Resources

Find out more about publishing with the Society with the following resources. Please feel free to share by email, on your intranet, in newsletters to inform researchers or colleagues about publishing in our portfolio and supporting our work as a not-for-profit organisation.

Open Access factsheet

Find out more about our routes to Open Access and the transformation of our portfolio.

• Open Access factsheet – digital booklet
• Open Access factsheet – printable (A4)

Discover our portfolio

Find out more about our portfolio and the scopes of our journals.

• Portfolio - brochure
• Portfolio - slides

Why publish OA with us?

Find out more about benefits of Open Access with the Microbiology Society and share with your colleagues. You can also share with your librarian to recommend our Publish and Read deals.

• Why publish OA with us? - Slide
• Why publish OA with us? - Poster

Author workflow: institutional agreements

A step-by-step guide to publishing Open Access under an institutional agreement with no author charges.

• Author workflow: manuscript submission with institutional agreement

Publish and Read recommendation form

If your institution is currently not a part of a Publish and Read deal, fill out this form and share with your librarian to recommend fee-free Open Access publishing for researchers in your institution.

• Librarian Recommendation Form

Printable posters

Printable resources containing information about our portfolio and benefits of a Publish and Read agreement.

• Portfolio poster - printable
• Publish and Read poster - printable

Promotional slides

Slides to promote our publishing portfolio and the impact of publishing with us as a not-for-profit organisation.

• Publishing for the Community - slides

Publish and Read explainer video

A helpful summary of how our established Publish and Read model is providing unlimited read access and uncapped Open Access publishing to authors around the globe.

• Publish and Read video for authors

Reporting

Take advantage of simplified reporting on Open Access publishing via our partner resources below.

• OA Switchboard
  • The OA Switchboard: an article-level reporting hub (,pdf)
  • Reporting made easy (.pdf)
  • Successful OA strategies for research libraries info sheet (.pdf)
• CCC Rightslink Agreement Manager
  • Institutional Portal Resource Center provides documentation and training videos that new institution users will find helpful.

Please contact us at [email protected] if you think of any other resource that would be helpful.