Wiley and Big Ten Academic Alliance Sign Agreement to Advance Open Scholarship Across Leading U.S. Institutions

The agreement includes full read access and unlimited publishing for hybrid journals and expands access across 16 flagship universities and 19 affiliate campuses

HOBOKEN, N.J.-Wiley (NYSE: WLY), a global leader in authoritative content and research intelligence for the advancement of scientific discovery, innovation and learning, today announced their agreement to support open access publishing with the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA). The agreement, effective through December 31, 2027, ensures that researchers at participating institutions can publish open access articles in Wiley's journals-advancing the BTAA's long-standing commitment to open scholarship.

The agreement covers corresponding authors at 16 flagship BTAA universities and 19 affiliated campuses spanning 11 U.S. states. The agreement provides full read access to Wiley's entire journal portfolio across all participating campuses, while enabling eligible authors to publish open access in Wiley's hybrid journals for articles accepted through 2027. A significant allocation is also in place for articles accepted in Wiley's gold open access journals.

The Big Ten Academic Alliance is the nation's preeminent higher education consortia, comprising research universities that collectively generate a significant share of U.S. academic output. Since the BTAA and Wiley first piloted a collective open access publishing agreement in 2022, the partnership has helped researchers across the consortium publish thousands of open access articles, supporting both the visibility of their work and compliance with institutional and funder mandates, achieving:

· 235% year-over-year growth in open access publications (from <900 to >3,000 articles in year 1 alone)

· 93% of BTAA output published open access (compared to 28% pre-agreement)

· $41.1 million saved in potential out-of-pocket article publication charges (APCs) for eligible researchers; and

· 74% compound annual growth in usage from developing nations.

"By continuing to work closely with the Big Ten Academic Alliance, we're ensuring that researchers at some of the world's most productive universities have straightforward pathways to publish their work openly-lowering barriers and amplifying the real-world impact of their discoveries," said Kathryn Sharples, Wiley VP, Publishing Strategy & Policy.

"Our member universities are home to some of the world's leading researchers, and BTAA contributes to knowledge advancement through publishing routes made possible by this agreement," said Kate McCready, Program Director for Open Publishing, BTAA. "This agreement removes barriers for authors while supporting our collective goal of making high-quality research more openly available to scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and communities around the world."

Wiley has negotiated more than 125 agreements that expand read access and create open publishing opportunities with consortia worldwide, including JISC (UK), the German DEAL consortium, CAUL (Australia and New Zealand), and numerous U.S. library consortia. Together, these agreements reflect Wiley's commitments to ensuring peer-reviewed research is widely available among scholars, enabling open access at scale, and advancing the partnerships and infrastructure on which the scientific community depends.

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About the Big Ten Academic Alliance
The Big Ten Academic Alliance is the nation's preeminent model for effective collaboration among research universities. For over half a century, these world-class institutions have advanced their academic missions, generated unique opportunities for students and faculty, and served the common good by sharing expertise, leveraging campus resources, and collaborating on innovative programs. Governed and funded by the provosts of the member universities, Big Ten Academic Alliance mandates are coordinated by a staff from its Champaign, Illinois headquarters. The world-class libraries of the Big Ten Academic Alliance participating* in this agreement include: Indiana University-Bloomington, Michigan State University, Northwestern University, Pennsylvania State University, Purdue University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Iowa, University of Maryland-College Park, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Oregon, University of Washington (new in 2026), University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the University of Chicago.

*The following branch or system campuses are also participating in this agreement: Indiana University - East, Indiana University - Indianapolis, Indiana University - Kokomo, Indiana University - Northwest, Indiana University - South Bend, Purdue University - Fort Wayne, Purdue University - Northwest, University of Minnesota - Crookston, University of Minnesota - Duluth, University of Minnesota - Morris, University of Nebraska - Kearney, University of Nebraska Medical Center, University of Nebraska - Omaha, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay, University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh, University of Wisconsin - Parkside, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, University of Wisconsin - Stout, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater.

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