Open Access Publishing Details

Discover more about the transformative agreements with publishers that waive or reduce Article Processing Charges (APCs) for Open Access articles submitted by Rutgers Researchers.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Funding available: 
    • 15% institutional discount on APC for Science Advances
    • Authors who are AAAS members can enter their membership number to receive an additional 4% discount on APCs
  • Eligible journal: Science Advances
     
  • More details: From AAAS, “The institutional discount can be automatically applied to APCs at checkout, depending on if affiliation metadata was provided by authors in our manuscript tracking system. If this discount does not appear during checkout, there is an option to apply discounts manually. At that time, authors can enter “Rutgers The State University of New Jersey” into the field labeled “Affiliation discount.” We do not communicate any information on specific discount eligibility to authors.”
     
  • Learn more about American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) licensing and charges
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
  • Funding available: 100% discount (full APC paid)  
     
  • Eligible journals: All journals and conference proceedings published by ACM
     
  • More details: The agreement enables unlimited Open Access publishing by default in all ACM OPEN publications (all journals and conference proceedings published by ACM) through an agreement between Rutgers University Libraries and ACM. The author must be a Rutgers affiliate and use their rutgers.edu email address when submitting their work. 
     
  • Learn more about ACM publications eligible for Open Access publishing under ACM OPEN
Berghahn Open Anthro (BOA)
  • Funding available: 100% discount (full APC paid)  
     
  • Eligible journals: All 16 journals in the Berghahn Open Anthro portfolio
     
  • More details: 
    • Is submitting to a BOA-S2O journal different than the regular submission process? In short, no. Guidelines for submitting an article to any of the 16 journals in the BOA-S2O collection are unchanged. Please visit the "Submit" tab of the journal to which you are contributing and follow that individual journal's guidelines.
    • Which license is right for me? Under Berghahn Open Anthro, you, the author, retain copyright of your work. You must choose one of three Creative Commons licenses to use for publication of your article. 
    • The no APCs model is supported by Subscribe to Open (S2O) commitments from more than 300 libraries worldwide.
       
  • Learn more about the Berghahn Open Anthro initiative
Biochemical Society
Cambridge University Press Journals
Canadian Science Publishing
  • Funding available: 100% discount (full APC paid for 7 hybrid titles only)  
     
  • Eligible journals: Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Canadian Journal of Zoology, Canadian Journal of Chemistry, Botany, Canadian Journal of Animal Science, Canadian Journal of Plant Science
     
  • More details: Enables unlimited Open Access publishing by default in CSP’s 7 hybrid subscription journals for corresponding authors affiliated with Rutgers University, as of January 1, 2024. Note: Discount is not currently listed on the CSP website. 
     
  • Learn more about Open Access Partnerships with Canadian Science Publishing
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • Funding available: 100% discount (full APC paid)  
     
  • Eligible journals: View Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press journals covered by this agreement 
     
  • More details: There are no Article Processing Charges (APCs) to publish Open Access in Genes & Development, Genome Research, RNA, Learning & Memory, and Molecular Case Studies due to a transformative agreement between Rutgers University Libraries and Cold Spring Harbor Press. The corresponding author must be a Rutgers affiliate. Upon acceptance of a corresponding author’s paper, the author will be informed of his or her Open Access publishing options. The author can indicate their choice to publish OA when they submit their License to Publish form. 
     
  • Learn more about Transformative Agreements with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Company of Biologists
Elsevier
Institute of Physics
John Benjamins
  • Funding available: 100% discount (full APC paid)  
     
  • Eligible journals: All John Benjamins journals are covered by this agreement. View a listing of all John Benjamins journal titles. 
     
  • More details: The corresponding author must affiliate with "Rutgers University" or "Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey." This agreement is effective for articles submitted to any John Benjamins journal between January 1, 2024, and December 31, 2028 (if the article is accepted for publication and regardless of when the article is published.) When your article enters the production process, John Benjamins will automatically check whether it qualifies for one of the deals based on the criteria agreed with Rutgers. 
     
  • Learn more about Read and Publish deals with John Benjamins Publishing Company
Microbiology Society
  • Funding available: 100% discount (full APC paid)  
     
  • Eligible journals: All Microbiology Society's portfolio titles are covered by this agreement
     
  • More details:  The corresponding author must identify as affiliated with Rutgers University and use their Rutgers email address as part of the publishing workflow. The article must be accepted between January 1, 2023, and December 31, 2025, and have a responsible corresponding author from a BTAA institution. 
     
  • View all Publish and Read institutions with the Microbiology Society
PLOS Biology and PLOS Medicine
PNAS
  • Funding available: $500 APC discount per article
     
  • Eligible journal: PNAS
     
  • More details:  The corresponding author must be a Rutgers affiliate. Due to Rutgers University Libraries subscription, researchers receive a discounted APC rate of $5,300 ($500 discount off the standard APC rate of $5,800) on APCs for immediate OA. Two licenses are available, CC-BY and CC-BY-NC-ND. Note: This agreement covers PNAS only, not PNAS Nexus.
     
  • View the PNAS.org website
Royal Society of Chemistry
SCOAP³ (Assorted High Energy Physics) Journals
  • Funding available: 100% discount (full APC paid)
     
  • Eligible journals: View eligible SCOAP³ journals
     
  • More details: Rutgers is a member of SCOAP³. Fees are covered by a partnership of over 3,000 libraries, key funding agencies and research centers in 44 countries and 3 intergovernmental organizations supporting OA publishing in key journals in the field of High-Energy Physics.
     
  • Learn more about SCOAP³ journals and benefits for authors
Springer Nature
  • Funding available: 100% discount (full APC paid only for hybrid titles)
     
  • Eligible journals: Download a listing of Springer Nature journals covered by this agreement. The download link is located in the section of the page labeled "Publishing open access in a hybrid journal." The page also contains a video that explains the eligibility process.
     
  • More details: Here are some helpful tips when submitting articles to Springer Nature: 
    • Double-check that you are listed as the corresponding author, both in Springer Nature's online submission system and within your manuscript.
    • Use your official institutional email address to submit your manuscript. This helps with identification. 
    • State your institute affiliation and email address in your manuscript and make sure this remains the same, even after submission. 
    • Do not sign the standard license to publish. Upon acceptance of your manuscript, you will be able to choose and sign the CC BY or CC BY-NC open access license. 
       
  • Learn more information for authors looking to publish with Springer Nature
The Royal Society
Wiley

Still have questions? Contact oa_publishing_opportunities@libraries.rutgers.edu.