IGI Global, a leading medium-sized independent international academic publisher of scholarly reference sources, has continued its collaboration with the Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA), a consortium of 39 research libraries across the U.S., to provide a new opt-in for GWLA member institutions to set up
Open Access Agreements with IGI Global to support their faculty in publishing under OA in IGI Global’s full portfolio of 175+ highly cited (Web of Science SCIE, SSCI, and more) OA journals.
What Are Open Access Agreements?
Article Processing Charges (APCs) can deplete an institution’s already scarce resources, leading faculty members to look towards outside funding or take on the cost of an APC themselves. To simplify this process, an institution can invest an amount upfront into an OA Agreement Fund to provide their researchers with funding for APCs.
After undergoing our rigorous double-blind peer review process, their faculty's accepted research published under OA will gain increased discoverability and higher citation impact while contributing to crucial bodies of emerging knowledge and adding to their institutional repository of high-quality publications.
With the upfront investment of an Open Access Agreement, it can provide researchers at their institution with funding to cover Article Processing Charges (APC) in IGI Global's 175+ open access journals.
IGI Global’s Agreement With GWLA
This agreement offers participating institutions flexible investment level options to simplify the management and funding of APC payments, which includes a discount on the APCs for their corresponding faculty authors based on the investment level of the institution.
APC fees are based on the pre-paid investment. Institutions may choose how much they invest, beginning with $5,000 annually. The fund covers the publishing costs for the open access content in the indicated journal. Institutions are able to top up additional funds at any time. IGI Global will notify the institution whenever the amount of funds available is too low to cover the cost of additional articles.
Corresponding authors whose articles are accepted after the peer review process by IGI Global qualify to have their articles published under this agreement and would be eligible to have the funds from the agreement utilized to open the article under the CC BY 4.0 License.
You can learn more about IGI Global’s Open Access Agreements and Transformative Options here.
If your institution is a member of GWLA and you are interested in learning more about how you can collaborate on an IGI Global Open Access Agreement through GWLA, we can meet one-on-one and discuss your options as well as an analysis on your faculty’s publishing history data to make the most informed decision and support your faculty’s research endeavors. Please contact eresources@igi-global.com
 | | Why You Should Publish Under Open Access With IGI Global | - Join a Diverse Community of 150,000+ Researchers Worldwide Publishing with IGI Global
- Easily Track Your Work in Our Advanced Manuscript Submission System with Rapid Turnaround Times
- Double-Blind Peer Review by Notable Editorial Boards (Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Certified)
- Affordable APCs (Often 50% Lower Than the Industry Average) Including Robust Editorial Service Provisions
- Publications Adhere to All Current OA Mandates and Compliances
- Institution Level OA Agreements Available (Recommend or Contact Your Librarian for Details)
- 175+ Highly Indexed Journals to Choose From (Gold, Platinum, & Retrospective OA Opportunities)
- Content Spread Widely to Leading Repositories (AGOSR, ResearchGate, CORE, & more)
- Direct Connections with Prominent Research Funders & OA Regulatory Groups
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About GWLA
The Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA) is a consortium of 39 research libraries located across the United States. The activities and collaborative projects of the Alliance expand access to quality information both within and beyond the boundaries of the consortium. The highly skilled staffs of its member libraries capitalize on new technologies, to forge effective and meaningful partnerships, and to promote innovation and excellence. Their common interests intersect in programs related to scholarly communication, interlibrary loan, shared electronic resources, cooperative collection development, digital libraries, staff development and continuing education. GWLA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation chartered in Missouri, headquartered in the Kansas City metropolitan area, with staff offices also located in Houston.
Learn more about GWLA here.>
About IGI Global
Founded in 1988 and headquartered in Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA with a subsidiary office (IGI Science and Technology, Ltd.) operating out of Beijing, China, IGI Global is a leading medium-sized independent international academic publisher of scholarly reference sources. They are committed to facilitating the discovery of pioneering scientific research that enhances and expands the body of knowledge available to the research community through traditional and open access publishing workflows. Working in close collaboration with more than 150,000+ expert researchers and professionals from leading institutions, IGI Global publishes quality peer-reviewed content in three major academic subject areas:
Business & Management - Scientific, Technical, & Medical (STM) - EducationLearn more about IGI Global
here.
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