What is OhioLINK?
OhioLINK, part of the Ohio Department of Higher Education, is Ohio’s academic library consortium. Easy, fast access to a vast amount of scholarly material has made Ohio’s higher ed library system the envy of academics across the country and OhioLINK one of the most respected library consortia.
If you are looking for an article or book, chances are that you can get it through OhioLINK. OhioLINK cost-effectively acquires and maintains shared electronic library resources for its members--more than 40 million digital journal articles, more than 241,000 electronic books, and more than 100 databases. It also funds and manages Ohio’s inter-library loan program from a shared catalog of 38 million books and printed items.
OhioLINK has negotiated five read and publish agreements for its institutions’ authors. These publishing agreements allow authors to publish open access at no cost to the authors or additional cost to their institutions, in addition to providing access to a broad range of high-quality research articles from these publishers. Please see OhioLINK's open access publishing for authors page for additional information. Your institution’s library would be happy to provide more information about what is available to you.
What is OhioLINK's Wiley open access agreement?
In addition to OhioLINK member institutions' current access to all Wiley journal titles, OhioLINK has negotiated an upgraded agreement with Wiley that offers open access publishing benefits for authors at no cost.
OhioLINK and Wiley first began an agreement with hybrid open access publishing benefits in March 2022. Now faculty, and staff at most OhioLINK member institutions have the ability to publish open access (OA) journal articles in both hybrid and fully open access journals published by Wiley at no additional cost to either the author or the institution. There is a maximum number of articles that may be published as open access each year under the agreement. Other journal fees such as page and color charges are not covered.
What is Open Access? What does hybrid mean?
Open Access (OA) is a way to publish that makes content freely available with no subscription or access fees. Journal publishers were traditionally compensated for the editorial and distribution work of providing scholarly articles through journal subscription fees. In order to make articles open, publishers can instead be compensated for their editorial services through an Article Publication Charge (APC), which varies by journal title. OhioLINK's agreement with Wiley gives authors at member institutions the open access option without paying any additional fees. Open access publication often also includes licensing the work to allow for reuse, such as Creative Commons licenses.
OhioLINK's 2024-2026 open access deal with Wiley applies to articles published in both their hybrid and fully open access journals. "Hybrid" means that the journal publishes articles that are available both by subscription and through open access. Fully open access journals refer to those that only allow authors to publish articles as open access.
For more information:
- Wiley's information for authors on publishing as open access in journals
- View the list of fully open access journals from Wiley
- View Wiley’s list of hybrid open access journals
Who is eligible to publish open access under this agreement?
In order to be eligible to publish open access at no cost in a Wiley journal under this agreement, the corresponding author of the article (see below for definition) must be affiliated with an institution that subscribes to OhioLINK’s Electronic Journal Center (EJC), a database of electronic journal articles from scholarly publishers. Wiley's institutional funding tool allows authors to determine if they are eligible for open access funding through an institutional deal with Wiley.
There is a maximum number of articles across all OhioLINK institutions that may be published as open access each year under this agreement. Should this limit be reached, authors will no longer see the option to request their article be published as open access at no charge. (See the “Is there a limit” question below for additional information.)
How does an author choose to publish an article as open access?
Corresponding authors affiliated with an eligible institution who are publishing an eligible article type in an eligible journal are offered the option to publish their article as open access under the agreement. Requests for APC coverage are subject to availability and verification of institution affiliation. (See FAQs below for details.) The process differs slightly for hybrid and fully open access journals.
- For hybrid journals: When an article has been approved for publication in a Wiley hybrid journal, the corresonding author is offered the option to publish their article as open access. You can find more details in Wiley's PDF document of the hybrid author workflow.
- For fully open access journals: When an article is submitted for publication in a Wiley fully gold open access journal, the corresponding author is able to apply to have the APC covered under an applicable funder or institution agreement.
With this Wiley agreement, there is a maximum number of open access articles allowed across all OhioLINK member institutions for each year, based on average output across all member libraries. Should the article cap be reached, authors will no longer see the option to request to publish their article as open access under the OhioLINK agreement. (See the “Is there a limit” question below for additional information.)
What is a corresponding author? How is their affiliation identified?
The corresponding author is the person who handles the manuscript and correspondence during the publication process. Corresponding authors identify their institutional affiliation when they submit their article for publication. Affiliation is verified to confirm eligibility as part of the request process for APC coverage under the agreement. Providing an institutional email address is encouraged for confirming institution affiliation.
When can I publish open access articles under this agreement?
Access to the open access publishing benefits begin January 1, 2024 and continues through December 31, 2026. This means that to publish an article as open access in a Wiley journal without paying any Article Publication Charge (APC), the article must be accepted for publication (if in a hybrid journal) or submitted for publication (if in a fully gold open access journal) during this period, and is subject to the availability of APC coverage and verification of institution affiliation. (See the “Is there a limit” question below for additional information.)
What kind of articles are eligible for open access publishing under this agreement? Which journals are eligible?
Original research and review articles are eligible for open access publishing in any of Wiley's hybrid or fully open access journals under this deal.
See Wiley's list of fully open access journals and list of hybrid open access journals for titles and APC prices.
Occasionally, journals may switch from hybrid to fully gold open access. To help avoid confusion, Wiley has posted a list of journals changing from hybrid to fully gold open access for 2025 on their website.
Is there a limit to how many articles can be published as open access under this agreement?
There is an annual limit to the number of articles to be published as open access under this agreement across all OhioLINK member institutions, based on average output across all member libraries. Should the article cap be reached, authors will no longer see the option to request to publish their article as open access under the OhioLINK agreement.
Once the limit is reached, if the selected journal is hybrid, authors may choose to publish their articles as subscription access at no cost to them. In either hybrid or fully open access journals, authors may choose to fund their article as open access, with a 10% APC discount. See Wiley's list of fully open access journals and list of hybrid open access journals for information about APC prices.
When the limit is reached, OA publishing fees for affiliated authors at OhioLINK institutions can no longer be waived for the remainder of the calendar year with Wiley. Starting January 1, coverage for OA publishing fees will again be available with a new annual allowance for OA articles.
For information about other open access agreements through OhioLINK, view the OA for authors page. Your institution’s library can also help with questions.
What information and training are available for faculty and authors?
Wiley offers additional resources for authors interested in publishing their articles open access on their web site:
- See participating institutions, current title list, and more on Wiley’s Open access agreement for authors at eligible OhioLINK institutions page.
- Identify author eligibility on Wiley’s Open Access Funds – Payments Made Easy page. Look under United States for the list of participating OhioLINK Member Institutions.
- Learn more at Wiley’s Open Access options for your article page.
- View the webinar OhioLINK Wiley Gold Open Access Author Workflow from April 4, 2025. (Requires a registration to view)
OhioLINK has also created resources for this and other open access agreements it offers:
- The OhioLINK’s Open Access Agreements Summary Table answers open access publishing FAQ for the agreements available through OhioLINK.
Where can I go with questions?
Your library is the best resource to answer questions about hybrid open access publishing with Wiley. Find your library's contact information here.
Wiley also has a contact email for authors who have questions about open access: cs-author@wiley.com
For more information about open access publishing opportunities available through OhioLINK, see OhioLINK's web page about open access publishing for authors.
Updated April 14, 2025
