OA publishing agreement with the Big Ten Academic Alliance
The Big Ten Academic Alliance has made an agreement with Cambridge University Press to support Open Access publishing.
If you are affiliated with a participating institution, you can publish your article Open Access - at no cost to you - in gold and hybrid journals. In addition, you can enjoy access to Cambridge University Press journals content.
Participating institutions:
- Indiana University - Bloomington
- Indiana University East
- Indiana University Indianapolis (IUI)
- Indiana University - Kokomo
- Indiana University - South Bend
- Indiana University Southeast
- Northwestern University
- Pennsylvania State University
- Purdue University – Northwest
- Purdue University - Fort Wayne
- Purdue University – West Lafayette
- Rutgers, State University of New Jersey
- University of Chicago
- University of Illinois - Chicago
- University of Illinois - Springfield
- University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign
- University of Iowa
- University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
- University of Michigan - Dearborn
- University of Michigan - Flint
- University of Minnesota - Crookston
- University of Minnesota – Duluth
- University of Minnesota - Morris
- University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
- University of Nebraska – Kearney
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln
- University of Nebraska Medical Center
- University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
- University of Wisconsin Green Bay
- University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
- University of Wisconsin - Madison
- University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
- University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
- University of Wisconsin-Parkside
- University of Wisconsin - Platteville
- University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
- University of Wisconsin - Stout
- University of Wisconsin - Superior
- University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
Easily check your eligibility to publish OA under this agreement, and the journals available to you, by using our eligibility checker tool.
To be eligible, articles must:
- Have a corresponding author affiliated with a participating institution as listed above.
- Be original research – eligible article types are research articles, review articles, rapid communications, brief reports and case reports.
- Be accepted for publication in a Cambridge University Press journal covered by the agreement.
- Be accepted for publication from 1 January 2024.
Need help?
If you have any questions, please contact oaqueries@cambridge.org or visit our Publishing Open Access information page.
You can also contact your institution:
- Indiana University - Bloomington, Scholarly Communications Department: iusw@iu.edu
- Penn State Libraries: openaccess@psu.edu. You may also wish to consult the Libraries’ resources regarding the Penn State Open Access Policy and Creative Commons licenses.
- Purdue University: Nina Collins: nkcollin@purdue.edu
- Rutgers, State University of New Jersey: scc@rutgers.libanswers.com
- University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign: scpub@library.illinois.edu
- University of Iowa: lib-impact@uiowa.edu
- University of Michigan - Ann Arbor: lib-oa-pub@umich.edu
- University of Michigan - Dearborn: umd-library-pub-contact@umich.edu
- University of Minnesota - Twin Cities: openaccess@umn.edu
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln: acqfin@unl.edu
- University of Wisconsin-Madison: Carrie Nelson carrie.nelson@wisc.edu