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To take advantage of this agreement:
Corresponding authors must be affiliated with the CSU (note: all CSU-affiliated authors are eligible, including students);; and
Manuscripts must be submitted to eligible Elsevier journals between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2021.
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Your request to publish your article open access under the CSU’s agreement with Elsevier will be sent to CSU librarians, who will verify your affiliation with the CSU and approve your request. You will receive a confirmation email once this process is complete.
FAQs
Are CSU students eligible to take advantage of this agreement?
Yes, all corresponding authors affiliated with the CSU are eligible, including faculty, students, staff, etc.
What if I submitted a manuscript to an eligible Elsevier journal between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2021 but was not given the option to publish open access?
Each month, Elsevier sends CSU librarians a list of articles associated with CSU-affiliated corresponding authors who did not, for whatever reason, choose to publish open access. CSU librarians will reach out to these authors to encourage them to change the publishing option for their articles to open access.