IReL is participating in Annual Review's Subscribe to Open (S2O) model. In this model, existing institutional customers, including MIC, continue to subscribe to the Annual Reviews journals. With sufficient support, every new volume is converted to OA and becomes available to all. If support is insufficient the paywall is retained. Annual Reviews has successfully converted all 2023 and 2024 volumes to OA using S2O. See full details on the IReL-Annual Reviews page.
MIC is participating in the IReL-Cambridge University Press Transformative Agreement for 2021-2025; MIC joined the TA in 2023.
There is an unlimited number of pre-paid APCs available in 2025.
| Journals eligible for OA Publishing | All Cambridge University Press hybrid and fully open access journals; view CUP's Eligibility Checker for further information. Alternatively, see the IReL OA Agreements Journal List for participating titles in 2025. |
| Eligible authors |
The corresponding author must be a current staff member or student of MIC at the time the article is accepted for publication.. The corresponding author must ensure their correct affiliation details are known to the publisher; please use your MIC email address. Requests to publish OA under the agreement are subject to approval by MIC |
| Eligible article types | The following article types are eligible: research, case report, brief report, review or rapid communications format article. |
| OA Publishing licences |
CC BY CC BY-NC-SA CC BY-NC-ND May vary per journal. |
| Publisher information | Full details from Cambridge University Press are available on their Publisher Page. You can find CUP's Author Guidelines here. |
| IReL information | For full, up-to-date information about this Transformative Agreement, see the IReL-Cambridge University Press page. |
MIC is participating in the IReL-Elsevier Transformative Agreement for 2023-2025.
There are 1170 pre-paid APCs available in 2025. They will be distributed on a first-come first-serve basis across participating IReL institutions. Pre-paid APCs can be claimed at the point of article acceptance, not at the point of article submission. Once the allocation expires, no more pre-paid APCs will be offered for the remainder of the calendar year. Requests for pre-paid APCs cannot be carried into a new year.
If you cannot avail of a pre-paid APC: all Elsevier journals allow authors to use Green Open Access, usually after an embargo period. Green Open Access is when authors share a public version of their article, for example in their institution or funder’s repository, which would otherwise only be available to paying subscribers. Search for embargo details, by journal title, in JISC's Open Policy Finder.
| Journals eligible for OA Publishing | Most Elsevier fully-OA journals and most Elsevier hybrid journals are eligible for OA Publishing. For further information, search the Elsevier Journal Finder for this agreement, which provides details of the journals included. Alternatively, see the IReL OA Agreements Journal List for participating titles in 2025. |
| Eligible authors |
The corresponding author must be affiliated with MIC. The corresponding author must ensure their correct affiliation details are known to the publisher; please use your MIC email address. Requests to publish OA under the agreement are subject to approval by MIC. |
| Eligible article types | The following article types are eligible: case reports, data in briefs, full-length articles, micro-articles, original software, publication, practice guidelines, protocols, review articles, replication studies, short communications, short surveys, video articles |
| OA Publishing licences |
CC BY CC BY-NC-ND |
| Publisher information | Full details from Elsevier are available on their Publisher Page. You can find information regarding Green OA and Elsevier's Sharing and Hosting Policy here. |
| IReL information | For full, up-to-date information about this Transformative Agreement, see the IReL-Elsevier (Science Direct) page. |
MIC is participating in the IReL-Emerald Transformative Agreement for 2024-2026.
There is an unlimited number of pre-paid APCs available in 2025.
| Journals eligible for OA Publishing | The Emerald Premier journal package is eligible. Alternatively, see the IReL OA Agreements Journal List for participating titles in 2025. |
| Eligible authors |
The corresponding author must be a current staff member or student of MIC at the time the article is accepted for publication.. The corresponding author must ensure their correct affiliation details are known to the publisher; please use your MIC email address. Requests to publish OA under the agreement are subject to approval by MIC |
| Eligible article types |
All peer-reviewed articles are eligible. This includes, but is not limited to, the following peer-reviewed article types: research paper, practitioner paper, case study, general review, literature review, precis, original article, empirical research article, standard paper, article, conceptual paper, technical paper. |
| OA Publishing licences |
CC BY only |
| Publisher information | Full details from Emerald are available on their Publisher Page. You can find Emerald's Author Guidelines here. |
| IReL information | For full, up-to-date information about this Transformative Agreement, see the IReL-Emerald page. |
MIC is participating in the IReL-Oxford University Press Transformative Agreement for 2024-2026.
There are 159 pre-paid APCs available in 2025. They will be distributed on a first-come first-serve basis across participating IReL institutions. Pre-paid APCs can be claimed at the point of article acceptance, not at the point of article submission. Once the allocation expires, no more pre-paid APCs will be offered for the remainder of the calendar year. Requests for pre-paid APCs cannot be carried into a new year.
If you cannot avail of a pre-paid APC: most OUP journals permit authors to deposit Accepted Manuscripts in non-commercial repositories after an embargo period. Find out more about how articles can be shared and the associated embargo periods.
Note: pre-paid APCs for Oxford University Press are very likely to run out this year. As of June, the projected date is December 25th. This projection could change in the coming months.
| Journals eligible for OA Publishing | All Oxford University Press hybrid journals; see the IReL OA Agreements Journal List for participating titles in 2025. |
| Eligible authors |
At the time of an article is accepted into production, the corresponding author must be a current staff member or student of MIC; please use your MIC email address in communications. |
| Eligible article types | All articles types. |
| OA Publishing licences |
Journals offer one or more of the following, depending on the journal: CC BY 4.0 CC BY-NC 4.0 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. |
| Publisher information | Full details from Oxford University Press are available on their Publisher Page. You can view OUP's Author Guidelines here. |
| IReL information | For full, up-to-date information about this Transformative Agreement, see the IReL-Oxford University Press page. |
MIC is participating in the IReL-Royal Irish Academy Transformative Agreement for 2024-2026.
There is an unlimited number of pre-paid APCs available in 2025.
| Journals eligible for OA Publishing | The Royal Irish Academy's 6 journals are eligible. Alternatively, see the IReL OA Agreements Journal List for participating titles in 2025. |
| Eligible authors |
The corresponding author must be a current staff member or student of MIC at the time the article is accepted for publication.. The corresponding author must ensure their correct affiliation details are known to the publisher; please use your MIC email address. Requests to publish OA under the agreement are subject to approval by MIC |
| Eligible article types | The following article types are eligible: rapid communication; reply; research article; translation. |
| OA Publishing licences |
CC BY by default Other Creative Commons options offered |
| Publisher information | Read more about the Royal Irish Academy's Publishing House here. |
| IReL information | For full, up-to-date information about this Transformative Agreement, see the IReL-Royal Irish Academy page. |
MIC is participating in the IReL-Sage Transformative Agreement for 2024-2026.
Sage Hybrid Journals: there is an unlimited number of pre-paid APCs available in 2025. Hybrid Journals are subscription-based journals, but they include OA articles if an APC is paid.
Sage Gold Journals: a 20% discount is available on APCs in 2025. Gold Journals only include OA articles only.
| Journals eligible for OA Publishing | See the IReL OA Agreements Journal List for participating Hybrid Journal titles in 2025. The following Sage Gold Journal titles are liable for 20% discount on APCs. |
| Eligible authors |
The corresponding author must be a current staff member or student of MIC at the time the article enters production (this is usually shortly after the article being accepted for publication). The corresponding author must ensure their correct affiliation details are known to the publisher; please use your MIC email address. Requests to publish OA under the agreement are subject to approval by MIC. |
| Eligible article types |
Included: brief report, case report, collection, research article and review article Excluded: “Articles published as part of commercially sponsored supplements, errata, book reviews, editorials, published abstracts, call for papers, news items or similar are excluded from this service.” |
| OA Publishing licences |
CC BY CC BY-NC |
| Publisher information | Full details from Sage are available on their Publisher Page. You can find Sage's Guide to the TA here. |
| IReL information | For full, up-to-date information about this Transformative Agreement, see the IReL-Sage page. |
MIC is participating in the IReL-Springer Nature Transformative Agreement for 2025-2027.
There are 427 pre-paid APCs available in 2025. They will be distributed on a first-come first-serve basis across participating IReL institutions. Pre-paid APCs can be claimed at the point of article acceptance, not at the point of article submission. Once the allocation expires, no more pre-paid APCs will be offered for the remainder of the calendar year. Requests for pre-paid APCs cannot be carried into a new year.
If you cannot avail of a pre-paid APC: see Springer Nature's Green OA details here. Search for embargo details, by journal title, in JISC's Open Policy Finder.
Note: pre-paid APCs for Springer Nature are very likely to run out this year. As of June, the projected date is September 27th. This projection could change in the coming months.
| Journals eligible for OA Publishing | See Springer Nature's eligible journal list. See the IReL OA Agreements Journal List for participating titles in 2025. |
| Eligible authors |
The corresponding author must be affiliated with MIC. The corresponding author must ensure their correct affiliation details are known to the publisher; please use your MIC email address. Requests to publish OA under the agreement are subject to approval by MIC. |
| Eligible article types | The following article types are eligible: original paper, review paper, brief communication, continuing education. |
| OA Publishing licences |
CC BY 4.0 CC BY-NC 4.0 |
| Publisher information | Full details from Springer Nature are available on their Publisher Page. You can find Author Guidelines here. |
| IReL information | For full, up-to-date information about this Transformative Agreement, see the IReL-Springer Nature page. |
MIC is participating in the IReL-Taylor and Francis Transformative Agreement for 2024-2026.
There are 312 pre-paid APCs available in 2025. They will be distributed on a first-come first-serve basis across participating IReL institutions. Pre-paid APCs can be claimed at the point of article acceptance, not at the point of article submission. Once the allocation expires, no more pre-paid APCs will be offered for the remainder of the calendar year. Requests for pre-paid APCs cannot be carried into a new year.
Note: pre-paid APCs for Taylor and Francis are very likely to run out this year. As of June, the projected date is July 23rd. This projection could change in the coming months.
| Journals eligible for OA Publishing | All Taylor and Francis Open Select Journals are eligible. See the IReL OA Agreements Journal List for participating titles in 2025. |
| Eligible authors |
The corresponding author must be affiliated with MIC. The corresponding author must ensure their correct affiliation details are known to the publisher; please use your MIC email address. Requests to publish OA under the agreement are subject to approval by MIC. Text in T&F’s author workflows may give the impression that authors will be billed for the APC if they choose OA and are rejected for IReL APC funding. This will not happen: if rejected, authors will be offered a choice (paying the APC from their own funds, or publishing the article on a subscription access basis at no cost). |
| Eligible article types | The following article types are eligible: article, review, research article, review article, report, short communication, case report, note, original article, guest editorial |
| OA Publishing licences |
CC BY CC BY-NC CC BY-NC-ND |
| Publisher information | Full details from Taylor and Francis are available on their Publisher Page. You can find Author Workflow here. |
| IReL information | For full, up-to-date information about this Transformative Agreement, see the IReL-Taylor and Francis page. |
MIC is participating in the IReL-Wiley is Transformative Agreement for 2025-2028.
Wiley Hybrid Journals: there are 582 pre-paid APCs in 2025. Hybrid Journals are subscription-based journals, but they include OA articles if an APC is paid.
Wiley Gold Journals: there are 196 pre-paid APCs in 2025. Gold Journals only include OA articles only.
They will be distributed on a first-come first-serve basis across participating IReL institutions. Pre-paid APCs can be claimed at the point of article acceptance, not at the point of article submission. Once the allocation expires, no more pre-paid APCs will be offered for the remainder of the calendar year. Requests for pre-paid APCs cannot be carried into a new year.
| Journals eligible for OA Publishing | All Wiley hybrid and Gold OA journals are eligible; a small number of subscription-only journals are excluded. See the IReL OA Agreements Journal List for participating titles in 2025. |
| Eligible authors |
The corresponding author must be affiliated with MIC. The corresponding author must ensure their correct affiliation details are known to the publisher; please use your MIC email address. Requests to publish OA under the agreement are subject to approval by MIC. |
| Eligible article types | The following article types are eligible: case study, case study media, commentary, data article, education, lecture, method and protocol, perspective, practice and policy, rapid publication, research article, review article, short communication, technical note |
| OA Publishing licences |
CC BY CC BY-NC CC BY-ND CC BY-NC-ND |
| Publisher information | Full details from Wiley are available on their Publisher Page. |
| IReL information | For full, up-to-date information about this Transformative Agreement, see the IReL-Wiley page. |