Publish Open Access Articles with UCSF Discounts
Publish Open Access Articles with UCSF Discounts
Open Access (OA) journals are peer-reviewed journals that provide free, online access to their articles. They cover costs through publication fees, institutional subsidies, endowments, or sponsorships. Fully open access journals have few copyright restrictions, meaning anyone, anywhere online may read, download, copy, and distribute the articles.
A "hybrid” open access journal is published by a traditional subscription-based publisher; articles can be made immediately available to the public if the author pays an additional publication fee (also referred to as "paid access," "open choice," "sponsored article," etc.). Hybrid publishers often place restrictions on redistribution and reuse.
UCSF Discounts on Article Publication Charges for OA Journals, February 2013
| Publisher or Publication | Normal Article Publication Fee | UCSF Discounted Fee |
|---|---|---|
| American Chemical Society (subscribed journals) | $3,000 hybrid AuthorChoice | $2,000 - ACS non-member $1,000 - ACS member |
| BioMed Central (all BioMed Central journals) | $955 – $2,402 | $812 – $2,044 (15% discount) |
| Mary Ann Liebert (subscribed journals) | $3,200 hybrid OA | $2,200 (31% discount) |
| Nucleic Acids Research (Oxford Univ. Press) | $2,770 | $1,385 (50% discount) |
| Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS) | $1,350 hybrid OA option (separate from page and other charges) | $1000 (25% discount) |
| Public Library of Science (PLoS) | $1,350 – $2,900 | $1,215 – $2,610 (10% discount) |
| Royal Society of Chemisty (RSC) | $1,500 - $3,800 (see chart) | Free via Gold for Gold program (2013 pilot) |
| SpringerOpen | $665 - $1,996 full OA journals | $565 - $1,697 (15% discount) |
Search the Directory of Open Access Journals to find thousands of other quality, peer-reviewed OA journals. See this FAQ written by UCSF faculty on distinguishing quality in OA journals, and contact us if you are uncertain about a particular publisher.
Other hybrid publishers include American Society for Microbiology, Cambridge University Press, Elsevier, JoVE, Nature, SAGE, Taylor & Francis, and Wiley.
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