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APC discounts for Open Access

When you make your article open access, you may need to pay Article Processing Charge (APC). Okayama University members can request to discount the APC of the journals below.

Attention!
Apply for the APC discount independently after carefully reviewing the journal's website, etc.
The following discount information is as known to the affiliated libraries. Some journals published by academic societies may offer discounts for individual members. For details, check submission guide of each journal.
Some open access journals, called "predatory journals", are published only to aim stealing APC from authors or their funders. Be careful when deciding which journal to submit to. (Reference: Be aware of Predatory Journals)

Discount Terms & Conditions
APC support by Okayama University(*For this service, authors must pay an Author contribution fee (50,000 yen/article) to Okayama University.)
The Company of Biologists (COB)
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Rockefeller University Press (RUP)
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Springer Nature
Wiley (2024/1-)
Other discounts (*Authors are required to pay the discounted APC directly to the publisher.)
American Chemical Society(ACS)
De Gruyter
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
The Microbiology Society (MS)

APC support by Okayama University(*Authors have to pay Author contribution fee (50,000 yen/article) to Okayama University for this service.)

For details of this support, refer to APC supports for Open Access Publishing at Okayama University.
Authors have to pay a charge (50,000 yen/article) for this service. Charge paid by authors use to continue APC support in the future. We kindly ask for your understanding.

The Company of Biologists

Oxford University Press

Rockefeller University Press

Royal Society of Chemistry

Springer Nature

Wiley

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Other discounts (*Authors need to pay the discounted APC directly to the publisher)

The following publisher provide for Okayama University to discount APC.
Authors should apply for the APC discount on the publisher's submission website and need to pay the discount APC directly to the publisher. Author do not need to apply to Okayama University library.

American Chemical Society(ACS)

  • Journals eligible for OA publishing:
    hybrid OA journals (This is called "Open Access in Transformative journals" by ACS.)
  • Eligible authors:
    The corresponding author belonging to Okayama University
  • Conditions :
    Institutional subscription discount / ACS member discount
    If the author is an ACS premium package members, the discount rate will be higher than institutional subscription discount.
  • Discount rate:
    Refer to Open Access pricing for ACS journals
    Members of Okayama University fall into the category of "All ACS Publications Subscribing Institutions".
    Members both of Okayama University and ACS fall into the category of "Member at Subscribing Institution Pricing".
  • How to use:
    Refer to Publish Open Access with ACS.
  • Further information:
    ACS AuthorChoice
    ACS Open Access

De Gruyter

  • Agreement period:
    Ongoing - 31 December 2024
  • Journals eligible for OA publishing:
    hybrid OA journals and full OA journals (It is called Pure OA journals by De Gruyter.)* Target journal list
  • Eligible authors:
    The primary author belonging to Okayama University
  • Conditions :
    Institutional subscription discount
  • Discount rate:
    10 % discount
  • How to use:
    Refer to Guide for Author(Japanese language).
    Before article submission, corresponding authors should check their personal account settings in the journal's submission management tool. Ensure the use of Okayama University institution name and email address (e.g. ***◎okayama-u.ac.jp) for correct identification and processing.

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

  • Journals eligible for OA publishing:
    All journals (MDPI Journal List)
  • Eligible authors:
    The corresponding author or co-author belonging to Okayama University
  • Conditions:
    Institutional Open Access membership Program discount
  • Discount rate:
    10 % discount(Journal Specific APCs
  • How to use:
    When submitting a article with the MDPI system, use E-mail address of Okayama University with the domain "okayama-u.ac.jp". Make sure that "Okayama University" is displayed in the "Institutional Open Access Program" field.
    Note that only one discount through an IOAP scheme is permitted per paper, and that the discount can be combined with other available discounts (e.g., reviewer vouchers or discounts offered by the Editorial Office).
  • Further information:
    Institutional Open Access Program(IOAP) in MDPI website.
    Submission guide (Japanese version only) in MDPI website.

National Academy of Sciences (NAS)

  • Journals eligible for OA publishing:
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America(PNAS)
  • Eligible article type:
    Regular research articles (Immediate Open Access)
  • Eligible authors:
    The corresponding author belonging to Okayama University
  • Conditions:
    Institutional subscription discount
  • Discount rate:
    Refer to Publication Charges.
    Author may immediately on publication if the article was published in PNAS under the immediate open access option with paying "APC (Immediate Open Access)".
  • How to use:
    Submitting Your Manuscript.
  • Further information:
    Open Access Policy in PNAS website.

The Microbiology Society (MS)

  • period:
    Ongoing - 30 June 2025
  • Journals eligible for OA publishing:
    Microbiology
    International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
    Journal of General Virology
    Journal of Medical Microbiology
    Microbial Genomics
    Access Microbiology
  • Discount rate:
    10 % discount
  • Condition:
    Publishers are providing a promotional code for a 10% discount on the Open Access article publishing cost (APC), valid until June 2025. The code can be used by anyone during article submission, irrespective of whether they have a journal subscription.
  • How to use the promotion code
    Refer to https://www.usaco.co.jp/Portals/0/images/product/MS/202309_MS_Code.pdf(Japanese language).

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