Canadian Science Publishing
Type
Read and Publish agreement (via CAUL).
Status
Active from 1 January 2025 (articles submitted from this date).
Current agreement term
1 January 2025 - 31 December 2027.
Journal coverage
Unlimited open access publishing for University of Melbourne corresponding authors. The agreement covers all 22 Canadian Science Publishing (CSP) owned journals. This includes 19 hybrid journals and 3 fully open access journals.
View the full list of journals on the Canadian Science Publishing website. A list of covered journals is reflected in our 2026 all covered journals spreadsheet. They will also be included in CAUL's 2026 title list.
Eligible authors
To be eligible, the article's corresponding author must, at the time of submission, provide their University of Melbourne affiliation.
Eligible article types
- Article
- Review
- Communication
- Note
- Data Paper
- Comment
- Invited Review
- Letter
- Mini Review
- Research Article
- Science Applications Forum
- Perspective
- Editorial
- Retrospective
- Reply
How to use the agreement
CSP has provided the following guidance for authors using the agreement: Participating CAUL member Author Experience (PDF).
Manuscripts must be submitted through Canadian Science Publishing’s submission platform (ScholarOne Manuscripts).
Corresponding authors should, whenever possible, use their institutional email address (@unimelb.edu.au or @student.unimelb.edu.au). This email should be used for correspondence and in the publisher's submission platform.
Upon article acceptance, the corresponding author must complete copyright and licence terms and permissions forms. When opting for open access publishing (CC BY licence), the corresponding author should indicate "discount eligibility", then select "Council of Australian Libraries (CAUL)" from the drop-down menu.
Further information
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