Open access agreement for authors at eligible KERIS institutions in the Republic of Korea

Publish open access with Wiley

From 1 January 2025, authors affiliated with institutions that are participating in Wiley’s Korea Education and Research Information Service (KERIS) agreement may publish open access in any hybrid journal (subscription-based journals which offer an open access option) with no transactional Article Publication Charges (APC).

You can be confident that by choosing open access your work has the best chance to be read, cited and shared. Author(s) also retain the copyright through CC license. Read more about the advantages of publishing open access here.

To be eligible:

• The
  responsible corresponding authorThe responsible corresponding author is the author who manages the manuscript and correspondence during the publication process - from submission through publication. This author has the authority to act on behalf of all the co-authors and will also be the contact for inquiries after publication.
  must be affiliated with an eligible KERIS member institution at the point of acceptance¹
• You must publish open access in a hybrid (subscription) journal that offers open access.
• Your article must be primary research or a review article, including but not limited to original articles, case studies, reviews, short communications, and other content types.²
• You must order hybrid open access by using the order workflow on Wiley Author Services.
• Your manuscript must have been accepted for publication in a hybrid (subscription) journal on or after 1 January 2025.³
• This agreement cannot be used to cover additional charges (e.g. color or page charges), which individual journals administer separately.

Open access resources

Additional information and questions

¹Eligibility is subject to when the institution has formalized their participation in the agreement. If you are no longer affiliated with an eligible KERIS member institution at the point of acceptance of your paper in a hybrid (subscription) journal, you do not qualify.

²Follow this link to view our list of article types and their corresponding eligibility for open access publishing.

³Journals that were previously hybrid and flipped to fully open access in 2026 are included in the list of journals covered under this agreement. Articles must be submitted or accepted for publication on or after 1 January 2025 to be eligible.

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