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Agreements<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Although the Library does not have stand-alone funding to cover article processing charges (APCs), we do have agreements with certain publishers in place that allow UD authors to publish open access without any fees:<\/span><\/p>\n

ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)<\/a> Open: APC fees will be waived, provided that the corresponding author is affiliated with UD, and uses their institutional email address for submission. See full instructions for authors.<\/a><\/p>\n

ACS (American Chemical Society)<\/a> Read and Green: Authors have the option to deposit their accepted manuscript into a repository (including PubMed Central) with no embargo and a Creative Commons license of their choice. The author will retain copyright of the Version of Record. There is no fee for authors to participate in the program. Additional information<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cambridge University Press (CUP): All <\/span>participating<\/span><\/a> CUP journals,<\/span> does not cover <\/span>select article types<\/span><\/a> (renewed through the end of 2027).<\/span><\/p>\n

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)<\/a>: APCs are covered for all hybrid RSC journals. Authors also receive a 15% discount on APCs for gold OA RSC journals.<\/span><\/p>\n

Springer Nature:<\/a> Corresponding authors will have APCs waived when they publish in any hybrid Springer, Palgrave, or Adis journal, as well as the Academic Journals on nature.com<\/a>.\u00a0 Journals in the Nature portfolio<\/a> are not included in this agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n

Discounts<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In addition to our full agreements, UD authors may get a discount on publishing open access with the following publishers:<\/span><\/p>\n

ASM Journals:<\/a> APCs waived; authors must still pay a per-page charge of $79 for ASM Subscribe2Open members (ASM S20), as well as a $180 flat fee.<\/p>\n

BioMedCentral<\/span><\/a>: 15% discount on APCs for BMC, Discover, or SpringerOpen journals.\u00a0\u00a0Note:\u00a0<\/strong>as of February 27, 2026, there is a “technical bug” with our account that may prevent researchers from identifying their UD affiliation and being eligible for the discount.\u00a0 If you encounter this issue, BMC asks that you hold off on submitting your manuscript until it is fixed.\u00a0 If you are having trouble with a manuscript submission, please contact the Collections and E-Resources team<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

GeoScienceWorld<\/a> – Lithosphere: As part of the library’s membership in the NERL (Northeast Research Libraries) consortium, UD affiliated researchers can receive a 20% discount on APCs for articles published in Lithosphere<\/a>. \u00a0To receive the discount, the researcher must be the corresponding author on the accepted paper. The discount code can be entered during the checkout process when the manuscript is submitted, and must be entered prior to the manuscript final decision.
\nSubmission link<\/a>. Discount code: NERL-SAVE-TB7E<\/strong><\/p>\n

MDPI<\/span><\/a>: 10% discount on APCs for all MDPI journals.<\/span><\/p>\n

Subscribe to Open (S2O)<\/strong><\/h2>\n

S2O is a scholarly publishing model where libraries maintain subscriptions to journals, but if enough libraries participate, the content is made Open Access for that year without charging authors APCs. It bridges the gap between traditional subscriptions and open access, ensuring sustainability while removing financial barriers for authors.<\/span><\/p>\n

Royal Society<\/span><\/a>: In 2026, researchers can publish open access in the Royal Society\u2019s eight subscription journals without having to pay an APC. The journals covered are Proceedings A, Proceedings B, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, Biology Letters, Interface Focus, Philosophical Transactions A, Philosophical Transactions B, Notes and Records<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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