The University of Wyoming offers multiple Transformative Agreements available to UW faculty, staff, and students. These agreements continue to expand and are unique for each publisher. If you have any further questions about Transformative Agreements, please contact Sierra Pandy at spandy@uwyo.edu.
To take advantage of these agreements, UW affiliated authors simply need to submit articles for publication following publisher guidelines using their UWYO email address. APCs will be waved, or discounts will be applied, during the submission or article approval process.
Cambridge University Press – More than 350 CUP journals participate in this agreement. For a full list of journals, please click here. UW authors can publish their work in these journals without incurring an APC. There is no limit on the number of articles that can be published for free each year.
Company of Biologists – UW authors can publish their work in Company of Biologists’ journals without incurring an APC. There is no limit on the number of articles that can be published for free each year.
Elsevier – UW authors will receive a 10% discount on APCs for work published in hybrid or gold Elsevier journals.
IOP Publishing – More than 70 journals participate in this agreement. For a full list of titles, please click here. UW authors can publish their work in these journals without incurring an APC. There is no limit on the number of articles that can be published for free each year.
Microbiology Society – The following journals are covered under this agreement: Microbiology, Journal of General Virology, Journal of Medical Microbiology, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, Microbial Genomics, and Access Microbiology. There is no limit on the number of articles that can be published for free each year.
Royal Society of Chemistry – More than 40 journals are covered in this agreement. For a full list of titles, please click here. UW authors can publish their work in these journals without incurring an APC. There is no limit on the number of articles that can be published for free each year.
Springer Nature – More than 2,000 journals are covered in this agreement. For a full list of titles, please click here. This agreement will automatically cover the APCs for approximately 40 articles per year on a first-come, first-served basis. UW Libraries cannot guarantee or set aside a free APC.