OA agreement - LMBA, Lithuania

Open access policies

Read and Publish agreement with Lithuanian LMBA consortium

This agreement applies to articles accepted BEFORE 31 December 2020.

If you are affiliated with a participating institution, you can publish your article Open Access (OA) - at no cost to you* - in gold and hybrid journals. In addition, you can enjoy access to Cambridge University Press journals content.

To be eligible, articles must:

Be original research – eligible article types are research articles, review articles and rapid communications - click here for definitions.
Have a corresponding author affiliated with a participating institution (see below) - click here for corresponding author definition.
Be accepted for publication in a Cambridge University Press journal as listed here - click here for a list of institutions and each institution’s chosen journals collection.
Be accepted for publication between 1 July 2019 and 31 December 2020.

How to publish Open Access under this agreement:

1. Check your eligibility

To publish OA under this agreement, the corresponding author must be affiliated with a participating institution.
Click here to read the corresponding author’s role and responsibilities.
Publishing OA under this agreement is only available in your institution’s chosen journals package as listed below:
Click here for a list of institutions and each institution’s chosen journals collection.

2. Submit your research

Submit your research using your institutional affiliation (ideally using an ORCID iD). Publishing OA under this agreement is only available in your institution’s chosen journals package as listed above.
Article types covered by this agreement are research articles, review articles and rapid communications - click here for definitions.
Articles submitted by eligible corresponding authors qualify for this agreement upon the date the article accepted for publication, from or after 1 July 2019 through 31 December 2020. The ongoing eligibility of articles beyond 31 December 2020 is dependent on renewal of the agreement.

3. Complete your OA publishing agreement

Once your work has been accepted, complete and submit the journal’s OA author publishing agreement and select the creative commons licence which will determine how readers can use your article.
Click here for more information on creative commons licences.

4. Institutional approval*

Corresponding authors affiliated with participating institutions, publishing research articles in eligible journals as listed above, will have their APC fully covered by their institution.
Final approval for OA funding may be determined by your library.
Our service provider Rightslink will then contact you to confirm funding approval.

5. Publication

Congratulations! Once your article has published, anyone can find, read and share your research. Read our top tips on how to promote your research.

Need help?

If you have any questions, please contact oaqueries@cambridge.org or visit our Publishing Open Access information page.