APCs are charged to authors to publish an article in either a gold open access or hybrid open access journal. By paying the APCs, the published article is made available to anyone with an internet connection. For gold OA journals, an APCs is generally required for publication; for hybrid journals, the author may choose to pay an APCs to make their article open access. Making an article as open access has its advantages including increasing the visibility of your work. The below agreements offer publishing open access in hybrid journals without paying APCs and for some publishers, within a cap for the country, and discounts for gold open access journals.
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| American Chemical Society (ACS) |
Access this agreement and full title list. The agreement includes continued read access to over 75 journals in the ACS All Publications package as well as unlimited open access publishing in the ACS hybrid journals. |
For gold open access journals, that is, the ACS Au journal, a flat $3 000 article processing charges (APC) applies. The exception is ACS Omega. |
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| Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
Access this agreement and full title list.
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There is no limit on the number of articles that can be published open access and free of any transactional article processing charges (APCs) by authors affiliated to participating institutions. | |||||||||
| Cambridge University Press |
Access this agreement and full title list. CUP currently publishes over 400 peer-reviewed scholarly journals of which 330 are hybrid journals and 40 are gold open access journals. |
There is no limit on the number of articles that can be published open access and free of any transactional article processing charges (APCs) by authors affiliated to participating institutions. Eligible article types: research articles, review articles, rapid communications, brief reports, case reports. |
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| Emerald |
Access this agreement and full title list. Emerald publishes over 300 scholarly, peer-reviewed journals. CPUT authors can only access this benefit in these collections below that we subscribe to, not the full list above:
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There are caps (for the consortium as a whole) on the number of articles that can be published at no extra charge for the years of the agreement are: This works on a first-come-first-served basis; Emerald will be able to track the number of articles published and will keep the SANLiC office informed. |
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| MDPI Journals Discount on APCs |
APC Discounts: MDPI reserves the right to ask the institution for evidence of affiliated author status before granting a discount. |
Useful links: List of MDPI Open Access Journals A–Z https://www.mdpi.com/journal/agronomy/apc FAQ link: https://www.mdpi.com/about/apc_faq |
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| Oxford University Press Journals |
Access this agreement and full title list. Participating institutions have read access to OUPs full 2023 collection of over 370 journal titles and affiliated authors can also publish in OUP's hybrid journals without paying article processing charges (APCs). |
In addition, there is a 10% discount on APCs for publishing in OUP's golden open access titles. |
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| Science Direct (Elsevier) |
Access this agreement and full title list. CPUT in this agreement have access to over 1,660 subscription-based journal titles in the ScienceDirect Freedom Collection and affiliated authors can publish their articles open access in these hybrid titles without paying article processing charges (APCs). |
Gold open access titles: eligible corresponding authors will receive a discount on Elsevier's gold open access portfolio of titles. |
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| Springer |
Access this agreement and full title list. Institutions participating in the agreement have access to over 2,360 subscription-based journals in the Springer, Adis, Nature Academic and Palgrave Macmillan collections and affiliated authors can publish their articles open access in the hybrid titles without paying article processing charges (APCs). Nature Research journals and all fully open access journals are, however, excluded. |
There is a cap on the number of articles that can be published by authors affiliated with participating institutions per annum. |
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| Wiley |
Access this agreement and full title list. Institutions participating in the SANLiC/WIley agreement have access to over 1,400 subscription-based journal titles published in the Wiley Online Library. Affiliated authors can also publish in Wiley's hybrid journals without paying article processing charges (APCs). In years two to four (2023-2025) of the agreement affiliated authors will be able to publish in all Wiley gold open access and Hindawi journals without paying APCs. |
There is a cap on the number of articles that can be published by authors affiliated to participating institutions per annum. A practical guide to publishing open access with Wiley |
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