Publishing in an open-access model   - This information is current and validated for the year 2026

We are pleased to announce that Reichman University and MALMAD have successfully established agreements with several publishing houses under an Open Access model.
The university has established open access agreements for 2026 with the following publishers: ACM, Cambridge, Elsevier, .Oxford, SAGE, Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis, Wiley

The costs of publishing in open-access journals can be high for researchers. Therefore, the library makes efforts to sign agreements, which allow publication for researchers and academic staff members at the university at no cost or at a reduced cost.

For more information on Open Access in MALMAD Agreements click here

Open Access Check: Accessibility and Eligibile Journals

Eligibility Criteria for Benefit:
Permanent Academic Staff: The requester is a Permanent Senior at Reichman University.
Primary Institutional Affiliation: The corresponding author must list Reichman University as their primary institutional affiliation.
Institutional Email Requirement: The author must register with Reichman University email address.

Publishing articles in open access in ACM
University researchers can publish OA articles free of charge in all journals with exceptions noted here
When registering, you must register with Reichman University email address.
For more information click here

About the agreement with MALMAD

Publishing articles in open access in the journals of Bentham Science
As part of the MALMAD Consortium, which is in negotiations with Bentham Science, we have received a trial period until October 1st for open access publishing in 125 of the publisher's journals at no cost.
Click here to access the complete journal list

Publishing articles in open access in the journals of Cambridge University Press
University researchers can publish in OA in all titles of this publisher without limitation, both in hybrid titles and in GOLD titles OA articles free of charge.
Articles published non-OA in Cambridge OA Journals during the Term of the Agreement will be eligible for retroactive conversion to OA provided:
The article was published during the Term of the Agreement; and
the request to convert to OA is made no more than three months after the Year in which the Article was published (for example, an article published in December non-OA will need to be made retroactively OA by 31 March of the following year.
Only the Corresponding Author can request their Article be made OA and this must be done through Payment Processing Software, or correspondence directly with the Licensor.

About the agreement with MALMAD

For more information about the process of publishing an Open Access article at Cambridge University Press, you can find it here

Publishing articles in open access in the journals of Elsevier
Under the 2025 agreement, university researchers can publish open access (OA) articles in the publisher's hybrid journals free of charge, up to, the annual quota.
Beyond this quota, if a researcher wants to publish in OA, he will have to pay the APC cost with a 15% discount.
A 10% discount will be given to researchers who publish in GOLD (Fully Open Access) titles.
Journals transitioning from hybrid to fully open access status during the agreement period will be included, allowing researchers to publish in these "flipping titles" without charge and within the established quota.
Cell and Lancet titles, which are not part of this arrangement.

About the agreement with MALMAD

For more information about the process of publishing an Open  Access article at Elsevier, you can find it here

 Elsevier webinar on Author Journey with the Elsevier-MALMAD  Transformative Agreement click here

Publishing articles in open access in the journals of Oxford
The university's researchers will be able to publish OA articles in the publisher's hybrid titles free of charge and without limitation.
A 15% discount will be given for publication in GOLD articles (Fully OA).
Titles that will go from hybrid status to GOLD status (flipping titles) during the agreement period will be included in the settlement.

About the agreement with MALMAD

For more information about the process of publishing an Open  Access article at Oxford, you can find it here

Publishing articles in open access in Sage journals
University researchers can publish articles in hybrid journals for £200.

University researchers can publish articles in Gold Open Access Journals with a discount of 20%.
List of titles included in the agreement can be found on the publisher's website

About the agreement with MALMAD

For more information about the process of publishing an Open  Access article at Sage, you can find it here

Publication of open-access articles in Springer Nature journals
University researchers can publish Open Access articles in the publisher's hybrid titles free of charge, following the institution's publication policy.
On the publisher's website, you can find the new agreement and the following information: list of titles that can be published within the framework of the agreement.

About the agreement with MALMAD

For more information about the process of publishing an Open  Access article at Springer Nature, you can find it here

Publishing articles in open access in Taylor & Francis journals
As part of an agreement with Taylor & Francis, researchers at Reichman University can publish open-access articles in the publisher's hybrid titles free of charge.

About the agreement with MALMAD

For more information about the process of publishing an Open Access article at Taylor & Francis, you can find it here

Publishing articles in open access in Wiley journals
Under this agreement, university researchers can publish open access (OA) articles in the publisher's hybrid journals without any cost or limitations.
For publications in fully open access (GOLD) journals, a 7% discount will be applied. The agreement also covers journals that transition from hybrid to fully open access (flipping titles) during the contract period, ensuring continued coverage for these publications.

About the agreement with MALMAD

For more information about the process of publishing an Open Access article at Wiley, you can find it here

What is open-access publishing?
In recent years, the scientific community has promoted several initiatives to improve the accessibility of scientific publications.
Open-access publishing means giving free access to academic sources (articles, books, dissertations, reports) to anyone connected to the Internet without technical, financial, or legal restrictions other than the authors' copyrights.
The concept of open access makes it possible to distribute academic sources in any digital media or copy them freely, while ensuring that the sources are attributed to the authors and that their copyright and legal agreements are protected.

Open-access models:
Open access manuscripts are published in full-access or hybrid academic journals, as well as on the library repository sites, in institutional databases, disciplinary databases, or independent archives.
There are several models in the world for open-access publishing.

Golden Open Access Model:

In this model, copyrights belong to the author and sources are published in accessible and open journals on the Internet.
Articles and research are published in journals that publish only in open access or in hybrid journals.
Within this model, the publication costs apply to the researcher.
The researcher is required to pay APC - Article Processing Costs for the publication. The cost of treatment fees can range from hundreds to thousands of dollars - a high fee and this is the disadvantage of this model.

Green Open access Model:
The researcher can independently publish the article in a repository database in a non-final version at the same time as distributing it in a paid database.
Free access to the article opens after the 'embargo' time period (usually between 6-18 months).
The copyright under this track belongs to the publisher and there

are usage restrictions.

:Diamond Open access Model
As part of this track, non-profit institutions (organizations, associations, or networks) take care of the publication available on the Internet at no cost to readers. Commercial use of the publication is not allowed.