ACM eRights Form.
Below is a brief summary of author instructions. For full guidance, please see the document “ACM Open Author eRights Experience” for details.
More details can be found with this document : “ACM Open Author eRights Experience”
Point to note:
- Lingnan corresponding author (determined by the email with @LN.edu.hk or @LN.hk) will receive an email upon having a manuscript accepted for publication in ACM Open, informing the details about the LU-ACM OA Agreement, with a link to access “eRights form”. Click on it.
- Select “Institutional Paid Open Access”, followed by opting your preferred Creative Commons license (e.g. CC-BY) for your paper in the ACM Digital Library.
- Upon confirming CC License, “ACM Permission Release Form” will be prompted. Complete and Submit the form with your preference to grant ACM the permission to publish your manuscript.
- Upon successful submission of eRights form, corresponding author will receive email confirmation of the acceptance of publication.
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Need Assistance on OA Publishing?
Contact Library Research Support Team [Tel: 2616-8553; Email: scholars@LN.edu.hk]