UM Open Access Publishing with Transformative Agreements: Publishing Procedure

Corresponding authors affiliated with UM at the point of acceptance are eligible for full waiver of APC for accepted articles published in eligible journals. The affiliation (or one of the affiliations) of the corresponding author(s) must be the University of Macau.

Updated on 12 March 2025.

##Note: Articles accepted by publishers will be approved on a first-come-first-served basis while quota lasts.

Step 1.

Submit your article to the ACS journal of your choice, making sure you are the submitting corresponding author.

Step 2.

Ensure your institution affiliation is correct on your profile in the ACS Paragon Plus submission system.

Step 3.

Check that your affiliation is stated in the body of the manuscript as the corresponding author’s affiliation.

Step 4.

When your manuscript has been accepted for publication, you will be automatically prompted with the option to publish open access under your institution’s agreement.

Converting your published article into Open Access

You can convert your published article into open access while there is remaining OA publishing quota (the publication year of your artcile must be same as OA publishing quota year). You can visit ACS Research Sharing and Open Access page to check if your article can be converted into open access.

Enter the DOI number to check if your article can be converted into open access.

Corresponding authors affiliated with UM at the point of acceptance are eligible for full waiver of APC for accepted articles published in eligible journals. The affiliation (or one of the affiliations) of the corresponding author(s) must be the University of Macau.

Step 1.

Manuscription Subsmission

Choose the journal that best fits your work on Cambridge Core. Review the instructions for contributors and format your manuscript accordingly. Click 'Submit Your Article' on your chosen journal's hompage and complete the submission form.

Step 2.

Publication Decision

Once the article has been accept, complete your author publishing agreement. If publishing in a hybrid journal, ensure you select 'Gold Open Access'.

Confirm the Creative Commons license under which the article should be published. Please note your funder or institution may require you to select a Creative Commons license, e.g. CC-BY.

Step 3.

APC Transation Process

Rightslink work on Cambridge’s behalf to process Article Process Charges (APCs). Register and log in to the Rightslink. Check the 'Seek Funding from the University of macau' option, and complete the checkout process, to submit your funding request for approval.

Corresponding authors affiliated with UM at the point of acceptance are eligible for full waiver of APC for accepted articles published in eligible journals. The affiliation (or one of the affiliations) of the corresponding author(s) must be the University of Macau.

When you are reay to start your submission  on a IOPScience Journal, follow steps 1 to 4 on ScholarOne (IOPScience submission system).

##Note: a small number of eligible journals do not use the ScholarOne submission system.

At step 4 you’ll be asked to enter author information. Use the auto fill when enetering University of Macau.

At step 6 you can declare any funding you received to do your research. 

Corresponding authors affiliated with UM at the point of acceptance are eligible for full waiver of APC for accepted articles published in eligible journals. The affiliation (or one of the affiliations) of the corresponding author(s) must be the University of Macau.

You can choose to publish in any of the journals classed as hybrid (all RSC journals except gold open access journals and Chemistry Education Research and Practice (CERP), which are already free to access) and which have a Creative Commons license.

  RSC Journals List

##Note: Articles accepted by publishers will be approved on a first-come-first-served basis while quota lasts.

Step 1.

Double-check that you are listed as the corresponding author, both in RSC online submission system and in your manuscript.

Step 2.

Use your UM email address to submit your manuscript (this helps RSC to identify you). State your institute affiliation and email address as University of Macau in your manuscript and make sure this remains the same, even after submission.

Step 3.

Do not sign the standard licence to publish; upon acceptance of your manuscript, you will be able to choose and sign the Creative Commons license (CC BY or CC BY-NC open access licence).

Corresponding authors affiliated with UM at the point of acceptance are eligible for full waiver of APC for accepted articles published in eligible journals. The affiliation (or one of the affiliations) of the corresponding author(s) must be the University of Macau.

The followings are the lists of Wiley journals eligible for Open Access publication under Wiley's Transformative Agreement:

•  Wiley Hybrid Journals
•  Wiley Fully Open Access Journals

Updated on 12 March 2025.

##Note: Articles accepted by publishers will be approved on a first-come-first-served basis while quota lasts.

Publishing OA Artlcle in a Wiley Hybrid Journal
(Journal providing an OA option)

Step 1. Follow Wiley's article submission workflow as usual. Make sure you have used the UM affiliation, address, and email for yoiur account registration and manuscription submission.

Step 2. Once your article is accepted, register or log in to Wiley Author Services. Under My Articles, look for your article and click Manage Article. Look for a message from your institution or funder and click Select Open Access.

Step3.  You may be asked to add or confirm the funder(s) you entered during submission. Select your funder from the dropdown list or click Add Funder and start typing to search. You may also tick “I did not receive funding for this article.” Then, enter any grant details.

Step 4. You may be asked to add or confirm the affiliation(s) you entered during submission. You may also tick “I am not affiliated with any institution, company, or university for this article.”

Step 5.  You may be asked to make your article open access. When prompted, select “Yes, make my article open access.”

Step 6.  If your request is approved, you will receive a confirmation email. Your accepted article is then published open access under a Creative Commons license on Wiley Online Library.

•  Guide for publishing OA article in a Wiley hybrid journal

Publishing OA Artlcle in a Wiley Fully Open Access Journal
(also known as Gold Open Access Journal)

Step 1. Follow Wiley's article submission workflow as usual. Make sure you have used the UM affiliation, address, and email for yoiur account registration and manuscription submission.

Step 2. During submission*, you will be asked to confirm your institutional affiliations to accompany your manuscript. This information will also be used to determine your eligibility for funding through your institution.

Step 3. If your request is approved, you will receive a confirmation email. Your accepted article is then published open access under a Creative Commons license on Wiley Online Library.

•  Guide for publishing OA article in a Wiley fully open access journa