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Negotiations with Wiley
swissuniversities has concluded a new Read&Publish agreement with John Wiley & Sons. It will provide students and researchers from over 40 Swiss higher education and research institutions access to the Wiley Online Library with over 1’450 journals.
The agreement came into force on 1 January 2021 and is valid until 31 December 2024. From 1 May 2021, authors affiliated to swissuniversities member institutions and further institutional clients of the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries will be able to publish their accepted research papers fully and immediately in Open Access in Wiley's nearly 1’400 hybrid journals under the Swiss agreement. In addition, this agreement provides full reading rights and permanent access to Wiley's journal portfolio for all researchers and students from the participating institutions.
The second round of negotiations will continue in 2024 with Wiley: see overview
Update from 21 September 2023: publication quota for 2023
Due to the unbroken high demand, the Open Access publication quota will be exhausted in early October 2023. This means that, until the end of 2023, researchers from participating institutions will no longer be able to publish their scientific articles in Open Access under the Consortium agreement with Wiley. They are invited to contact their institution to discuss alternatives. As of January 2024, a new quota will be available for publications with Wiley.
Update from 1 September 2022
The researchers from the participating institutions are publishing a great deal of material, which is a good sign on the journey towards 100% Open Access for 2024. At the same time, however, this means that the Open Access publication quota of Wiley will be reached in mid-September 2022. This means that researchers from participating institutions will no longer be able to publish their scientific articles in Open Access under the Consortium agreement until the end of 2022. They are therefore invited to contact their institution to discuss alternative options. From January 2023, a new quota will be available.
Related links
The 2021 agreement is available on the website of the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries at this link. Further details on the scope of the agreement can be found here.
In 2021, the negotiating parties also concluded a favourable agreement for the Cochrane Library. The Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS/ASSM) continues to be the patron of this product. Further details can be found at https://www.samw.ch/en/Projects/Overview-of-projects/Access-to-scientific-literature.html
Media release, 29.04.2021