Read & Publish agreements
Royal Society transformative agreements allow researchers to access journal content and publish open access in the Royal Society journals with no APC fee at the point of use. If your institution is listed below, as the corresponding author you can publish open access with us for no fee. Read & Publish agreements apply to all articles submitted between 1 January and 31 December of the year the agreement is in place. If your institution is not listed, you may be eligible for our Royal Society Open Access Equity scheme or an open access waiver. If you have any questions, please get in touch: publishing@royalsociety.org.
Select your region in the table below to see Read & Publish agreements for 2026 and which journal package is included in your institution's agreement.
| 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 |
For CAUL institutions in Australia and New Zealand and Vienna University, the Read & Publish agreement applies to all articles accepted between 1 January and 31 December of the year the agreement is in place.
For IReL institutions in the Republic of Ireland, the Read & Publish agreement applies to all articles published between 1 January and 31 December of the year the agreement is in place.
Other transformative agreement models
Max Planck Institutions - Publish and Read
Corresponding authors at any Max Planck Institution are eligible to publish open access and for the APC to be covered centrally by Max Planck Digital Library. This applies to all articles submitted between 1 January and 31 December 25. The Publish and Read agreement will be moving to our standard Read & Publish agreement for articles submitted from 1 January 26.
University of California - shared funding model
Corresponding authors at nine eligible UC institutions can publish open access and the APC will be split between the UC library and the author where they have funding. This applies to all articles accepted between 1 January and 31 December 25. The shared funding model will be moving to our standard Read & Publish agreement for articles submitted from 1 January 26.
