Open access agreement for the Greater Western Library Alliance

Information for authors

If you are a corresponding author affiliated with a participating institution within the Greater Western Library Alliance, the agreement reached means you can publish your article open access with fees covered.

15 institutions are participating in the transformative agreement between Springer Nature and the Greater Western Library Alliance, meaning that corresponding authors* affiliated with participating institutions are eligible to publish their articles open access with fees covered in hybrid journals across the Springer Nature portfolio. In addition, you can enjoy full access to all Springer subscription journal content.

*Acting as main contact for Springer Nature correspondence after editorial acceptance.

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Participating institutions
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Open access agreements: What’s the eligibility process?

Participating Institutions

B

  • Baylor University

M

  • Missouri University of Science and Technology

T

  • Texas A&M School of Dentistry

  • Texas A&M University-Commerce

  • Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi 


  • Texas A&M University at Galveston

  • Texas A&M University Kingsville 
  • Texas A&M University-San Antonio

T  (continued)

  • Texas A&M University - Sterling C. Evans Library & Annex
  • Texas State University, San Marcos
  • Texas Tech University


U

  • University of Colorado at Boulder
  • University of Houston-Downtown 



  • University of Wyoming 
  • Utah State University

Publishing open access in a hybrid journal

Check the list of hybrid journals that are included in this agreement.

Eligible journals
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Learn more about publishing OA with fees covered by this agreement.

Author guide
(PDF, 2.82 MB)

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