TUS is a member of IRel, a consortium of Irish Research Libraries. Established in 2004, it provides participating member institutions with access to a wide range of licensed e-resources, open access publishing agreements and open science infrastructure.
IRel secures open access agreements with publishers. Transformative Agreements typically allow corresponding authors from eligible institutions to publish their articles open access immediately on publications. These read and publish deals have evolved as a result of changes in the open access landscape and in particular Plan S. The agreements cover both the subscription to the journal (the read element) and the open access publishing cost (the publish element).
| Publisher | Access | Link to agreement | Additional Information |
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Oxford University Press - (hybrid journals and fully-OA journals)
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Read and APC (Hybrid) APCs available - expected to run out November 2025
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Oxford University Press | OUP Open Access Account User guide |
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SAGE
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Read and APC (Hybrid and 20% discount on Gold) Unlimited APCs available for 2025 |
SAGE | |
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Wiley
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Read and APC (Gold and Hybrid) APCs available Hybrids will run out before the end of the year |
Wiley | |
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Cambridge University Press
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Read and APC (Hybrid and Gold) Unlimited APCs available for 2025 |
Cambridge University Press | |
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Taylor and Francis
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Read and APC (Hybrid) APCs available - expected to run out July 2025 |
Taylor and Francis | Taylor and Francis page for IReL |
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Springer Nature: Springer Compact
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Read and APC (Hybrid) APCs available - expected to run out October 2025 |
Springer Nature: Springer Compact | Springer Nature page for IReL |
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PLOS
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Unlimited APCs available for 2025 | PLOS | PLOs page for IReL |
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Science Direct
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Limited availability for 2025- please check with the library upon submission
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A full list of Open Access Journals published by the above publishers can be found Here (please filter to the appropriate publisher to view available journals)
In order to be eligible, the corresponding author must be a current member of staff or a current student at the time the article is accepted for publication. It is essential that corresponding authors
Please Note: For a number of the agreements there is a limited annual quota of article processing charges (APCs) available to the consortium. For those agreements, once the maximum article allowance is reached, authors will not be offered the option to publish open access at no cost, as the eligibility recognition will be switched off for articles accepted for publication after that point. For further details please see the above linked individual agreement pages.
What is an APC?
Are you ready to publish or need more information? Contact the Scholarly Communications Librarian maeve.hynes@tus.ie
Yes! Some funding bodies/programmes (e.g. Horizon 2020) may still require you to archive your publication in a repository even if it is already published open access, so check your grant agreement to ensure you comply with any such requirements.
Some other benefits to depositing your work in Researh@THEA include
