Authors converting your article to open access

Converting your article to open access

Publish your article Open Access under a Read and Publish agreement

If you would like to publish your article to Open Access, we ask that you select a creative commons licence, using the form below. The CC licence you choose will determine how readers can use your content. You only need to complete this form if you have already completed an author publishing agreement (licence to publish form).

Please click here to download the Creative Commons Licence Selection form.

Once you have completed this form, please return it to oaqueries@cambridge.org . If you have any further questions, please review our FAQs below or email oaqueries@cambridge.org .

If you have received an email from Cambridge University Press with a link to an online form, please complete the form online linked within the email. This allows us to process your request quicker.

FAQs

How do I download and complete the form?

What happens after I have filled in this form?

I haven't signed an author publishing agreement yet, do I need to sign this form as well?

I received an email with a link to an online form but it isn't working. What do I do?

Which Creative Commons license should I select?

I want to make my article Open Access, will I incur any cost for the Articles Processing Charge (APC)?

Will my institution be charged for my APC?

I am no longer affiliated with the institution where I conducted my research and is named on the article. Does that still make me eligible to convert my article to Open Access under R&P?

I am the corresponding author of a paper and would like to make it Open Access under the Read & Publish deal negotiated with my institution. However, not all of my co-authors are affiliated with the same institution. Is the paper still eligible?

Is there a deadline to convert my article?