The process for requesting your article be retroactively included in a OA deal varies by publisher.

Below is a list of publishers and their recommended workflows to convert your article to OA retroactively:

(Last Updated: December 5, 2025)

Elsevier

For retroactive conversion of articles that were published behind the subscription paywall after January 1, 2024, authors must follow the directions below when contacting Elsevier:

Sage Choice Journals

(note that this information applies to both published and unpublished articles)

If your article is accepted and you have not received information about Sage Choice, please follow the steps below to request it. Please note that Sage will only accept Sage Choice OA requests after the article has been accepted.

Email openaccess@sagepub.com once your article has been accepted for publication and provide the following details in your email:
- Article Title
- Manuscript ID
- Journal Name
- Corresponding Author Name

Wiley

To convert your article published in the last calendar year to open access, please follow the steps below and illustrated here: Copy of OA_HybridJournal_Workflow_English

Log into Wiley Author Services at wileyauthors.com
- Under My Articles, look for your article and click Manage Article.
- On the Manage Article page, click Select Open Access.
- You may be asked to confirm any funders. Click Confirm & Proceed.
- Confirm your institutional affiliation with the University of Toronto.
- Confirm the open access funding by clicking Yes, Make My Article Open Access.
- You will be asked to confirm copyright ownership. If you own the copyright to the article, select Yes, I Own the Copyright to this Work, then click Confirm & Proceed.
- Choose a Creative Commons license and click Confirm & Proceed.
- Confirm by clicking Submit License for Review.

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