The society actively encourages open access in scholarly communication. Our Read and Publish license agreements and discounted Article Processing Charges help to increase your institution’s research exposure and allows authors to publish more content in an open access format, leading to a wider dissemination and increased potential for downloads and citations.
If you have any questions regarding the read and publish agreements or discount schemes please contact us.
Read and Publish Transformative Agreements
Agreements with discounted Open Access publishing fees
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The Society Publishers’ Coalition (SocPC)
| Gold Open Access Article Processing Charges (Rate per article) |
2022 |
| Journal of the Geological Society * |
£2,200 |
| Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology * |
£2,200
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| Petroleum Geoscience ** |
£2,200
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| Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis *** |
£2,200
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| Scottish Journal of Geology |
£1,875
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| Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society |
£1,875
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| Special Publications * |
£2,200 |
| Memoirs * |
£2,200
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| Engineering Geology Special Publications * |
£2,200
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Please click on the relevant link above to see information for authors.
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Member discounts
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Articles where the corresponding author or at least half the authors are Fellows of the Geological Society are entitled to a 25% discount.
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Articles where the corresponding author or at least half the authors are Fellows of the Geological Society or members of the European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers (EAGE) are entitled to a 25% discount.
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Articles where the corresponding author or at least half the authors are Fellows of the Geological Society or members of the Association of Applied Geochemists are entitled to a 25% discount.
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Read and Publish Transformative Agreements
- Lund University, Sweden
- University College Dublin, Ireland
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (UVB), Netherlands
- Jisc members
- CAUL members
- ZBMed
Discounted Open Access publishing fees
- GEOMAR: Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel, Germany
- California Digital Library
Renewal grace period
Read and Publish Transformative Agreements
Agreements include read access to 14 journal and book sites, including all current and archived journals plus key book series and historic collections in the Lyell Collection. The agreement also covers unlimited open access publishing of all article types in 6 hybrid journals and 3 hybrid book series (listed above). Authors at institutions who sign up will be able to take advantage of streamlined Open Access publishing where fees have already been included in the agreement with their institution. The eligible author must be the corresponding author and submit using their institutional email address.
The agreements for 2022 apply only to papers with a 2022 submission date. We are continuing to negotiate transformative read and publish agreements for 2022 and beyond and will update these pages regularly with the latest information.
Authors at the institutions below may publish with GSL under their 'Read & Publish' transformative agreement for the Geological Society’s Lyell Collection for 2022:
| Lund University, Sweden |
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| University College Dublin, Ireland |
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (UVB), Netherlands
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Jisc
Authors at the following Jisc member institutions may publish with GSL under a 'Read & Publish' transformative agreement for the Geological Society’s Lyell Collection for 2022:
| Bangor University |
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University of Bristol |
| Birkbeck, University of London |
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University of Edinburgh
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| Cardiff University |
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University of Exeter |
| Durham University |
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University of Glasgow |
Heriot-Watt University
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University of Leeds
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| Imperial College |
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University of Liverpool |
| Lancaster University |
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University of Manchester |
Newcastle University
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University of Oxford
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| Open University |
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University of Portsmouth |
Queen's University Belfast
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University of Sheffield
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University College London
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University of Southampton
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University of Aberdeen
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University of St. Andrews
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| University of Birmingham |
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University of York |
Jisc member institutions can view their read and publish rates and licence information in Jisc Subscriptions Manager.
CAUL
Authors at the following CAUL member institutions may publish with GSL under a 'Read & Publish' transformative agreement for the Geological Society’s Lyell Collection for 2022:
| University of Melbourne |
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CSIRO |
| Macquarie University |
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University of Queensland |
| Monash University |
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Victoria University of Wellington |
| University of Tasmania |
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ZBMed
Authors at the following ZBMed consortia institutions in Germany may publish with GSL under a 'Read & Publish' transformative agreement for the Geological Society’s Lyell Collection for 2022:
Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR)
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Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Bremen
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Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Münster
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Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
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Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
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Universität Hamburg
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Universität Potsdam
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Technische Universität Berlin
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Freie Universität Berlin
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Discounted Open Access publishing fees
The eligible author must be the corresponding author and submit using their institutional email address. The agreements for 2022 apply only to papers with a 2022 submission date.
Authors at the following institution are able to take advantage of a 25% discount on 2022 Open Access publishing fees:
GEOMAR: Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel, Germany
Authors at the California Digital Library institutions listed below are able to take advantage of a 25% discount on 2022 Open Access publishing fees:
University of California, Berkeley
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University of California, Los Angeles
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University of California, Davis
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University of California, San Diego
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We are a founding member of The Society Publishers’ Coalition (SocPC); a group of like-minded, not-for-profit learned societies, community publishers and charities who share the common ambition to see an orderly and sustainable transition to open scholarship. Our Read & Publish agreements follow the following principles:
Renewal grace period
To help our authors benefit from our Read and Publish agreements and discounted Article Processing Charges we work closely with institutions during the renewal period at the start of the each new subscription year. We allow a 2-month period of gracing until the end of February to allow time for existing agreements to be renewed. During this time-frame authors from institutions with agreements in place from the previous subscription year and submitting to GSL publications will be recognised as eligible to a waived charge or discount (unless non-renewal of the agreement is confirmed before the end of February). Should an institution not renew their agreement then it may be necessary to charge a fee and authors will be contacted.