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Open Access Publishing Agreements

Microbiology Society

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.

Microbiology Society

Microbiology Society

Agreement period
1 Jan 2021 – 31 Dec 2023
 

Agreement details
The Microbiology Society Journals PUBLISH & READ agreement 2021-2023  provides read access these titles:
•    International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 
•    Journal of General Virology
•    Journal of Medical Microbiology
•    Microbiology


It also allows current staff and students of Maynooth University to make their articles accepted from publication open access articles in the following titles without author-facing article processing charges (APCs):
•    International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology  
•    Journal of General Virology    
•    Journal of Medical Microbiology         
•    Microbiology   
•    Microbial Genomics   
•    Access Microbiology

See list of all the eligible journals in all IReL TAs: http://bit.ly/irelOAjournals.

Eligible authors
The corresponding author must be a current staff member or student of Maynooth University at the time the article is accepted for publication. The corresponding author must ensure their correct affiliation details are known to the publisher at this time. 


 Eligible article types:

Original research articles

“all article types are covered; we do not exclude any. “

OA publishing license:

Published under the terms of the CC-BY licence;

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