AIP Publishing (American Institute of Physics)
Type
Read and Publish agreement (via CAUL).
Status
Active since 1 January 2023 (for articles accepted during the term of the agreement).
Current agreement term
1 January 2026 - 31 December 2026.
Journal coverage
Limited (capped) open access publishing for University of Melbourne corresponding authors in most hybrid AIP Publishing journals.
Covered journals are reflected in our 2026 all covered journals spreadsheet. They will also be included in CAUL's 2026 title list.
Journal exclusions
Fully open access journals are not included in the agreement (APCs will still apply). Two hybrid titles are also currently excluded from the agreement: Journal of the Physical Society of Japan and Physics Today.
Eligible authors
To be eligible, the article's corresponding author must, at the time of submission, provide their University of Melbourne affiliation. This must be their first and primary affiliation in the publishing system and in the article itself.
Eligible article types (2026)
- Primary research articles
- Review articles
- Tutorial articles
- Perspective articles
Eligible article types (2023-2025)
- Research articles
- Review articles
- Conference articles
- Perspectives
Cap details
This is a capped agreement. There is a limit to the number of articles that can have their open access publishing covered under the agreement during the calendar year.
The publishing cap is set at over 200% of participating institutions' average annual AIP publishing amount. It is very unlikely the cap will be reached in 2026.
All Australian universities that have signed the CAUL-negotiated agreement draw from the same cap. The cap is accessed on a first come, first served basis. See the CAUL R&P Guide's AIP Publishing page for details.
How to use the agreement
When possible, the corresponding author should use their unimelb email address (@unimelb.edu.au or @student.unimelb.edu.au). They should provide this in the publisher's submission platform and use it for correspondence. This allows for easy verification of affiliation.
For details on how to use the AIP agreement, see the "Open access workflow" section in the agreement's CAUL R&P Guide page.
Further information
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