Transformative Agreements

Transformative agreements are contracts negotiated between institutions and publishers that transform the business model underlying scholarly journal publishing, moving from one based on toll access (subscription) to one in which publishers are remunerated a fair price for their open access publishing services.

UTC's Transformative Agreements which include discounted Author Publishing Charges for Open Access and Hybrid journals are listed below with discount details.

• Taylor and Francis: a 10% discount on APCs for articles for which University of Tennessee faculty and staff are corresponding authors.
• SpringerOpen and BioMed Central: a 15% discount on APCS for articles for which University of Tennessee faculty and staff.
• Cambridge University Press: a full APC waiver for articles in gold and hybrid journals for which University of Tennessee faculty and staff are corresponding authors.