This agreement commenced in 2023 and has been renewed for a further three years (2026-2028). This agreement includes continued read access to 73 hybrid journals and nineteen fully open access journals in the ACS All Publications package as well as unlimited open access publishing in the ACS hybrid journals.

This agreement commenced in 2025. It is a three-year agreement (2025-2027). AIP Publishing is a not-for-profit subsidiary of the American Institute of Physics (AIP). They publish high quality, peer-reviewed research in physics and related disciplines including acoustics, chemistry, engineering, and geosciences. This is a three-year read and publish offer based on electronic subscriptions. Please note that the AIPs fully open (gold open access) journals are not included in read and publish agreements because they are already open.

This agreement commenced in 2021 and has been renewed for a further three years (2024-2026). The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), a non-profit society publisher, plans to achieve full open access within five years. Participating institutions receive access to the full ACM Digital Library and affiliated authors can also publish in ACM’s hybrid and gold open access journals without paying article processing charges (APCs).

This agreement commenced in 2021 and has been renewed for a further three (2025-2027). Cambridge University Press (CUP) currently publishes over 400 peer-reviewed scholarly journals of which 330 are hybrid journals and 40 are gold open access journals. Participating institutions receive access to CUPs full collection and affiliated authors can also publish in most hybrid and gold open access Cambridge University Press journals without paying article processing charges (APCs).

This agreement commenced in 2024. It is a three-year agreement (2024-2026). 

Institutions participating in this agreement have access to five journals, three of which are subscription-based (or hybrid) journals and two are fully open access (or gold) journals. Affiliated authors can publish their articles in any of these journals without paying article processing charges (APCs).

There is no limit on the number of articles that authors affiliated with participating institutions can publish open access without paying article processing charges (APCs).

This agreement commenced in 2022 and has been renewed for a further three years (2025-2027). Emerald publishes over 300 scholarly, peer-reviewed journals. The Emerald eJournals Premier database is a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary collection of journals featuring the latest peer-reviewed, international research in established and emerging areas of interest. Smaller subject collections are also offered. 

The Emerald/SANLiC agreement for 2025-2027 is a transformational open access agreement that provides read access to the collection to which your institution subscribes as well as permitting affiliated authors to publish a capped number of articles as open access at no extra charge in the journals to which your institution subscribes.

This agreement commenced in 2023 and has been renewed for a further three years (2026-2028). Read access is provided to over 70 scholarly journals, including the renowned Journal of Physics series, back to 1874. Eligible authors at participating SANLiC member institutions are afforded the opportunity to publish their articles open access in IOPs hybrid and gold open access journals without paying article processing charges (APCs). 

Additional journals offering Open Access publishing in 2026: 

• Medical Engineering in Physics (MEP) 

• International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing (IJEM) 

• Advances in Natural Sciences: Nanoscience & Nanotechnology (ANSN) 

Please note that a small number of society journals levy page charges.

This agreement commenced in 2023 and has been renewed for a further three years (2026-2028). Participating institutions have read access to OUPs full 2026 collection of over 370 journal titles and affiliated authors can also publish in OUPs hybrid journals without paying article processing charges (APCs). In addition, there is a 25% discount on APCs for publishing in OUPs fully open access titles.

This agreement commenced in 2024. It is a four-year agreement (2024-2027). 

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is a not-for-profit organisation for the advancement of the chemical sciences. They publish journals that cover the core chemical sciences and related fields such as biology, energy and the environment, engineering, materials, medicine, and physics. This agreement allows authors affiliated with participating institutions to publish open access in any of the RSC journals without paying articles processing charges.

This agreement commenced in 2022 and has been renewed for a further three years (2025-2027).

SAGE is an independent academic and professional publisher of journals, books and electronic media spanning a wide range of subjects. The SAGE-SANLiC agreement provides access to the SAGE Premier journals collection of over 1,100 titles and permits affiliated authors to publish open access in the hybrid titles listed in the SAGE-SANLiC agreement without paying article processing charges. 

Fully open access titles: eligible corresponding authors will receive a discount of 20% on SAGE's fully open access portfolio of titles. Please click here to see the list of gold open access titles. There are a few titles where SAGE is contractually prevented from offering open access publishing. A list of excluded journals is available from the publisher.

This agreement commenced in 2023 and has been renewed for a further three years (2026-2028). 

Institutions participating in this agreement have access to over 2 000 subscription-based journal titles in the ScienceDirect Freedom Collection and affiliated authors can publish their articles open access in these hybrid titles without paying article processing charges (APCs). Gold/Fully open access titles: Eligible corresponding authors will receive a 15% discount on Fully OA titles until mid-2026. From mid-2026 onwards, South African authors will benefit from a 55% discount on Article Processing Charges (APCs) for the 475 fully open access titles included in Elsevier’s Geographical Pricing for Open Access (GPOA) programme.

This agreement commenced in 2023 and has been renewed for a further three years (2026-2028). 

Institutions participating in the agreement have access to over 2 260 subscription-based journals in the Springer, Adis, Nature Academic and Palgrave Macmillan collections and affiliated authors can publish their articles open access in the hybrid titles without paying article processing charges (APCs). Nature Research journals and all fully open access journals are, however, excluded.

This agreement commenced in 2024. It is a three-year agreement (2024-2026). 

Institutions participating in this agreement have read access to nearly 2 000 journals in the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) and Science & Technology (S&T) packages. In addition, eligible authors affiliated to subscribing institutions can publish their articles open access in all Taylor & Francis Open Select (hybrid) journals without paying article processing charges (APCs).

This agreement commenced in 2022 and has been renewed for a further four years (2026-2029).

Institutions participating in the SANLiC/Wiley agreement have access to over 1 400 subscription-based journal titles published in the Wiley Online Library. Affiliated authors can also publish in Wiley’s hybrid journals without paying article processing charges (APCs). If a hybrid journal flips to gold between 2026-2029, researchers will still publish OA articles in these journals without paying APCs.