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Open Access Publishing Agreements

American Psychological Association (APA)

This guide provides details of open access agreements with publishers facilitated by IReL (Irish Research eLibrary) which typically allow corresponding authors from eligible institutions to publish their articles open access immediately on publication.

APA Publishing Agreement

 IReL’s 2022-2024 OA publishing agreement with APA will not be renewed, so from 1 Jan 2025 authors will not be offered IReL-funded OA when their articles are accepted for publication. This is because a core requirement for IReL’s transformative agreements is that they “reduce or control the total cost of OA publishing and subscription access per publisher”, something we have been unable to reach agreement with APA on. Our new agreement will be for access to APA’s databases only.  Further information.