HSLS and ULS have signed an open access publishing agreement with Elsevier, a major international publisher of books and journals across most disciplines, and the biggest publisher for Pitt authors, with nearly 1,500 articles per year.
This agreement allows the Pitt community to read and publish open in over 800 hybrid journals without incurring APC charges, as well as a selection of Cell Press titles at a 10% discount. This agreement requires that eligible authors are corresponding authors with current enrollment or employment status with Pitt or UPMC.
The information below outlines the eligibility requirements and is also available on the HSLS Open Access LibGuide:
- Corresponding authors currently enrolled as students or employed at the University of Pittsburgh or UPMC may publish open access at no charge in most hybrid Elsevier journals to which Pitt is a paid subscriber, without APC charges, until the end of 2026 (subject to availability within an overall cap).
- To take advantage of this deal, corresponding authors must specify Pitt or UPMC as institutional affiliation in the manuscript submission process.
- Gold Open Access journals are excluded from this agreement (with limited exceptions).
- Corresponding authors currently enrolled as students or employed at the University of Pittsburgh or UPMC will receive a 10% discount when publishing in eligible Cell Press titles.
For more information, see Elsevier’s webpage: Agreement between University of Pittsburgh and Elsevier.
Questions about this agreement or open access publishing in general? Contact HSLS Publishing Services to get your questions answered.