UCSF and UC corresponding authors are eligible for discounts on article processing charges (APCs) for open access (OA) publication in many journals, as well as on publication charges for selected book publishers. In addition to the tables below, see these open access resources:
- See our Open Access Frequently Asked Questions
- Search the Directory of Open Access Journals to find thousands of quality open access journals, and see our tips for Evaluating Journals & Conferences
- Use your right though UC's Open Access Policy to share your author's accepted manuscripts openly - no payment required
Publication discounts for journals
Click the in the Discount column below for more information about how to get the discount or subsidy for UCSF authors.
Publisher name & covered journals | Discount on OA charges & info link |
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AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science): |
10% discount (additional 4% discount available for AAAS members) |
ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) (all journals, proceedings, and magazines; see article types covered) |
100% discount (no cost to UC corresponding authors) |
ACS (American Chemical Society) (AuthorChoice subscription/OA optional journals) |
$250 discount (in addition to any membership discount) |
Biochemical Society, The / Portland Press (all journals; see article types covered) |
UC multi-payer model: First $1000 automatically covered for UC corresponding authors. Remainder covered for unfunded authors. |
BMC (BioMed Central) - see Springer Nature |
see Springer Nature |
BMJ (BMJ Case Reports only) | UCSF's Institutional Fellowship fully covers the standard publication fee, but does not pay for open access publishing. Obtain fellowship code (requires UCSF MyAccess login). |
Cambridge University Press (all journals that include open access; see article types covered) |
Renewed in 2022. UC multi-payer model: |
Cold Spring Harbor Lab Press (research, review, and case study articles published in Genes & Development, Genome Research, Learning & Memory, RNA, and CSH Molecular Case Studies) |
100% discount (no cost for UCSF corresponding authors), through a UCSF transformative agreement. See CSHLP's FAQ for Authors and the Library's announcement. |
Company of Biologists (all journals; see article types covered) |
UC multi-payer model: 10% discount and the first $1000 automatically covered for UC corresponding authors. Remainder covered for unfunded authors. |
Elsevier |
UC multi-payer model: 15% discount (10% for Cell Press and The Lancet) and the first $1000 automatically covered for UC corresponding authors. Remainder covered for unfunded authors. |
JMIR Publications |
Renewed through 31 December2022. |
Karger - discontinued in 2022 | UCSF is no longer participating in the Karger agreement due to budget reductions. Articles prior to 2022 received 50% discount. |
MDPI (all journals) | 10% discount. Select UCSF during manuscript submission. |
Microbiology Society (all journals and article types) |
100% discount (no cost to UCSF authors), through a UCSF transformative agreement. Use @ucsf.edu email. |
National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) | Reduced UC rate of $3000 for open access publishing, with no separate page charges |
Open Library of Humanities (all journals) | 100% discount (no cost to UC authors) |
Oxford University Press (Nucleic Acids Research only) | 50% discount |
PLOS (all journals and article types) |
Renewed through 31 December 2022. |
Royal Society of Chemistry (subscription journals) |
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SPIE (optics and photonics society) |
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Springer Nature |
UC multi-payer model: |
Taylor & Francis (all journals) |
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UC Press: Collabra:Psychology and Elementa |
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Wiley (all journals and article types [discount-only for UCSF authors]) |
Pilot for articles accepted in 2022: |
Publication discounts for books
Publisher | Discount Available | Additional Info |
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Luminos (UC Press) | 10% discount off Title Publication Fee (UC rate is $5000) | |
Open Book Publishers | OA publication fee is optional (see details) | See Author's Guide |
Visit our Open Access Publishing page for more information or to connect with a scholarly communication expert.