Coastal Carolina University Libraries has entered into a transformative agreement with Elsevier to support authors who wish to publish their research open access.
How does it work?
- Step 1: Make sure the Elsevier journal your are publishing in is including in University Library's transformative agreement.
- Step 2: Once the journal accepts your article, you will receive an email containing a link to the “post acceptance author journey”.
- Step 3: You will be asked to review your affiliation and funder details. Based on this information, you will see personalized publishing options including the option to publish under the agreement.
- Step 4: You will confirm your publishing choices and complete the post acceptance journey.
- Step 5: Your institution will validate your eligibility for the agreement.
- Step 6: You and your co-authors will receive an email to confirm that the APC will be covered by the agreement. Please note that the number of APCs included under the agreement is fixed and will be allocated based on date of acceptance.
To learn more about Elsevier, open access publishing, and this agreement, visit Elsevier's Open Access Author Hub.
