Publishing open access makes your research freely available to a wider audience, increasing its visibility, reach, and potential impact. It removes paywall barriers, allowing other researchers, practitioners, and the public to access and build on your work. Open access can lead to higher citation rates (Piwowar et al., 2018), foster collaboration, and support the broader dissemination of knowledge.
There are different ways to make an output open access, and the method you choose may vary depending on where you want to publish your research output.
There are two common types of open access publishing are known as Gold and Green Open Access.
Gold/Hybrid Open Access
Note: If you are considering to publish Gold OA, please check that you have funding in place before submitting your manuscript to the journal.
Green Open Access, also known as Self-Archiving
"Research output along with the metadata, can be deposited for Open Access in SIT's Institutional Research Repository. If the research output is stored with other open repositories, the citation and abstract, with the link to the external open access repository should be provided in SIT IRR."
While it is generally possible to make your research outputs openly available through Institutional Research Repository (IRR) at no cost, you may choose to submit your article to a fully open access journal, or to select the Gold open access option when submitting to a hybrid (subscription) journal. In this case, publishers often require authors to pay an Article Processing Charge (APC) to make publications open access immediately. The pricing of APCs can vary significantly depending on the journal, its reputation, and the discipline it serves.
If you are considering to publish Gold open access, please check that you have funding in place before submitting your manuscript to the journal.
While the Library does NOT provide funding for APCs, we have negotiated a number of open access publishing agreements with publishers. SIT-affiliated corresponding authors can now publish their articles open access with APC waived or discounted in journals that are part of deals referred to as "Read & Publish" or "Transformative" agreements.
You need to use your SIT affiliation in your submitted article and your SIT email address. Publishers will normally notify you of the agreement, if available, at the submission or acceptance stage, and your request will be sent to Library for review and approval.
Current Agreements
The Library currently has arrangements with the following publishers, check agreement details via links below.
| Publisher | Journal Titles Covered | APC Discount |
|---|---|---|
| American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications |
Full APC waiver (until 31 Dec 2026) |
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| Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) | List of Journals, Magazines and Conferences |
Full APC waiver (until 31 July 2026) |
| Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
Use the OA Waivers and Discounts checker tool to check eligibility for OA publication under the agreement |
Full APC waiver (until 31 December 2025) |
| Elsevier | List of Journals |
10% discount and limited number of full APC waiver (until 31 December 2026) [2025-06: The agreement has reached its maximum article allowance of full APC waivers for 2025] |
| Sage | List of Journals (Sage Choice) |
Limited number of full APC waiver (until 31 December 2026) [2025-01: The agreement has reached its maximum article allowance of full APC waivers for 2025] |