The Library supports EdUHK authors to publish their works open access through various types of agreements with publishers. We also call it "Transformative Agreement (TA)".
Transformative Agreement (TA) is an agreement between institutions and publishers. It makes it possible for researchers to publish their articles in open-access journals without paying an additional fee called the Article Processing Charge (APC). This new model has two main components: “Read” and “Publish”:
For all TAs with limited free OA quotas (e.g., Springer Nature, Wiley, Elsevier), the quotas will be allocated according to the criteria recommended by Committee on Research and Development (CRD) on a first-come-first-served basis, including the author must be a full-time academic staff member of EdUHK as well as the first or corresponding author of the article, the article must be published in a Q1 journal listed by a recognized citation index service, etc. You can find the Q1 journal list here for your reference.
For enquiries, please contact Michelle Yiu at myhyiu@eduhk.hk should you need further information.
A new TA between EdUHK Library and Wiley will allow EdUHK researchers to publish 10 open access articles free of charge in more than 1900 hybrid and OA journals annually according to the article's acceptance date.
| Item | Description |
| Eligibility | The corresponding author is affiliated with EdUHK at the time the paper is accepted for publication. EdUHK affiliation, address and email must be used and appear on the manuscript and the manuscript is accepted within the valid period of the agreement. |
| Agreement period | 1st January 2025 - 31st December 2025 |
| Applicable Journals | – Wiley hybrid open access journal – Wiley fully open access or Hindawi journals |
| Quota limit | 10 quota |
Guide to publishing in a Wiley hybrid journal
Guide to publishing in a Wiley fully open access journal
The new Transformative Agreement between EdUHK Library and Springer Nature will allow EdUHK researchers to publish OA articles free of charge in more than 1,900 hybrid journals (i.e. partially OA and partially by paid subscriptions) of Springer. However, all fully OA journals of Springer as well as Nature Research journals are not included in this agreement.
| Item | Description |
| Eligibility | The corresponding author is affiliated with EdUHK at the time the paper is accepted for publication. EdUHK affiliation, address and email must be used and appear on the manuscript and the manuscript is accepted within the valid period of the agreement. |
| Agreement period | 1st January 2024 - 31st December 2026 |
| Applicable Journals | More than 1900 hybrid journals |
| Quota limit | 2024:14 quota; 2025:14 quota; 2026:15 quota |
The new Transformative Agreement with John Benjamins will provide EdUHK researchers with an unlimited quota for publishing open access articles in their journals.
| Item | Description |
| Eligibility | Corresponding authors with an affiliation “Education University of Hong Kong”, “Hong Kong Institute of Education”, or “香港教育學院”. |
| Agreement period | 1st January 2025 - 31st December 2026 |
| Applicable Journals |
All journals with an OA option, Read & Publish Deals webpage |
| Quota limit | Unlimited |
Cambridge University Press (CUP) has published over 400 peer-reviewed journals, covering subjects across the humanities, social sciences, science, technology, and medicine.
| Item | Description |
| Eligibility | The corresponding author is affiliated with EdUHK at the time the paper is accepted for publication. EdUHK affiliation, address and email must be used and appear on the manuscript and the manuscript is accepted within the valid period of the agreement. |
| Agreement period | 1st January 2023 - 31st December 2026 |
| Applicable Journals |
Use the publisher’s OA Waiver & Discount checker tool to locate specific titles |
| Quota limit | Unlimited |
An author guide to paying article processing fee
Step by step guide to publishing open access in Cambridge journals
To know more about the Cambridge University Press's OA policy, please visit its webpage.
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| Item | Description |
| Eligibility | The corresponding author is affiliated with EdUHK at the time the paper is accepted for publication. EdUHK affiliation, address and email must be used and appear on the manuscript and the manuscript is accepted within the valid period of the agreement. |
| Agreement period | 1st December 2023 - 31st December 2026 |
| Applicable Journals | All publications with an OA option |
| Quota limit | Unlimited |
The new Transformative Agreement with De Gruyter will provide EdUHK researchers with an unlimited quota for publishing open access articles in their journals.
| Item | Description |
| Eligibility | The corresponding author is affiliated with EdUHK at the time the paper is accepted for publication. EdUHK affiliation, address and email must be used and appear on the manuscript and the manuscript is accepted within the valid period of the agreement. |
| Agreement period | 1st January 2025 - 31st December 2025 |
| Applicable Journals |
Hybrid journals and Gold OA journals within HSS English Journal Collection only |
| Quota limit | Unlimited |
A new Transformative Agreement between EdUHK Library and Elsevier will allow EdUHK researchers to publish OA articles free of charge in a specified list of journals.
| Item | Description |
| Eligibility | The corresponding author is affiliated with EdUHK at the time the paper is accepted for publication. EdUHK affiliation, address and email must be used and appear on the manuscript and the manuscript is accepted within the valid period of the agreement. |
| Agreement period | 1st January 2025 - 31st December 2027 |
| Applicable Journals | Journal List |
| Quota limit | 2025:11 quota; 2026:17 quota; 2027:23 quota |
We want to highlight some outcomes achieved by EdUHK scholars through three Transformative Agreements, with 20 articles published in open-access journals between January and September 2024:
Data Source: Scopus
| EdUHK Department | Number of Publications |
|---|---|
| Department of Early Childhood Education | 4 |
| Department of Education Policy and Leadership | 4 |
| Department of Psychology | 3 |
| Department of English Language Education | 2 |
| Department of Special Education and Counselling | 2 |
| Department of Literature and Cultural Studies | 1 |
| Department of Mathematics and Information Technology | 1 |
| Department of Social Sciences and Policy Studies | 1 |
| Publisher | Journals |
|---|---|
| Springer | Asia Pacific Education Review (2) |
| Cognitive Processing (1) | |
| Current Psychology (1) | |
| Education and Information Technologies (2) | |
| Educational Research for Policy and Practice (1) | |
| Higher Education (1) | |
| Journal of Happiness Studies (1) | |
| Journal of Psycholinguistic Research (1) | |
| Reading and Writing (3) | |
| CUP | History of Education Quarterly (1) |
| Journal of Child Language (1) | |
| Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society (1) | |
| ACM | ACM International Conference Proceeding Series (2) |
| ACM Transactions on Information Systems (1) |
As of 17 October 2024, among 20 articles, 5 publications have achieved a Field-Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI) of over 1, indicating that they have been cited more frequently than expected based on the global average for similar publications:
| FWCI | Article Title |
|---|---|
| 5.51 |
DGEKT: A Dual Graph Ensemble Learning Method for Knowledge Tracing 10.1145/3638350 |
| 3.37 |
Three Perspectives Of Leadership In Higher Education: Traditionalist, Reformist, Pragmatist 10.1007/s10734-023-01174-x |
| 2.12 |
The Relationships Among Working Memory, State Anxiety, And Academic Performance In Chinese Undergraduates With Sld 10.1007/s11145-024-10520-z |
| 2.12 |
The Effects Of Foreign Language Anxiety On English Word Reading Among Chinese Students At Risk Of English Learning Difficulties 10.1007/s11145-024-10513-y |
| 1.68 |
Reimaging Teacher Resilience For Flourishing 10.1007/s40299-023-00810-5 |