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Open Access Publishing: Cell Press

The Glucksman Library's guide to assist researchers to publish their work Open Access

Agreement Details

The agreement between IReL and Cell Press gives current staff and students at participating institutions:

  • Read access to current content from 14 selected Cell Press journals.
  • The ability to make articles accepted for publication in all hybrid Cell Press journals open access, without the author paying an article processing charge (APC).

Agreement period:  1 Jan 2024 – 31 Dec 2026.

OA quota per year: 22 articles (shared among the participating institutions).

Note: the agreement is back-dated to January 2024. Authors who have had eligible articles accepted for publication between January 2024 and August 2024 will be contacted to offer them the opportunity to convert their article to OA under the agreement.

What journals are covered

Approximately 10,000 journals are covered by IReL agreements.  IReL have created a google doc that is updated regularly with all the journal titles covered by this agreement

Columns G and H of the linked spreadsheet will also give an indication if a fund is due to run out before the year end and the projected date it will run out. 

Instructions for Authors

Eligible authors: The corresponding author must be affiliated with a participating institution at the time the article is accepted for publication. The corresponding author must ensure their correct affiliation details are known to the publisher. Requests to publish OA under the agreement are subject to approval by participating members.

Eligible article types: Case reports, Data in Briefs, Full-length articles, Micro-articles, Original software publication, Practice guidelines, Protocols, Review articles, Replication studies, Short communications, Short surveys, Video articles.

OA publishing license: if accepted for publication in the journals included in the Agreement, the corresponding author shall be offered the option of publishing open access under a Creative Commons license (CC BY or CC BY NC ND). 

Author affiliations

Corresponding authors must be a current staff member or student of UL.  

In the article submission process you must correctly identify your institution.

You should use your UL email address when submitting your article. 

If your manuscript is accepted for publication, the publisher will give you the opportunity to make your article Open Access and apply a Creative Commons license. The publisher will then contact the participating institution to confirm your eligibility under the agreement.