Open access publishing via ANZCA: ANZCA open access strategy

ANZCA is committed to ensuring that fellows and trainees have unrestricted access to high-quality, authoritative research when they need it most. We also believe that research funded by ANZCA should be freely available to all, reflecting the generosity of our donors and the public value of our research. This can be achieved by the following:

• Provide unrestricted access to medical literature to all fellows and trainees through the ANZCA library by harnessing more open access deals with publishers.
• Encourage ANZCA and FPM researchers to use open access benefits through other affiliations, such as universities and hospitals.
• Encourage all ANZCA and FPM researchers to submit their research outputs into the ANZCA Institutional Research Repository (AIRR).
• Ensure all ANZCA publications are available open access, for example: ANZCA Bulletin, Australasian Anaesthesia.
• Promote our open access strategy and achievements through this guide.

Open access to research supports better clinical care, education and public benefit. All ANZCA-funded outputs should be openly accessible.

1. The ANZCA Library is transforming the way our journal subscriptions work by moving to an access model that supports open access publishing for ANZCA's researchers. The model provides:
   • Waived article processing charges (APCs)
   • Support for compliance with funder open access mandates
   • Increased visibility and reach of ANZCA-affiliated research
2. Research outputs funded by the ANZCA Foundation from the last five years will be entered into AIRR by the end of 2026.
3. The ANZCA Bulletin and other publications continue to be available open access and indexed in key discovery databases.

• Our first Read & Publish (R&P) deal with Springer Nature launched at the beginning of 2025.
• Similar deals with Taylor and Francis and Wiley are expected to launch at the beginning of 2026.
• The Library team are in active discussion with LWW/Ovid and Elsevier to move those deals to an R&P footing.
• We are working with the Victorian Health Libraries Consortium (VHLC) and monitoring Council of Australasian University Libraries (CAUL) agreements to broaden access.
• We are encouraging all ANZCA and FPM researchers to deposit their outputs in the ANZCA Institutional Research Repository (AIRR) increasing visibility and accessibility.

We track progress through:

• Uptake of Read & Publish (R&P) deals
• The percentage of articles accessed via open access (OA)<
• VHLC metrics measuring article impacts of articles via their R&P deals
• Usage statistics from AIRR
• Growth in open access publishing by ANZCA researchers

Version Date: November 2025

• Publish open access in Springer Journals

• Taylor & Francis Journals
• Wiley Journals

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