Microbiology Society

Type

Read and Publish agreement (via CAUL).

Status

Active since 1 January 2022 (for articles accepted during the term of the agreement).

Current agreement term

1 January 2026 - 31 December 2026.

Journal coverage

Unlimited open access publishing for University of Melbourne corresponding authors in all Microbiology Society journals.

Covered journals are 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 and email address.

Eligible article types

All article types are eligible. There are no exclusions.

How to use this agreement

Corresponding authors must use their unimelb email address (@unimelb.edu.au or @student.unimelb.edu.au) in the publisher's submission platform and all correspondence. This allows for easy verification of affiliation. If you are unable to use an institutional email address, please discuss this with the journal editor.

Microbiology Society provided the following workflow summary to CAUL:

  1. Corresponding authors can check their fee-free eligibility and then indicate the "Publish and Read" route for OA during the submission process.
  2. We check corresponding author eligibility as part of the submission and publication process using email domain names.
  3. The corresponding author's affiliation must match the paying institution on the date of acceptance.
  4. Affiliation to a "Publish and Read" institution as stated in the accepted paper is the decisive parameter for eligibility.
  5. Providing correct affiliation information (including an institutional email address) is the responsibility of corresponding authors.

For details on how to use the Microbiology Society agreement, see the "Open access workflow" section of the agreement's CAUL R&P Guide page.

Further information

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