The California State University (CSU) system has negotiated a twothree-year gold open access pilot (2022-2024) agreement with Elsevier that enables corresponding authors affiliated with the CSU to publish open access in eligible Elsevier journals at no cost to authors.
This agreement is a renewal of the 2020-2021 pilot agreement, under which CSU corresponding authors published a total of 564 open access articles, greatly expanding global access to the research output of the CSU.
For more information about this the 2022-2024 agreement, please see refer the CSU Libraries Network Announcement and Elsevier Agreement Page.
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Eligibility Criteria
To take advantage of this the 2022-2024 agreement:
Corresponding authors must be affiliated with the CSU; and
Manuscripts must be submitted to eligible Elsevier journals The article must have an acceptance date between January 1, 2020 2022 and December 31, 2021.2024.
Note: The 2020-2021 agreement determined author eligibility based on the article submission date
Instructions for CSU-Affiliated Corresponding Authors
Submitting Your Manuscript
Step 1: Use Elsevier’s journal search tool to ensure your desired journal is eligible under the agreement.
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As noted above, the corresponding author must be affiliated with the CSU, and manuscripts must be submitted the article must have an acceptance date between January 1, 2020 2022 and December 31, 20212024.
Publishing Your Accepted Manuscript Open Access
Elsevier has prepared a video demonstration of the following steps. (Please note that the video is only accessible to those with valid CSU credentials.)
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Verify that the information you submitted is correct, and then click the “Finish” button.
Next Steps
Step 1: Once you complete the above steps, you and your co-authors will receive a confirmation email.
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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?
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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.
Are all types of works eligible for this agreement?
No, this agreement only covers the following types of peer-reviewed works: case reports; data; full length articles; microarticles; original software publications; practice guidelines; protocols; review articles; replication studies; short communications; short surveys; video articles. It does not cover editorials or other types of publications that are not subject to peer review.
What should authors enter for the affiliation details of team/lab co-authors in the author journey?
If affiliation details are not applicable for a particular co-author (i.e., in the case of a team or lab), the corresponding author can omit that co-author from the form in their author journey. This will not affect the metadata that is ultimately associated with the publication; Elsevier only uses the affiliation information entered through the author journey to determine what APC waiver programs may apply.