APA OA Publishing Pilot 2023

Benefits

Publish OA in 87 APA published hybrid journals in the PsycArticles portfolio, 15 hybrid Hogrefe titles, plus 25% APC discount in 3 fully OA Hogrefe journals.

Full benefits can be viewed through the standard Jisc Offer Document.

Important Dates

Agreement start date: 1 August 2023

Agreement end date: 31 July 2024

VAT

Standard rate applies

Licence Type

Site Licence

Commitment Period 

This Agreement is a one-year pilot. Institutions may join the agreement at any time during the agreement period.

Eligible Institutions

Universities and other learning, educational and research bodies.

Other organisations aligned with Jisc’s charitable objectives of supporting education, research bodies and the public sector may ask to participate in the Agreement. Chest will liaise with the Supplier about any such requests.

Background Information

This is a publishing pilot. The read element will remain separate from the OA pilot due to the complexities relating to third party providers and to ensure an immediate compliant route for funded authors. Jisc and APA will continue to work together to assess the feasibility of a single combined read and publish agreement for the future.

Supplier Details

Owner: American Psychological Association (APA) 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242.

Product Description

APA is a leading scientific and professional organisation whose mission is to advance the creation, communication and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve people's lives. A range of publications and collections are available covering topics ranging from Addictions, Anxiety, Children, Depression, Ethics, Race, Sexuality, Stress, Therapy, Workplace Issues and more.

The OA Publishing Pilot is specific to hybrid journals in PsycArticles, which contains the full text of some of the most highly cited publications in psychology.

A total of 87 APA hybrid journals and 15 Hogrefe hybrid titles are eligible are eligible under the OA Publishing Pilot agreement. 

An article cap applies to this agreement. The cap is set at consortium level and is equivalent to 1.5 times the current cap of 354 articles set in the 2022/2023 OA agreement. The new consortium article cap will be set at 531

Should the cap be exceeded; participating institutions will have the following two options:

• 30% discount off list price APC for both APA and Hogrefe hybrid titles.
• All authors are entitled to zero embargo Green OA with APA Copyright as per APA’s standard policy: https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/resources/open-access.
• Authors whose funder (e.g. UKRI, Wellcome, cOAlition S) and/or institution (e.g. those with Rights Retention policies) require it may attach a CC-BY licence to the accepted manuscript.

Participation criteria: Institutions wishing to participate in the OA Publishing Pilot must have a read subscription to the Chest APA Resources. Please contact Roohana Khan at APA for further details on read access.

Access and Identity Management Solution

Technical Function Specification

Please refer to  the technical responses provided by the Service Providers in the Comparison Table.

Updates

APA PsycArticles is updated bi-weekly.

Trials

30 day free trials are available. To arrange a trial please contact Chest Help. 

Technical Support

Support will be provided via a single contact or his/her deputy at each Institution. Contact details:

• email for technical help: Contact Customer Engagement 
• web: Access Help and Technical Support 
•  APA Support Hours:
  • Monday – Friday: 6:30am – 11pm EST
  • Saturday & Sunday: 1pm – 11pm EST

Product Documentation

Comprehensive help files are included in the online service.

• APA PsycNet Help site
• APA PsycNet Admin Center Help site

Training and Training Materials

APA PsycNet Search Help & Training Center - includes links to training webinars, tutorials, search guides, and database documentation.