Publishing your article open access under a Cambridge transformative agreement
A step-by-step guide
1 Manuscript Preparation
Find your chosen journal on Cambridge Core
Review the Instructions for Authors under the ‘Information’ section
Format your manuscript according to these instructions
2 Manuscript Submission
Click ‘Submit your article’ on your chosen journal’s homepage
Complete the submission form in the journal’s Online Peer Review System (OPRS)
Please ensure you select or supply your affiliation accurately when prompted during the submission process
3 Manuscript Review and Publication Decision
Your manuscript goes through Editorial and Peer Review. Check the status within the OPRS
The manuscript will be accepted, rejected, or sent for further revision and review
4 Open Access Author Publishing Agreement
Upon acceptance, follow email instructions from Cambridge to complete your author information form and sign your publishing agreement. Select the gold open access option, if available, to take advantage of your organisation’s transformative agreement.
Confirm the Creative Commons license under which the article should be published. Please ensure you comply with any license type requirements specified by your institution or funding body
5 APC Transaction Process
Rightslink® work on Cambridge’s behalf to process open access publication costs
Further information
Explore our publishing OA i nformation page
Use our waiver and discount tool to discover more about your institution’s agreement
Contact your library for further information or email OAqueries@cambridge.org with any questions
If your article complies with all relevant eligibility criteria for your institution’s agreement with Cambridge, your publishing costs will be waived – no author input is required
Your library may need to approve your waiver via the Rightslink® Institutional Portal
6 Article Production
Your article will move through the production process: Copy editing > Typesetting > Author proof > Final typesetting
Find out more: cambridge.org/production
7 Article Publication
You will be notified upon the publication of your article via an email from Cambridge.