This agreement allows current staff and students at participating institutions to make articles accepted for publication in eligible PLOS journals open access, without author-facing article processing charges (APCs).
Agreement Period
The author must be the first corresponding author affiliated with Atlantic Technological University. The corresponding author is the individual who takes primary responsibility for communication with the journal during the manuscript submission, peer review, and publication process.
The article must have a submission date between 1st January 2025 and 31st December 2025
The deal to facilitate open access publishing operates on a first come first served basis.
Please see the links below for the PLOS agreement and ATU's full IReL journal list.
The corresponding author must be a current staff member or student of ATU at the time the article is accepted for publication. They must ensure their correct affiliation details are known to the publisher at this time. Requests to publish OA under the agreement are subject to approval by ATU.
Please Note: Staff and students must compete nationally for the APCs allocated via the IReL agreement.
