American Institute of Physics
This agreement commenced in 2025. It is a three-year agreement (2025-2027).
AIP Publishing, is a not-for-profit subsidiary of the American Institute of Physics (AIP). They publish high quality, peer-reviewed research in physics and related disciplines including acoustics, chemistry, engineering, and geosciences.
This is a three-year read and publish offer based on electronic subscriptions. Please note that the AIP’s fully open (gold open access) journals are not included in read & publish agreements because they are already open.
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- Click here to find a participating journal in this agreement.
Participating institutions
- Nelson Mandela University
- Stellenbosch University
- University of Fort Hare
- University of South Africa UNISA
- University of the Free State
- University of the Witwatersrand
- University of Zululand
- University of Botswana
- University of Johannesburg
Eligible article types
Open access publishing covered under this agreement includes the following article types:
- Article
- Brief communication
- Communication
- Conference article
- Fast track
- Article-FT
- Letter
- Note
- Perspective
- Research update
- Review
- Roadmap
- Tutorials
Number of included articles
There is a cap on the number of articles that can be published open access without the authors having to pay article processing charges (APCs) in the journals. The cap for 2026 is 76 articles, shared across the consortium and allocated on a first come, first served basis.
Opening balance 2026
Approved
Current balance
76
1
75
Opening balance 2026: 76
Approved: 1
Current balance: 75
Last updated 20/04/2026