Read & Publish for authors
In January 2021 we launched Royal Society Read & Publish* as part of our developing open access journey. This is our standard transformative publishing model, which offers a simple, stress-free route to open access publishing. If you are the corresponding author from a signed-up institution, you can publish an unlimited amount of open access articles in Royal Society journals without having to deal with any of the financial aspects of publishing. Once your paper is accepted, all open access fees and invoices are covered by your institution, leaving you free to concentrate on your research. Under our Read & Publish agreements, you also benefit from unlimited access to all our content, right back to 1665. To read more about Royal Society Read & Publish, please download our PDF flyer.
Eligibility
- You can check whether you are eligible for all the benefits of Royal Society Read & Publish by browsing our list of signed-up institutions
- Check on the same list whether the journal you'd like to publish in is included in your institution's package.
| Package | Pack S | Pack A | Pack B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Journals included | All journals | Philosophical Transactions A Proceedings A Interface Interface Focus Royal Society Open Science |
Philosophical Transactions B Proceedings B Biology Letters Interface Interface Focus Open Biology Royal Society Open Science |
- Working with a team of researchers? This is no problem. Only the corresponding author needs to belong to an institution with a Read & Publish agreement
- In addition to these agreements, you may be eligible for our Royal Society Open Access Equity scheme or an open access waiver
Ease of submission
All our journals welcome open access submissions. During the submission process, simply state details of your institution, select the ‘open access’ option and we will do the rest.
Why choose us?
There are many reasons for choosing to publish with us: as a non-profit, any profits go back into supporting science; between them, our journals cover the whole of science, with the option of multiple article types and themed issues; our peer review is rigorous and constructive; our times are fast, and our publishing policies meet the guidelines set down by all major funders. When your paper is published, our marketing and press teams work together to provide maximum visibility and impact for your work.
We hope you will choose to publish your next paper with us. Whichever journal you choose, we will offer you an excellent publishing service. Discover more benefits of publishing with the Royal Society.
Author support
We provide detailed author guidelines and checklists to help researchers prepare their articles for submission to Royal Society journals.
New to publishing research? Our comprehensive ECR hub provides early career researchers, with the foundational knowledge of the publishing process and brings together resources to help them publish.
I'm a librarian, how can I can I set up a Read & Publish agreement for my institution?
Librarians can read more about Read & Publish agreements on our Read & Publish page for librarians.
* Read & Publish is our standard transformative model; however, transformative deals for the Max Planck institutions and the University of California worked in a different way for submissions pre 2026. If you are from these institutions, read more details on our agreements page.
