The Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) and Springer have entered into a Read & Publish agreement. This agreement provides zero cost, uncapped open access (OA) publishing for corresponding authors at Purdue University, Purdue University Fort Wayne, and Purdue Northwest, along with full read access to all Springer journals.
All Springer Hybrid journals are eligible. Springer's fully Open Access journals, including Springer Nature, are NOT eligible. For details, see Springer's full list of eligible journals.
Corresponding authors who are affiliated with Purdue University-West Lafayette, Purdue Northwest, and Purdue Fort Wayne are eligible for free Open Access publishing under this agreement.
The corresponding author is the person who handles the manuscript and correspondence during the publication process. The corresponding author has the authority to act on behalf of all co-authors in all matters pertaining to publication of the manuscript.
Original papers, review papers, brief communications, and continuing education papers.
To ensure Springer's system recognizes you as eligible for the agreement, you should take at least one of the following 3 actions: (1) Use your Purdue email address when you submit your manuscript; (2) List Purdue University as your institutional affiliate; or (3) Submit your manuscript from a Purdue IP address.
Any CC license supports open access. Creative Commons offers an online tool to help you select the most appropriate CC license for your work. Visit the Creative Commons License Chooser for a step-by-step guide to selecting your CC license and to learn more.
Purdue University: Nina Collins, nkcollin@purdue.edu
Purdue Northwest: Joseph Coates, jcoates@pnw.edu
Purdue Fort Wayne: Erika Mann, manne@pfw.edu