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UMD Open Access Publishing Agreement Dashboard

This dashboard shows current usage of the university's transformative agreements.

Open Access Publishing Agreements

The University of Maryland Open Access Publishing Agreement Dashboard was made to allow real-time analysis of UMD's transformative publishing agreements, including the total number of articles published under each transformative agreement, as well as the cost avoidance to University authors who are able to publish their article open access without an article processing charge. This data is updated every month. The last update was 08/22/2023. 

The University of Maryland is currently participating in 7 transformative publishing agreements, listed below. More information on these agreements can be found on the Publisher Agreements and Journal Discounts page. 

  • Association for Computer Machinery (ACM)
  • Cambridge University Press 
  • Institute of Physics (IOP)
  • Microbiology Society
  • Public Library of Science (PLOS)
  • The Royal Society
  • Wiley

The University has had no usage of Microbiology Society, PLOS, and The Royal Society to date. 

UMD Open Access Publishing Agreements By Month, School, and Department

UMD Open Access Publishing Comparison by School and Department

UMD Open Access Publishing Agreements - Department Output by School