Research Publishing & Impact: Emerald

Check the 2025 Otago OA Publishing Agreement Titles List (updated 13 June 2025) for your desired journal.

Article eligibility

Articles accepted from 1/1/2025 are eligible to be published open access under this agreement.

Article types

The following article types are eligible for open access under this agreement:

• Research Paper
• Practitioner Paper
• Case Study
• General Review
• Literature Review
• Precis
• Original Article
• Empirical Research Article
• Standard Paper
• Article 

Article types excluded from this agreement include, but are not limited to:

• NAC non-article-content

Title list

If you wish to publish open access, please check to ensure that your desired journal is included.

Hybrid journals that 'flip' to OA during the course of this agreement will remain available for OA publishing for the duration of the agreement.

Other charges

Emerald does not charge additional fees for page and/or colour fees. Authors should always check each journal’s submission guidelines to ensure that they will not be subject to any other fees or charges.

Author eligibility

Responsible corresponding authors must include a participating institution as one of their affiliations to benefit from this agreement. 

Authors will be identified as eligible for open access publishing by their:

• email address
• institutional affiliation

Responsible corresponding authors must use their @otago.ac.nz email address when submitting an article for publication. 

Responsible corresponding authors should not use personal email addresses (e.g. Hotmail, Gmail). Doing so may result in delayed approval of the article or the article may not be approved to be published open access under the terms of the agreement. 

Author rights

Articles from authors at participating institutions may be published under the following Creative Commons licenses:

• CC BY

Authors retain all rights as per the CC license.

Further information about licenses is available on the publisher's website.

The Creative Commons licenses allow reuse (some with conditions) while protecting the authors' rights of acknowledgment as authors. 

How to submit your article for open access publishing

The following instructions for authors have been provided by the publisher. Further details are available on the publisher’s website.

Step 1:Visit ScholarOne to submit your article in your chosen journal.
Step 2: Use your participating institution as your primary affiliation.
Step 3: Select your primary institution from the dropdown list if it appears.
Step 4: Upon submission, your article will enter the peer-review process.
Step 5: If your article is accepted, you will receive an email to confirm Emerald contact.
Step 6: When selecting the publishing option, choose ‘Accept the voucher’.
Step 7:Read the terms and conditions and sign the CCBY 4.0 licence by ticking the box.
Step 8: The article will enter the production process and will be published open access.  

• Emerald Submit Voucher Steps for Authors

• Emerald Submit Authors User Guide

Contacts

Please email submitsupport@emerald.com for questions regarding this agreement. Please include your full name, institution, article title, journal name and DOI (if available), and state the reason for your enquiry.

More information coming soon.