Publishing Open Access with the ESA Journals

Did you know, you can publish your work open access (OA) in any of the Entomological Society of America (ESA) Journals?

With its combination of fully OA and hybrid OA journals, ESA supports authors who embrace and contribute to open science.

What is Open Access?

Open access is a means to provide readers with free and open online access to academic information. OA publishing is among the ways that OUP fulfils its mission to further excellence in research, scholarship, and education as part of Oxford University.

Keep reading to discover the benefits of publishing OA with ESA, and routes you can take to get your work published under an OA license.

Benefits of publishing OA with ESA at OUP

• Broaden your reach: Publishing under an open access license increases the visibility of your research and creates more opportunities for fellow researchers to read, share, cite, and build upon your findings.

• Citation rates: OUP’s open access articles have the 2nd highest mean lifetime citation rate compared to other major academic publishers*.

• Contribute to open research: By publishing your paper OA with ESA you will be supporting open research, which maximises reproducibility and transparency, removes barriers to access, and accelerates progress towards new research outcomes.

• The same rigorous peer review: ESA’s OA papers are subject to the same rigorous peer review and publication ethics processes as all the research we publish.

• Instantly readable and citable: Your paper can be fully accessible to all readers as soon as it is published online.

How to get your work published OA

Head to the ESA’s author guidelines pages to find all the information you need to publish your work open access.

There is a charge to publish under an open access license; however there may be funding options available to reduce or waive this fee. Keep reading to ensure you are taking full advantage of the options available to you.

Read & Publish Agreements

OUP has a growing number of Read and Publish (R&P) agreements with institutions and consortia to provide funding for open access publishing. This means authors from participating institutions can publish open access, with the host institution covering the fees.

You can find out if your institution is participating here, or find more information on Read & Publish Agreements here.

ESA Members Discount

ESA Members receive a discount on open access publication fees. Become a member here, and view the publication charges here.

Developing Countries Scheme (for fully OA journals only)

Corresponding authors based in countries and regions that are part of the developing countries initiative are eligible for a full waiver of publishing fees in our fully open access journals. For further details, please see OUP's APC Waiver Policy.

*Data source: Dimensions. Comparing the mean lifetime citation rate of open access articles to those published by Cambridge University Press, Elsevier, Frontiers, Hindawi, Institute of Physics Publishing, MDPI, PLOS, Sage, Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis, and Wiley.