Founded in 1683, Brill is a publishing house with a rich history and a strong international focus. Brill’s publications focus on the Humanities and Social Sciences, International Law, Education, and Life Sciences.
Brill's vast journal portfolio includes The Australian Year Book of International Law Online, the New Zealand Yearbook of International Law Online, and many more.
This opt-in agreement enables authors from participating institutions to publish an uncapped number of accepted research and review articles in Open Access in any journals from the Brill Online Journal Collection which their institution subscribes to, without any article processing charges (APCs).
Further information on this agreement is available from Brill.
This page was last updated on 4 February 2025.
The following institutions participate in this agreement:
Authors who do not see their institution listed above should contact library staff to enquire further.
This agreement allows authors from participating institutions to publish in most of Brill's hybrid and gold journals without the need for any transactional open access article processing charge (APC).
This is an uncapped agreement. There is no limit on the number of articles that can be published OA under this agreement.
In 2025, Brill will publish 320 hybrid journals, 26 gold journals, and 20 diamond journals. Participating institutions who opt into a read-and-publish agreement in 2025 will receive a 100% APC waiver for:
- hybrid journals with an institutional subscription in 2025;
- gold journals which belong to the institution's corresponding subscription collection in 2025; and
- all diamond journals.
Articles published from 1/1/2025 are eligible to be published open access under this agreement.
The following article types are eligible for open access under this agreement:
Article types excluded from this agreement include, but are not limited to:
As defined by the publisher, the eligible author is:
Corresponding author
Responsible corresponding authors must include a participating institution as one of their affiliations to benefit from this agreement.
Authors will be identified as eligible for open access publishing by their:
Responsible corresponding authors must use their institutional email address when submitting an article for publication.
Responsible corresponding authors should not use personal email addresses (e.g. Hotmail, Gmail). Doing so may result in delayed approval of the article or the article may not be approved to be published open access under the terms of the agreement.
No other APC discounts are offered under this agreement.
The agreement allows for publishing in all journals. The complete title list is available online. If you wish to publish open access, please check to ensure that your desired journal is included.
Hybrid journals that 'flip' to OA during the course of this agreement will remain available for OA publishing for the duration of the agreement.
Articles from authors at participating institutions may be published under the following Creative Commons licenses:
Authors retain all rights as per the CC license.
Further information about licenses is available on the publisher's website.
The Creative Commons licenses allow reuse (some with conditions) while protecting the authors' rights of acknowledgment as authors.
Article approvals are managed by the publisher via OA Switchboard.
Brill does not charge additional fees for page and/or colour fees. Authors should always check each journal’s submission guidelines to ensure that they will not be subject to any other fees or charges.
The following instructions for authors have been provided by the publisher.
Regular submission and peer review processes apply.
1. Select the Brill journal of your choice here.
2. Click "Submit Article" to submit your article via Editorial Manager. During the submission process, please select YES under "Open Access".
3. You will be referred to Brill's Open Access payment environment. Please provide your affiliation to claim a 100% discount off the Open Access publication charge.
4. Your article will be peer reviewed.
5. Upon acceptance of your article, it is flagged for Open Access publishing. You will receive the Open Access license for review.
6. Your article is published in Open Access with a CC-BY license of your choice.
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Please email openaccess@brill.com for questions regarding this agreement. Please include your full name, institution, article title, journal name and DOI (if available), and state the reason for your enquiry.
Please contact library staff at your institution for questions related to this agreement. They can provide advice on using the CAUL Open Access Agreements.
