Dear İstinye Family,
Within the scope of the EKUAL Project carried out by TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM, a new “Read & Publish” agreement covering the period 2026-2028 has been signed with the INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS (IOP) publishing house, supporting both access to academic content and Open Access (OA) article publication.
The details and implementation principles of the agreement are provided below:
1. Scope and Duration of the IOP Agreement
• Duration: The agreement is valid for three years, from January 1, 2026, to December 31, 2028.
• Access: All EKUAL member institutions in Turkey will have access to IOPScience Extra and Electrochemical Society (ECS) content.
2. TÜBİTAK OA Publication Support and Acceptance Criteria
To publish their articles as OA without paying an Article Processing Charge (APC), corresponding authors must meet the following criteria:
• Institutional Affiliation: The eligibility of the article under the EKUAL agreement will be verified through the author's institutional affiliation. Therefore, authors wishing to publish their articles as Open Access (OA) must be affiliated with an EKUAL member institution.
• Institutional Scope: Includes all universities that are EKUAL members.
• Scope of the agreement: The agreement covers unlimited OA article publication in both hybrid journals and gold (fully/gold/complete) open access journals.
2.a. Retroactive Open Access Conversion
All articles submitted from January 1st onwards will be converted to Open Access (OA) in both hybrid and Gold journals. This applies to new members; articles by existing ANKOS members have already been published as OA.
For the current journal list, application guides, and training materials, please visit the TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM EKUAL page.
Special Note: If an author whose name appears on the TÜBİTAK AYEK Prohibited Persons List or on the Ministry of Health's list of persons whose “authority to practice their profession has been revoked or temporarily suspended” was mistakenly granted APC support during the period of prohibition, or if the responsible author or co-authors of an article that received APC support and was subsequently retracted (retraction), the corresponding author or co-authors must notify ukg@ulakbim.gov.tr and pay the APC fee to ULAKBİM. Otherwise, ULAKBİM has the right to collect the APC fee from the “corresponding author/responsible author.”
For any questions, requests, or suggestions, you can reach us via the email address kutuphane@istinye.edu.tr.