University of Sheffield Becomes a PeerJ Annual Institutional Member

The University of Sheffield has joined the PeerJ AIMs program, providing unlimited, APC-free publishing for their authors to ensure their research is made openly available

We are pleased to announce that the University of Sheffield, a pioneering research institution renowned for addressing pressing global challenges, has joined PeerJ as an Annual Institutional Member (AIM).

Researchers affiliated with the University of Sheffield can now utilise unlimited, APC-free publishing with PeerJ to ensure their research is made openly available. This aligns with the University’s endorsement of open access principles and their expectation that all academics make their research openly accessible whenever possible. Authors are required to make a pre-submission eligibility check, which will be reviewed by the University of Sheffield membership manager.

About the University of Sheffield

The University of Sheffield – a world top 100 university and a member of the Russell Group – emphasizes creating an open research culture that values a range of contributions and delivers the highest standards and best practice in research integrity and ethics. They aim to address some of the world’s most pressing challenges, from developing new treatments for life-threatening diseases to solving the problem of feeding a world of 10 billion and driving low-carbon technology.

University of Sheffield researchers can find out more on their PeerJ page , or by watching the video below.

A PeerJ Annual Institutional Membership (AIM) provides unlimited, frictionless OA publishing for institutional partners and their faculty. Simple to manage, easy to purchase and providing great cost saving opportunities, researchers will never have to worry about having to pay an APC, and librarians can say goodbye to the administrative overhead of dealing with payments on an article by article basis.

AIMs pricing is tiered and based on an institution’s publishing history in PeerJ’s journal portfolio. When a partner’s renewal is calculated, if the equivalent APC cost would have been less than the Membership fee, they can choose to carry over the difference towards their Membership renewal, or contribute to PeerJ’s Global Publishing Fund, which supports authors without the means to publish OA. AIMs simplify OA and are an important step towards a non-APC future of globally equitable access to read and publish open science.

Institutions who are interested in AIMs should contact PeerJ.