CSIRO Publishing is Australia's leading science publisher of books, journals, and magazines. We demonstrate the value of science and capture and share knowledge for future generations.
Part of the research community our purpose is to enhance the impact of science by communicating the outcomes of research, empowering decision makers, and enriching the lives of our all our readers.
A transformative agreement in support of an open access (OA) publishing model. This agreement will accelerate progress towards open science.
Corresponding authors from your institution can publish articles as Open Access in a select number of journals.
Agreements can be multi-year agreements.
Further information on this agreement is available from CSIRO Publishing.
This page was last updated on 5 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.
CAUL is aware that the CSIRO and University of New South Wales have direct agreements with CSIRO Publishing. Authors at these institutions should consult locally to determine their eligibility to publish open access.
This agreement allows authors from participating institutions to publish in some of CSIRO Publishing'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.
Articles accepted 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/ Main 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 some 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 institutions via a Rightslink.
CSIRO Publishing 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. Further details are available on the publisher’s website.
*Articles are submitted and accepted in scholar one.
*Flows through to CCC Rightslink system for Author Ring gold ID
and email domain matching.
*Author selects licence type and accepts institutional funding for Open Access.
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Please email publishing.subscriptions@csiro.au 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.
