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:

Support Email Address: oasupport@elsevier.com
Email Subject Line: Requesting OA Retrospectively
Institution Name, and mention that the institution is part of the CRKN-Elsevier Agreement
Article DOI
Note that the publishing option is requested to change from subscription to OA.
Retroactive conversion must be requested before January 31 of the year following publication (e.g. January 1, 2025 for articles published in 2024)

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(note that this information applies to both published and unpublished articles)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

The Open Access Customer Services team will then initiate your request and create an offer in Sage Journals: Licensing & Payment.
You will receive an invitational email to access Sage Journals: Licensing & Payment, this will explain the steps required to make your article Open Access. Sage has provided further information on how to navigate through the required steps in the Sage Journals: Licensing & Payment, please see Sage Journals: Licensing & Payment Navigation support.
Upon completion of the steps required in Sage Journals: Licensing & Payment, your article will be published Open Access.

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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