Wiley OA Publishing: Information for Authors

The 2025 calendar year limit has been reached for Open Access fee-waived publishing for Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic, and University of Cincinnati in Wiley’s hybrid journals.  Corresponding authors from these institutions will no longer see the option to publish Open Access at no charge in hybrid journals following editorial acceptance. Provisional requests are still able to be made at submission in Wiley’s fully open access journals.  See the FAQ “Is there a limit to how many articles can be published as open access under this agreement?” below for more information. Your institution’s library can also help with questions.

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 300,000 electronic books, and more than 100 databases. It also funds and manages Ohio’s inter-library loan program from a shared consortium catalog of 38 million books and printed items.

OhioLINK has leveraged its relationships with publishers to negotiate 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 an annually capped number of open access articles to be published at no cost for authors.  (Other journal fees such as page and color charges are not covered under this agreement.)

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 option to publish open access without paying any additional fees. Open access publication often 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 (also called "Gold") journals. "Hybrid" means that the journal publishes articles that are available either by subscription or through open access. Fully open access journals refer to those that only allow authors to publish articles as open access. 

For more information:

Who is eligible to publish open access under this agreement?

Wiley's institutional funding tool allows authors to determine if they are eligible for open access funding through an institutional deal with Wiley.

In order to be eligible to publish 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.

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 in hybrid journals 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.  

In 2025, Wiley changed its processes for applying for APC coverage in its fully open access journals (also referred to as “Gold” journals).  With this change, requests for APC coverage made at submission are provisional until coverage availability and verification of institution affiliation are confirmed follwing acceptance for publication. This confirmation process occurs once the fully open access license is signed by the author.  See the "What information and training are available for faculty and authors?" question below for the link to an informational webinar. Your library can help with questions.

There is an annual limit to the number of open access articles allowed 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 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 has agreed to handle the manuscript and correspondence during the publication process.  Wiley calls this single point of contact the Responsible Corresponding Author in their systems.  Corresponding authors identify their institutional affiliation when they submit their article for publication.  Their affiliation is verified following editorial acceptance to confirm eligibility under the agreement.  To help ensure eligibility, choosing a Responsible Corresponding Author with an ongoing affiliation with the institution and use of an institutional email address is encouraged.

When can I publish open access articles under this agreement?

Access to the open access publishing benefits began January 1, 2024 and continues through December 31, 2026.  Requests for APC-free open access publishing under the agreement should be made during this period based on the relevant dates per journal type:

  • In a hybrid journal, the article must be accepted for publication during this period.
  • In fully open access journals, the initial provisional request for OA coverage is made when the article is submitted for publication during this period.  A second check for coverage availability and affiliation occurs following editorial acceptance and OA license signing by the author in order for the provisional request to be confirmed.

All requests for OA coverage are subject to the availability of APC coverage and verification of institution affiliation following editorial acceptance. (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.

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. 

The maximum article allowance for Case Western Reserve University, University of Cincinnati, and Cleveland Clinic has been reached for 2025 in Wiley’s hybrid journals. 

Once the limit is reached, a 10% APC discount is available for authors wishing to pay to make their articles open access.  See Wiley's list of fully open access journals and list of hybrid journals for information about APC prices.

  • Once the limit is reached, new requests for OA coverage in hybrid journals cannot be made through the end of the year. Authors in hybrid journals may choose during their post-editorial acceptance workflow to publish their articles as subscription access at no cost to them, or to fund their article as open access, with the APC discount. 
  • Once the limit is reached, new coverage requests in fully OA ("Gold") journals may still be made during the submission process, as these requests are provisional until later confirmed following editorial acceptance, subject to coverage availability and verification of institution affiliation.

Starting January 1, coverage for OA publishing in both hybrid and fully OA ("Gold") journals reset 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:

OhioLINK has also created resources for this and other open access agreements it offers:

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 October 17, 2025