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Open access publishing

Open Access publishing

Open Access (OA)

Consider publishing in an Open Access journal in order to:

  • Remove barriers to accessing your research - Taxpayers/public can access research which means faster translation to practice
  • Enable worldwide collaboration with other researchers
  • Increase the impact of your research with higher citation rates and exposure
  • Showcase Charles Sturt University's research outputs
  • Meet funding body requirements
  • Equity of information access around the world

The ARC and NHMRC have adopted policies requiring research outputs to be freely accessible and open access. 

You can make your work open access in one of two ways:

  1. self-archiving a copy of the author-accepted manuscript on your institutional repository, such as the CSU Research Output (CRO) repository. Self-archiving is sometimes referred to as Green OA
  2. publishing in a journal that is free to readers but may be subject to article processing charges (APC)

The Open Access Publishing Scheme for 2025 is open to all Charles Sturt researchers while funds are available. 

A maximum of $4,000 (AUD) is available as a contribution to the article processing charge (APC). The article must be published in a peer-reviewed journal to be eligible for this scheme. Please read the guidelines before applying.

Charles Sturt no longer provides institutional funds to cover costs associated with publishing open access with Hindawi, MDPI or Frontiers.

The guidelines and application form are available to download below (or on the Internal Funding Opportunities webpage):

Charles Sturt University Open Access Policy

Charles Sturt University supports open access with a mandated CRO Policy that requires the final accepted manuscript (after peer reviewing)  is included with publications submitted for HERDC points. This version will be made open access if the publisher allows.

Charles Sturt University Research Output (CRO) Repository Open Access Mandate

The benefit of having open access outputs in CRO is that it increases the visibility of research which may increase impact and citation rates.

CRO provides Charles Sturt University researchers with the green open access model which does not require extra payment for open access to the material. Articles are deposited in CRO and if the publisher allows then the appropriate version of the full paper is made publicly available.

Open Access Mandate

All refereed, revised and final draft research manuscripts must be deposited in CRO immediately after being accepted for publication.

Items are entered into CRO as part of submission for internal reporting purposes. Such manuscripts will be made Open Access via CRO, except where this is restricted by a publisher's policy. Books may be self-archived at the author's discretion.

CRO staff will assess publisher policy and address the requirements for each document.

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