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Jisc-Approved Transformative Journals
Transformative journals (TJs) are subscription/hybrid journals that commit to transitioning to full open access. The requirements for TJs have been set by UK higher education and research institutions and endorsed by the UUK Jisc content negotiation strategy group.
Requirements for Jisc-approved Transformative Journals
To be a Jisc-approved TJ, a journal must first meet the Plan S Criteria for Transformative Journals and have been approved for Plan S TJ status.
In addition, the journal must be included within a Jisc Transitional Agreement and/or allow authors to deposit their Author Accepted Manuscript in a repository without embargo and under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
This latter requirement should be extended to all authors where possible, though Jisc-approved TJ status may still be attainable for publishers providing this to a subset of authors only (such as those whose funders require it).
Further details on requirements for Jisc-approved TJs can be found on our open research pages.
If you have concerns that a journal/publisher on this list is failing to meet its obligations as a Jisc-approved TJ, for example through hidden charges, convoluted workflows, and/or unclear author-facing communications, please contact help.digitalresources@jisc.ac.uk.