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Open Access Publishing for TAU Researchers

updated: 22.02.2026

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Tel Aviv University Libraries have signed agreements with leading publishers, which allow TAU researchers to publish open-access articles free of charge or with a significant discount.

What is Open Access publishing?

Academic research outputs published in the Open Access model in journals and books are available to the public worldwide, free of charge, in full text, and under copyright laws.

Advantages of publishing in Open Access

Higher, wider, and more immediate exposure can contribute to an increase in citation indexes.
Fulfilling open access requirements for research grants.
Helps the dissemination of research products by removing the paywall.
Contributes to a broader volume of global scientific knowledge.

Which publishers and journals are included in the Open Access agreements?

New at the Libraries! A search system that allows you to check which journals are included in the OA agreements*:

*The system is still being updated and does not yet include all the agreements.

Which publishers and journals are included in the Open Access agreements**?

Publisher’s Name	APC - Article Processing Charge	Journals Included in the Agreement	Library for Contact
AAAS - American Association for the Advancement of Science	15% Discount	Science Advances	Library of Exact Sciences & Engineering; Library of Life Sciences & Medicine
American Institute of Physics (AIP)	No APC		Library of Exact Sciences & Engineering
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM	No APC		Library of Exact Sciences & Engineering
Brill	No APC	List of journals included in the agreement	All TAU Libraries*
Cambridge University Press	No APC	List of journals included in the agreement	All TAU Libraries*
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press	60% Discount	Genes & Development; Genome Research; RNA; Learning & Memory; CSH Molecular Case Studies	Library of Life Sciences & Medicine
Elsevier - Hybrid	No APC	List of the publisher's hybrid OA journals included in the agreement	All TAU Libraries*
Elsevier - Gold	10% Discount	List of the publisher's Gold OA journals included in the agreement	All TAU Libraries*
Institute of Physics (IOP)	No APC		Library of Exact Sciences & Engineering
Karger	No APC	List of journals included in the agreement	Library of Life Sciences & Medicine
Microbiology Society	No APC	In all the publisher's journals	Library of Life Sciences & Medicine
Oxford University Press - Hybrid	No APC**	List of the publisher's hybrid OA journals included in the agreement	All TAU Libraries*
Oxford University Press - Gold	15% Discount**	List of the publisher's Gold OA journals included in the agreement	All TAU Libraries*
Portland Press	No APC	Biochemical Journal; Clinical Science; Neuronal Signaling; Bioscience Reports; Biochemical Society Transactions; Essays in Biochemistry; Emerging Topics in Life Sciences	Library of Life Sciences & Medicine
Royal Society of Chemistry - Hybrid	No APC	List of the publisher's hybrid OA journals included in the agreement	Library of Exact Sciences & Engineering
Royal Society of Chemistry - Gold	No APC	List of the publisher's Gold OA journals included in the agreement	Library of Exact Sciences & Engineering
Sage	200£	List of journals included in the agreement	All TAU Libraries*
Sage	20% Discount	List of journals included in the agreement	All TAU Libraries*
Springer Nature	No APC	List of journals included in the agreement	All TAU Libraries*
Taylor and Francis	No APC	List of journals included in the agreement	All TAU Libraries*
The Company of Biologists	No APC	Development, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology	Library of Life Sciences & Medicine
The European Respiratory Society (ERS)	No APC	European Respiratory Journal, European Respiratory Review, ERJ Open Research	Library of Life Sciences & Medicine
The Royal Society	No APC	List of journals included in the agreement	Library of Exact Sciences & Engineering; Library of Life Sciences & Medicine
Wiley - Hybrid	No APC	List of journals included in the agreement	All TAU Libraries*
Wiley - Gold	7% Discount	List of journals included in the agreement	All TAU Libraries*

** Additional charges such as: submission fee, page or color charges are not covered by the agreements.

Further information about Open Access publishing and library contacts:

Library	Contact Person	E-mail	Phone Number
Sourasky Central Library	Alla Ofenberg	allao@tauex.tau.ac.il	Publications - 03-6408448 Bibliometrics - 03-6408423
Library for Social Science, Management & Education	Revital Azura	oasoclib@tauex.tau.ac.il	03-6409538
Library of Life Sciences & Medicine	Marina Bialik	marinab@tauex.tau.ac.il	03-6409196
Library of Exact Sciences & Engineering	Svetlana Braynin	sveta@tauex.tau.ac.il	03-6408049
Law Library	Monica Berkovich	monicaberko@tauex.tau.ac.il	03-6406173