Based on an agreement reached between the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Cambridge University Press (CUP), a leading academic publisher of the University of Cambridge, significant new publishing opportunities have been created for the country's research community.

Under the agreement, researchers and authors affiliated with 140 scientific and higher education institutions operating in Azerbaijan will be able, over a three-year period including 2026, to publish their scholarly articles free of charge in 423 Open Access journals published by Cambridge University Press and indexed in major international scientometric databases such as Web of Science and Scopus.

One of the key benefits of the agreement is the full waiver of the Article Processing Charge (APC) for eligible authors. According to the terms of the agreement, the only requirement is that the corresponding author represent one of the participating scientific or higher education institutions in Azerbaijan. The presence of co-authors from foreign countries does not affect the publishing process or funding arrangements, and no additional fees are charged by Cambridge University Press.

In addition, the agreement grants the 140 participating scientific and higher education institutions perpetual reading access to the content of the same 423 journals. This opportunity will expand Azerbaijani researchers' access to international scholarly resources, contribute to improving the quality of research, and support the development of international academic cooperation.

To take advantage of these opportunities, authors may visit the Cambridge Core platform to select relevant journals and ознакомиться with the publication rules and submission requirements:

https://www.cambridge.org/core/publications/journals

This initiative is regarded as an important step toward strengthening the integration of Azerbaijani science into the international research community, increasing the representation of Azerbaijani scholars in prestigious academic journals, and promoting open science.