Participating Journals
Wiley Fully OA Journals (+/-586)
Wiley Hybrid titles (+/-1318)
Exclusions: Hindawi Journals (260)
What is the cost to the author?
The 2024-2026 shared agreement publishing benefits include:
- APC discounts for grant-funded corresponding authors (15% discount + $1000 APC reduction)
- APC waivers for unfunded corresponding authors
APC costs vary, please see the journal list for APC cost.
Publishing Workflow
For grant-funded corresponding authors: a 15% discount and $1000 APC reduction is applied to the APC to be paid by grant funds.
- If you do have grant funding available to cover the discounted APC: during the submission process, copy the SCELC-wide Account Code ("SSAP") and enter it in the specified field on the submission site. You will then be asked for payment information to cover the remaining balance. You will not be charged until your article is accepted.
For non-grant-funded corresponding authors: no cost; full APC is covered by the agreement
- If you do not have grant funding available to cover the discounted APC: during the submission process, use the GREEN HELP button to contact Wiley Author Support. Use the chat function to request an APC waiver under the SCELC-wide Account Code ("SSAP"). Once SCELC confirms your institutional affiliation, you will receive a confirmation email.
- What should authors say to Author Support?
- Three key mentions:
- Author’s institution
- Open access
- SCELC
- If the corresponding author is logged into the Author Services platform and has entered their affiliations when beginning a chat with Support, the institution details are presented to the agent.
- Example message for chat: "Hi! I'm affiliated with Santa Clara University. I was wondering how to begin the process of applying for publication funding through the open access program (or agreement) between SCELC (or the Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium) and Wiley?"
Who Can Publish?
A corresponding author who is a researcher, professor, adjunct faculty member, lecturer, graduate or undergraduate at a participating institution.
Which Article types qualify?
Original Research and Review articles will qualify. This pilot is testing Wiley's new article classification schema which has been designed to include the full range and diversity of original research across the disciplines. Original research has been defined to include 13 article types which were identified through a year of standardization work with editors across all 1400+ journals.
| Article Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Research Article | Reports of original research, with methods, findings and conclusions. |
| Review Article | Overview of developments in fields or the current lines of thought. Synthesizes multiple sources of information and has long list of references. Emphasis is more factual and less on opinion. |
| Commentary | Expert opinion from one or more people (who may agree or disagree) on a published work, current understanding/status of an area, or how practice should be undertaken. Generally with references. |
| Short Communication | Brief observations and research reports in a concise format. |
| Case Study | Detailed report or presentation of the symptoms, signs, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of an individual patient or selected disease indications. Usually describes an unusual or novel occurrence or has substantial learning value for readers. |
| Technical Note | Extensions or updates to previously published research, reporting additional controls; projects that did not yield publishable results but represent valuable information regarding protocol and data collection; additions to established tools, experimental or computational methods; description of a database; null results and orphan data; data management plans; description of a specific development, technique or procedure, or a modification of an existing technique, procedure or device; new algorithm or computational method, new experimental method, improved version of an experimental protocol or computational approach, new implementation of an existing algorithm… |
| Education | Educational piece that explains a subject, method or current thinking to enable others to understand and/or use it. Does not present new research/findings. May also elicit reflection or test knowledge or thinking, and be linked to professional certification |
| Data Article | Detailed description of a dataset and its creation, with the data included in machine-readable format, that enables others to make use of the data. No research done with the data is included. |
| Lecture | Transcript or summary of a speech given at a conference, symposium, workshop or similar, usually an invited speech, given by a recognized expert, an award winner, or elected society officer. |
| Method and Protocol | Procedural method in the design and implementation of an experiment or study |
| Perspective | Personal opinion on a topic, often with a novel/imaginative approach to a provocative question, with an engaging though rigorous investigation that enhances the understanding of the subject, including new developments, and moderate referencing |
| Practice and Policy | Public statement of what a representative group of experts agree to be evidence-based and state-of-the-art knowledge on an aspect of practice/policy. |
| Rapid Publication | Report of a key new research finding that needs/merits fast dissemination, and so is expedited. |