OA publishing agreement with Lyrasis

The Lyrasis has made an agreement with Cambridge University Press to support Open Access publishing.

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

Participating institutions:

• American University  
• Asbury Theological Seminary
• Austin Peay State University
• Berea College  
• Bucknell University
• Cairn University 
• City College of New York
• Connecticut College
• Dallas Theological Seminary 
• DePaul University 
• Dickinson College
• Drexel University
• Duquesne University
• Fairfield University
• Fort Hays State University
• Franklin and Marshall College
• Gettysburg College
• Hackensack Meridian Health 
• Hofstra University
• Hunter College 
• John Jay College of Criminal Justice
• Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
• Lafayette College  
• Lehigh University
• Middle Tennessee State University
• Mississippi State University (This waiver is available for a limited number of articles)
• Montgomery College
• North Dakota State University
• Rockefeller University
• Sacred Heart University
• Texas Christian University 
• Troy University
• Towson University
• University of Alaska - Anchorage
• Ursinus College
• Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
• University of Louisville 
• University of Massachusetts - Boston
• University of Mississippi
• University of North Dakota
• University of Rhode Island
• University of Scranton 
• University of South Dakota
• West Chester University 
• Widener University
• William Paterson University

Easily check your eligibility to publish OA under this agreement, and the journals available to you, by using our eligibility checker tool.

To be eligible, articles must:

• Have a corresponding author affiliated with a participating institution as listed above.
• Be original research – eligible article types are research articles, review articles, rapid communications, brief reports and case reports.
• Be accepted for publication in a Cambridge University Press journal covered by the agreement.
• Be accepted for publication from 1 January 2025.

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Need help?

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