Read & Publish Agreements

Helpful Links on Open Access Publishing

Sherpa Juliet

Sherpa Juliet provides a service that includes the open access data archiving and publishing policies of institutions and organizations offering funding support to researchers.

Sherpa Romeo

Sherpa Romeo offers a service where details of publishers' policies on open access, copyright (including rights retained by authors), and self-archiving can be accessed.

Creative Commons License Family (Which one should I choose?)

There are six types of licenses available under Creative Commons (CC), along with a public domain dedication option. Instead of the "all rights reserved" approach, CC licenses adopt a "some rights reserved" approach, allowing creators to define the usage terms of their work while sharing it with the public. Except for the public domain dedication, CC0 (CC Zero), all six licenses require attribution to the original creator.

Creative Commons License Family

Cambridge University Press Journals (Institutional Subscription)

You can publish your article under open access (OA) for free in Gold Open Access and Hybrid journals.

• Access the journal list here
• Click here for agreement details and the OA article publishing guide
•  

Sage (Institutional Subscription/Discounted APC Fee)

The SAGE Open Access (OA) journal package is offered with the special SAGE Choice package, covering 95% of SAGE journals.

For institutions that are ANKOS members with a SAGE subscription, the Article Processing Charge (APC) is reduced from 3000–4000 GBP to 200 GBP. This amount can be paid by the author, institution, or another funding body. SAGE provides alternative invoicing and payment methods for institutions and authors.

• Authors from ANKOS-member institutions will automatically receive invoices at the discounted rate upon article submission.
•  
• Click here for detailed information on SAGE Choice
• For the Premier journal list of SAGE Choice journals, click here
• For the list of Gold OA journals not covered by the agreement, click here
•  

Springer (TÜBİTAK EKUAL)

Under the EKUAL (National Academic License for Electronic Resources) Project managed by TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM, the agreement with Springer Nature for accessing electronic journals has been transformed into a "Read & Publish" model for the 2024–2026 period.

• Open access article publishing opportunities will be available in Springer Hybrid journals, subject to the annual OA article publishing quota determined by EKUAL.
•  
• Authors must meet these requirements to benefit from the agreement:
• Be the corresponding author of the article.
• Publish article types such as Original Paper, Review Paper, or Continuing Education.
• Identify themselves during the authoring process and have a primary affiliation with an eligible institution.
•  
• Click here for the author guide
• Click here for agreement details
• Click here for the journal list
•  

WILEY (TÜBİTAK EKUAL)

Since 2018, Wiley journals have been accessible under the TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM-managed EKUAL Project. For the 2023–2025 period, the agreement continues in the "Read & Publish" model.

• Under the Wiley OA Agreement, approximately 1367 e-journals are accessible to all Turkish universities.
• OA support includes Wiley Hybrid and Gold Journals (excluding Hindawi) for article types such as Research Article, Review Article, Data Article, and Rapid Publication.
• Articles will be published OA without APC fees, provided there is availability in the annual quota, following the "first come, first served" rule.
•  
• Click here for the journal list
• Click here for agreement details and the OA article publishing guide
• Wiley OA Publishing Agreement Video Training
•  

BMJ Journals (Institutional Subscription)

The BMJ Journals Collection, consisting of clinical specialty, public health, and evidence-based medicine journals, is included under a Read and Publish agreement with ANKOS.

• The agreement provides unlimited publishing rights in a total of 50 journals: 26 from the "Standard Collection Hybrid" and 24 Gold Open Access journals.
• All individuals with an institutional email domain are eligible, provided they are the Corresponding Author.
•  
• Access the journal list here