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Article Processing Charges (APCs): Cambridge University Press (CUP)

A guide to assist with the understanding of how Article Processing Charges (APCs) advance Open Access Publishing. The guide also covers Transformative Agreements with certain publishers

Transformative Agreements @Rhodes

The South African National Library and Information Consortium (SANLiC) has negotiated a Transformative Agreements with the Publisher. 

Click here:

1. For more information about the terms of the Transformative Agreement

2. To view the list the journal titles of the Journals that fall within this Transformative Agreement

The allocated free Article Processing Charges (APCs) and Tokens for this Transformative Agreement are managed by the Research Office.

Contact the Research Office for your APC and Token queries

Read more: RUL Scholarly Communication: Transformative agreements

Read and publish agreements

"We’ve partnered with over 1000 institutions across the globe to help you publish your research Gold Open Access (OA).

If your institution has a Read and Publish agreement (also known as transformative agreements), you may publish your article gold OA at no cost to you, or with a discount for your article processing charge (APC). You can also enjoy access to journals content from Cambridge University Press.

To find out if you're eligible, please use our new checker tool. You can also explore our current agreements below."

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