Read & Publish Agreements

As part of the license agreements made between Anatolian University Libraries Consortium (ANKOS) and a number of big publishers, an emerging approach to open access and open science, known as the "Read & Publish" or Transformative Agreement, was launched. Based on those agreements, BU members are eligable to have their publications be open access without paying any Article Processing Cost (APC) in case they publish at the journals of listed publishers.

*** Agreements, bogazici.edu.tr, you must make an application with your extended e-mail addresses. ***

Publishers which have made Read & Publish agreements, and the details of agreements are given below.

Publisher / Agreement Details Discount Rate / Amount Quota Information
American Chemical Society (ACS) Read and Publish / 100% Free Limited (Institution Quota)
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Read and Publish / 100% Free Unlimited
Cambridge University Press (CUP) Read and Publish / 100% Free Unlimited
De Gruyter Read and Publish / 100% Free Unlimited
Institute of Physics (IOP) Read and Publish / 100% Free Unlimited
Oxford University Press - TÜBİTAK Read and Publish / 100% Free Limited (Country Quota)
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) - TÜBİTAK Read and Publish / 100% Free Limited (Country Quota)
SAGE Journals 90% Discount / 200 GBP Unlimited
Springer Nature** 2026 OA Agreement quota has been reached. Read and Publish / 100% Free Limited (Country Quota)
Springer Nature BMC Journals 75% Discount (Article Processing Charge) Unlimited
ASME Read and Publish / 100% Free Unlimited
Royal Society Read and Publish / 100% Free Unlimited
The Company of Biologists Read and Publish / 100% Free Unlimited
Wiley Read and Publish / 100% Free Limited (Country Quota)

Wiley Read and Publish Agreement

Within the scope of the "Read & Publish" agreement for the 2026-2028 period, the "TÜBİTAK Open Access Article Account" will become active on February 17, 2026. Articles accepted on and after this date will be taken into consideration, while articles accepted prior will not be evaluated within the scope of the agreement.

Annual Agreement Quotas:

  • 2026: Gold/650 + Hybrid/1173 (Total: 1823 articles)
  • 2027: Gold/659 + Hybrid/1196 (Total: 1885 articles)
  • 2028: Gold/668 + Hybrid/1220 (Total: 1888 articles)

Relevant documents important for authors can be accessed via the EKUAL page under the "Wiley Online Library" heading or through the links below:

About SAGE Open Access (OA)

Dear Boğaziçi University Members,

The SAGE Premier Journals Database, to which we subscribe within the scope of the Anatolian University Libraries Consortium (ANKOS), provides certain rights for publications to be made open access within the scope of the 2026 agreement. The SAGE Open Access (OA) journal package is offered with the SAGE Choice special package. This package covers 95% of SAGE journals.

For ANKOS member institutions with a SAGE subscription, the article processing charge (APC) will be applied as 200 GBP instead of 3000-4000 GBP.

This amount can be paid by the author, the institution, or another funding agency. SAGE can offer alternative invoicing and payment methods to institutions and authors regarding this matter. Authors at ANKOS SAGE member institutions will automatically be invoiced at the specified discounted price in the system when submitting their articles.

SAGE Premier Journals Journal List

*** Gold Open Access journals are not included within the scope of the agreement. Each journal's own APC fee applies for these journals. ***