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American Chemical Society

Authors

Authors affiliated with an institution participating in the license agreement are eligible to receive a 250 USD discount on the article processing charge (APC) for all ACS hybrid journals. The APC discount is applied upon acceptance of manuscript. Authors must indicate their institutional affiliation upon submitting of their manuscript in order to benefit from the discount.

For detailed instructions on open access publishing with American Chemical Society, please visit the ACS OA publishing webpage.

Libraries

There is no intervention (or validation) required by Libraries for this agreement. Once an eligible article is identified via the author's affiliation, the discount will automatically be applied before the author is invoiced.

License participants

Acadia University	Bishop's University	Brock University
Cape Breton University	Carleton University	Concordia University
Concordia University of Edmonton	Dalhousie University	École de technologie supérieure
École polytechnique de Montréal	Institut national de la recherche scientifique	Lakehead University
Laurentian University	MacEwan University	McGill University
McMaster University	Memorial University of Newfoundland	Mount Allison University
Mount Royal University	Mount Saint Vincent University	Queen's University
Royal Military College of Canada	Saint Mary's University	Simon Fraser University
St. Francis Xavier University	The King's University	Thompson Rivers University
Toronto Metropolitan University	Trent University	Trinity Western University
Université de Moncton	Université de Montréal	Université de Sherbrooke
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi	Université du Québec à Montréal	Université du Québec à Rimouski
Université Laval	University of Alberta	University of British Columbia
University of Calgary	University of Guelph	University of Lethbridge
University of Manitoba	University of New Brunswick	University of Northern British Columbia
University of Ontario Institute of Technology	University of Ottawa	University of Prince Edward Island
University of Regina	University of Saskatchewan	University of the Fraser Valley
University of Toronto	University of Victoria	University of Waterloo
University of Windsor	University of Winnipeg	Vancouver Island University
Western University	Wilfrid Laurier University	York University

Cambridge University Press

Authors

As of January 1, 2022, corresponding authors affiliated with an institution participating in the license agreement will be able to publish an unlimited number of their articles as open access in all Cambridge hybrid and gold journals for the duration of the agreement (2022-2024). No article processing charges (APC) fees will be levied for open access publication.

Cambridge uses an automated system, RightsLink, to associate authors with their affiliated institutions. Authors are encouraged to also use an email with an institutional domain to facilitate the identification of eligible articles. Please review the step by step guide to open access publishing for authors.

Libraries

Participating members can configure their institutional dashboards to automatically apply the APC waiver to authors. Please review the Journals Agreement Manager Workflow. A recording of the introductory webinar is available here.

The CRKN-Cambridge 2022-2024 agreement is available for download here.

License Participants

Acadia University	Brandon University	Brock University
Carleton University	Concordia University	Dalhousie University
École de technologie supérieure	École nationale d'administration publique	Institut national de la recherche scientifique
Kwantlen Polytechnic University	Lakehead University	Laurentian University
MacEwan University	McGill University	McMaster University
Memorial University of Newfoundland	Mount Royal University	Mount Saint Vincent University
Nipissing University	NOSM University	Ontario Tech University
Queen's University	Simon Fraser University	Thompson Rivers University
Toronto Metropolitan University	Trent University	Trinity Western University
Université de Montréal	Université du Québec à Chicoutimi	Université du Québec à Montréal
Université du Québec à Rimouski	Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières	Université Laval
University of Alberta	University of British Columbia	University of Calgary
University of Guelph	University of Lethbridge	University of Manitoba
University of New Brunswick	University of Northern British Columbia	University of Ottawa
University of Prince Edward Island	University of Saskatchewan	University of the Fraser Valley
University of Toronto	University of Victoria	University of Waterloo
University of Windsor	University of Winnipeg	Vancouver Island University
Western University	Wilfrid Laurier University	York University

Canadian Science Publishing

Authors

As of January 1, 2023, corresponding authors affiliated with CRKN participating members will be able to publish an unlimited number of their articles as open access in the following five journals at no charge for the duration of the agreement:

Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Canadian Journal of Physics
Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
Genome
Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering

Upon article submission to CSP using ScholarOne, authors provide their institutional affiliation to determine eligibility. For accepted papers by CRKN-affiliated participants in each of the five journals, the APC is waived automatically.

Authors affiliated with an institution participating in the license agreement are also eligible to receive a 25% discount on the article processing charge (APC) for all CSP Hybrid journals. The following Gold OA journals are not eligible for the 25% discount: Arctic Science, Drone Systems and Applications, and FACETS. Authors must indicate their institutional affiliation upon submitting of their manuscript in order to benefit from the discount.

Libraries

There is no intervention (or validation) required by Libraries for this agreement. Once an eligible article is identified via the author’s affiliation, the discount will automatically be applied before the author is invoiced.

The CRKN-CSP 2023-2025 agreement is available for download here.

License Participants

Athabasca University	Brock University	Carleton University
Concordia University	Dalhousie University	Lakehead University
Laurentian University	MacEwan University	McGill University
McMaster University	Memorial University of Newfoundland	Mount Royal University
Queen's University	Royal Military College of Canada	Saint Mary's University
Simon Fraser University	St. Francis Xavier University	Thompson Rivers University
Toronto Metropolitan University	Trent University	Université de Montréal
Université de Sherbrooke	Université du Québec à Montréal	Université du Québec à Rimouski
Université Laval	University of Alberta	University of British Columbia
University of Calgary	University of Guelph	University of Lethbridge
University of Manitoba	University of New Brunswick	University of Northern British Columbia
University of Ontario Institute of Technology	University of Ottawa	University of Regina
University of Saskatchewan	University of the Fraser Valley	University of Toronto
University of Victoria	University of Waterloo	University of Windsor
Western University	Wilfrid Laurier University	York University

Elsevier ScienceDirect

Authors

Authors affiliated with an institution participating in the CRKN agreement are eligible to receive a 20% discount on the article processing charge (APC) for most Elsevier Hybrid and Gold Open Access journals.

Authors must indicate their institutional affiliation upon submitting their manuscript in order to benefit from the discount. Please review the author workflow.

Several journals are excluded from the discount, such as Cell Press, Lancet, and some other society owned journals. Click here to view the list of included and excluded titles in this agreement.

Libraries

CRKN is responsible for validating the eligibility of accepted articles on the Elsevier Open Access platform; for more information, please contact a member of our team at licensing@crkn.ca.

The CRKN-Elsevier 2021-2023 agreement is available for download here.

License Participants

Acadia University	Algoma University	Athabasca University
Bishop's University	Brandon University	Brock University
Cape Breton University	Carleton University	Concordia University
Concordia University of Edmonton	Dalhousie University	École de technologie supérieure
École d'administration publique	École Polytechnique de Montréal	HEC Montréal
Institut national de la recherche scientifique	Kwantlen Polytechnic University	Lakehead University
McGill University	McMaster University	Memorial University of Newfoundland
Mount Allison University	Mount Royal University	Mount Saint Vincent University
Nipissing University	Queen's University	Royal Roads University
Saint Mary's University	Simon Fraser University	St. Francis Xavier University
The King's University	Thompson Rivers University	Toronto Metropolitan University
Trent University	Trinity Western University	Université de Moncton
Université de Montréal	Université de Sherbrooke	Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
Université du Québec à Montréal	Université du Québec à Rimouski	Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue	Université du Québec en Outaouais	Université Laval
Université Sainte-Anne	Université TÉLUQ	University of Alberta
University of British Columbia	University of Calgary	University of Guelph
University of Lethbridge	University of Manitoba	University of New Brunswick
University of Northern British Columbia	University of Ontario Institute of Technology	University of Ottawa
University of Prince Edward Island	University of Regina	University of Saskatchewan
University of the Fraser Valley	University of Toronto	University of Victoria
University of Waterloo	University of Windsor	University of Winnipeg
Vancouver Island University	Western University	Wilfrid Laurier University
		York University

Institute of Physics

Authors

As of December 15, 2021, authors affiliated with an institution participating in the CRKN agreement will be able to publish an unlimited number of their articles as open access in most IOPP hybrid and gold journals for the duration of the agreement (2022-2024). No article processing charges (APC) fees will be levied for open access publication.

Most IOPP journals use ScholarOne for the submission process. Please consult the guide to submitting under a Transformative Agreement which outlines the author's workflow.

A small number of partner journals do not use ScholarOne. While the submission process may be slightly different from the steps described in IOPP's guide, eligible articles will still be identified and authors will receive a notification to that effect.

Under Step 4, authors are required to select an Open Access choice. This choice will apply only if an article is not eligible under the CRKN-IOPP agreement. Articles which are eligible under the terms of this agreement will automatically be selected for open access publishing.
Under Step 6, authors are required to select an Open Access choice. This choice will apply only if an article is not eligible under the CRKN-IOPP agreement. Articles which are eligible under the terms of this agreement will automatically be selected for open access publishing.
Once an article is accepted, the author will receive a notification if their article is eligible under the terms of this agreement. The article will be published open access unless the author elects to opt-out in writing before completing the copyright form. Authors will not be charged an Article Processing Charge (APC) for eligible articles.

Click here to view the list of included and excluded titles in this agreement.

Libraries

There is no intervention (or validation) required by Libraries for this agreement. Once an eligible article is identified via the author's affiliation, the article will automatically be processed under the open access terms of this agreement. An instructional webinar recording is available here.

The CRKN-IOPP 2021-2024 agreement is available for download here.

License Participants

Acadia University	Athabasca University	Bishop's University
Brandon University	Carleton University	Concordia University
Dalhousie University	École de technologie supérieure	École polytechnique de Montréal
Institut national de la recherche scientifique	Lakehead University	MacEwan University
McGill University	McMaster University	Memorial University of Newfoundland
Mount Allison University	Mount Saint Vincent University	Queen's University
Royal Military College of Canada	Saint Mary's University	Simon Fraser University
St. Francis Xavier University	Toronto Metropolitan University	Université de Moncton
Université de Sherbrooke	University of Alberta	University of British Columbia
University of Calgary	University of Guelph	University of Lethbridge
University of Manitoba	University of New Brunswick	University of Ontario Institute of Technology
University of Ottawa	University of Prince Edward Island	University of Regina
University of Saskatchewan	University of Toronto	University of Victoria
University of Waterloo	University of Windsor	University of Winnipeg
Western University	Wilfrid Laurier University	York University

PLOS All-Titles

Authors

Corresponding and contributing authors affiliated with an institution participating in the CRKN agreement are able to publish an unlimited number of articles in the following twelve PLOS journals:

• PLOS Biology
• PLOS Climate
• PLOS Computational Biology
• PLOS Digital Health
• PLOS Genetics
• PLOS Global Public Health
• PLOS Medicine
• PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• PLOS ONE
• PLOS Pathogens
• PLOS Sustainability and Transformation
• PLOS Water

There is no cost to authors for open access publication. Authors must indicate their institutional affiliation upon submitting their manuscript in order to benefit from open access publishing at no cost.

PLOS has also prepared a publishing FAQ for authors.

Libraries

There is no intervention (or validation) required by Libraries for this agreement. Once an eligible article is identified via the author's affiliation, the author will not be invoiced.

A recording of the implementation webinar is available here: Kicking Off the Next Steps in Partnership

The webinar slides are available for download here.

PLOS has also developed a promotional toolkit for librarians available for download here.

License Participants

McMaster University	Memorial University of Newfoundland	University of Alberta
University of British Columbia	University of New Brunswick	Western University
Wilfrid Laurier University	York University

PLOS Community Action Publishing (CAP)

Authors

Corresponding and contributing authors affiliated with an institution participating in the CRKN agreement are able to publish an unlimited number of articles in PLOS Biology and PLOS Medicine under the Community Action Publishing (CAP) model. There is no cost to authors for open access publication. Authors must indicate their institutional affiliation upon submitting their manuscript in order to benefit from open access publishing at no cost.

Libraries

There is no intervention (or validation) required by Libraries for this agreement. Once an eligible article is identified via the author's affiliation, the author will not be invoiced.

License Participants

Algoma University	Brock University	Concordia University
Dalhousie University	McMaster University	Memorial University of Newfoundland
Mount Allison University	Mount Saint Vincent University	Queen's University
Simon Fraser University	Université du Québec à Montréal	Université Laval
University of Alberta	University of Guelph	University of Manitoba
University of New Brunswick	University of Ontario Institute of Technology	University of Ottawa
University of Saskatchewan	University of Toronto	University of Waterloo
Western University	Wilfrid Laurier University	York University

Royal Society of Chemistry

Authors

Authors affiliated with an institution participating in the CRKN agreement are eligible to receive a 15% discount on the article processing charge (APC) for all RSC hybrid journals. The APC discount is applied upon acceptance of manuscript. Authors must indicate their institutional affiliation upon submitting their manuscript in order to benefit from the discount.

Libraries

There is no intervention (or validation) required by Libraries for this agreement. Once an eligible article is identified via the author's affiliation, the discount will automatically be applied before the author is invoiced.

License Participants

Acadia University	Athabasca University	Bishop's University
Brandon University	Brock University	Cape Breton University
Carleton University	Concordia University	Dalhousie University
École de technologie supérieure	École polytechnique de Montréal	Institut national de la recherche scientifique
Lakehead University	MacEwan University	McGill University
McMaster University	Memorial University of Newfoundland	Mount Allison Mount
Mount Saint Vincent University	Queen's University	Royal Roads University
Saint Mary's University	Simon Fraser University	St. Francis Xavier University
The King's University	Thompson Rivers University	Toronto Metropolitan University
Trinity Western University	Université de Montréal	Université de Sherbrooke
Université du Québec à Rimouski	Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières	Université Laval
University of Alberta	University of British Columbia	University of Calgary
University of Guelph	University of Lethbridge	University of Manitoba
University of New Brunswick	University of Northern British Columbia	University of Ontario Institute of Technology
University of Ottawa	University of Prince Edward Island	University of Regina
University of Saskatchewan	University of the Fraser Valley	University of Toronto
University of Victoria	University of Waterloo	University of Windsor
Western University	Wilfrid Laurier University	York University

SAGE

Authors

As of January 1, 2021, authors affiliated with an institution participating in the CRKN agreement will be able to publish an unlimited number of their articles as open access in SAGE Choice hybrid journals for the duration of the agreement (2021-2023). No article processing charges (APC) fees will be levied for open access publication in eligible hybrid journals. Authors are also eligible to receive a 40% discount on the APC for most gold open access journals.

SAGE Open Access Portal (SOAP) is a centralized portal that automates SAGE's open access publication process. The following steps briefly outline the manuscript submission process. Please consult the user guide which outlines the author’s workflow and the article acceptance process.

Authors must indicate their institution affiliation upon manuscript submission. Authors are encouraged to also use an email with an institutional domain to facilitate the identification of eligible articles.
Once an article is accepted, the author will receive an email notification if their article is eligible under the terms of this agreement. For articles accepted in gold open access journals, the APC discount is automatically applied upon acceptance of manuscript.
Authors can accept or decline to publish their article open access from within the SAGE Open Access Portal (SOAP). If an author declines to publish in open access, their article will be published via the subscription route.
Authors can also select their copyright license and assign a payer (i.e. funding agency, institution, or a different bill payer), and make the APC payment from within the Portal.

The list of SAGE Choice hybrid journals eligible to have their APC fees levied for open access publication is available here. The list of gold OA journals eligible to receive the 40% discount on APC fees is available here.

Libraries

Unless the library has requested otherwise, there is no intervention (or validation) required by Libraries for this agreement. Once an eligible article is identified via the author’s affiliation, the applicable discount will automatically be applied before the author is invoiced.

The CRKN-SAGE 2021-2023 agreement is available for download here.

License Participants

Acadia University	Algoma University	Athabasca University
Bishop's University	Brandon University	Brock University
Cape Breton University	Carleton University	Concordia University
Concordia University Of Edmonton	Dalhousie University	École de technologie supérieure
École nationale d'administration publique	HEC Montréal	Institut national de la recherche scientifique
Kwantlen Polytechnic University	Lakehead University	Laurentian University
MacEwan University	McGill University	McMaster University
Memorial University of Newfoundland	Mount Allison Mount	Mount Royal University
Mount Saint Vincent University	Nipissing University	OCAD University
Royal Roads University	Queen's University	Saint Mary's University
Simon Fraser University	St. Francis Xavier University	Thompson Rivers University
Toronto Metropolitan University	Trent University	Trinity Western University
Université de Moncton	Université de Montréal	Université de Sherbrooke
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi	Université du Québec à Montréal	Université du Québec à Rimouski
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières	Université du Québec en Outaouais	Université Laval
Université Sainte Anne	Université TÉLUQ	University of Alberta
University of British Columbia	University of Calgary	University of Guelph
University of Lethbridge	University of Manitoba	University of New Brunswick
University of Northern British Columbia	University of Ontario Institute of Technology	University of Ottawa
University of Prince Edward Island	University of Regina	University of Saskatchewan
University of the Fraser Valley	University of Toronto	University of Victoria
University of Waterloo	University of Windsor	University of Winnipeg
Vancouver Island University	Western University	Wilfrid Laurier University
York University

Taylor & Francis

Authors

Authors affiliated with an institution participating in the CRKN agreement are eligible to receive a 25% discount on the article processing charge (APC) in T&F Open Select hybrid journals (list available below in Related Documents).

Authors should select the Open Access Publishing option when submitting an article. When the APC quote is generated, authors should select their affiliated institution from the drop-down menu. The APC discount will be automatically applied. Authors can select a Creative Commons license once they have accepted the APC quote. Visit Taylor & Francis' website for further details on the process.

Libraries

There is no intervention (or validation) required by Libraries for this agreement. Once an eligible article is identified via the author's affiliation, the discount will automatically be applied before the author is invoiced.

License Participants

Acadia University	Algoma University	Athabasca University
Bishop's University	Brandon University	Brock University
Cape Breton University	Carleton University	Concordia University
Concordia University of Edmonton	Dalhousie University	École de technologie supérieure
École nationale d'administration publique	École polytechnique de Montréal	HEC Montréal
Kwantlen Polytechnic University	Lakehead University	Laurentian University
MacEwan University	McGill University	McMaster University
Mount Allison University	Mount Royal University	Mount Saint Vincent University
Nipissing University	OCAD University	Queen's University
Royal Roads University	Saint Mary's University	Simon Fraser University
St. Francis Xavier University	Toronto Metropolitan University	Trent University
Trinity Western University	Université de Moncton	Université de Sherbrooke
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi	Université du Québec à Montréal	Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue	Université du Québec en Outaouais	Université Laval
Université TÉLUQ	University of Alberta	University of British Columbia
University of Calgary	University of Guelph	University of Lethbridge
University of Manitoba	University of New Brunswick	University of Ontario Institute of Technology
University of Ottawa	University of Prince Edward Island	University of Regina
University of the Fraser Valley	University of Toronto	University of Victoria
University of Waterloo	University of Windsor	University of Winnipeg
Vancouver Island University	Western University	Wilfrid Laurier University
York University

Wiley

Authors

As of January 16, 2023, corresponding authors affiliated with an institution participating in the license agreement will be able to publish their articles as open access in all Wiley’s hybrid journals for the duration of the agreement (2023-2024). No article processing charges (APC) fees will be levied for open access publication.

Articles accepted for publication in Wiley’s gold journals are not eligible under this agreement. Authors will continue to be charged APCs for accepted articles in these journals.

Upon article acceptance for publication in a hybrid journal, the corresponding author will begin the Author Services process within the Wiley Open Access Account system. A customized message notifies the author upon login that their accepted article is eligible for open access at no cost (will refer to their institution and CRKN as providers) and the default selection for the author is to publish the article open access at no charge. Authors must identify themselves as affiliated with a participating CRKN institution in order for their article to be verified and approved for no charge OA under the agreement. An autocomplete form will populate with institutional affiliations as the author types, and the institution names are pulled from the Ringgold institutional hierarchy.

Please review the step-by-step guide to open access publishing for authors.

Libraries

CRKN is responsible for validating the eligibility of accepted articles on the Wiley Open Access Account system; for more information, please contact a member of our team at licensing@crkn.ca.

The CRKN-Wiley 2023-2024 agreement is available for download here .

A list of eligible hybrid journals is available for download here.

License Participants

Acadia University	Algoma University	Athabasca University
Brandon University	Brock University	Cape Breton University
Capilano University	Carleton University	Concordia University
Concordia University of Edmonton	Dalhousie University	École de technologie supérieure
École nationale d'administration publique	École Polytechnique de Montréal	HEC Montréal
Institut national de la recherche scientifique	Kwantlen Polytechnic University	Lakehead University
Laurentian University	MacEwan University	McGill University
McMaster University	Mount Allison University	Mount Royal University
Mount Saint Vincent University	Nipissing University	NOSM University
OCAD University	Queen's University	Royal Military College of Canada
Royal Roads University	Saint Mary's University	Simon Fraser University
St. Francis Xavier University	Télé-université du Québec	Thompson Rivers University
Toronto Metropolitan University	Trent University	Trinity Western University
Université de Moncton	Université de Montréal	Université de Sherbrooke
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi	Université du Québec à Montréal	Université du Québec à Rimouski
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières	Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue	Université du Québec en Outaouais
Université Laval	Université Sainte-Anne	University of Alberta
University of British Columbia	University of Calgary	University of Guelph
University of Lethbridge	University of Manitoba	University of New Brunswick
University of Northern British Columbia	University of Ontario Institute of Technology	University of Ottawa
University of Prince Edward Island	University of Regina	University of the Fraser Valley
University of Toronto	University of Victoria	University of Waterloo
University of Windsor	University of Winnipeg	Vancouver Island University
Western University	Wilfrid Laurier University	York University