Discounts and Funding for Open Access Publishing

UCSF authors are eligible for discounts on open access publication charges for selected book publishers as well as journal articles with the publishers below.

• See our Open Access Frequently Asked Questions
• Search the Directory of Open Access Journals to find trustworthy open access journals, and see our tips for Evaluating Journals and Conferences
• Use your right though UC's Open Access Policies to share your author accepted manuscripts openly when publishing in subscription journals - no payment required

Publication discounts for journals

Follow the links in the Discount column below for more information about how to get the discount or subsidy. All journal agreements apply to UCSF or UC authors who are in the corresponding author position unless otherwise noted.

Jump to a publisher in the table below:
AAAS | ACM | ACS | Biochemical Society | BMC | BMJ Case Reports | Cambridge University Press | Cold Spring Harbor Lab Press | Company of Biologists | Dove Press | Elsevier | IEEE | JMIR | Karger | MDPI | Microbiology Society | NAS (PNAS) | Open Library of Humanities | Oxford (Nucleic Acids Research) | PLOS | Royal Society of Chemistry | SAGE | SPIE | Springer Nature | Taylor & Francis | UC Press | Wiley |

Publisher name & covered journal(s)	Discount on OA charges & info link
AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (Science Advances only)	UC-wide agreement (see full details) 10% discount when publishing in Science Advances additional 4% discount available for AAAS members
ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) (all journals, proceedings, and magazines)	UC-wide agreement (see full details) 100% discount (no cost to UC corresponding authors) research and review articles only
ACS (American Chemical Society) (all journal and article types)	UC-wide agreement (see full details) Single, discounted $3000 article processing charge (unless APC is lower) Full APC covered for unfunded authors
Biochemical Society, The / Portland Press (all journals and article types)	UC-wide agreement (see full details) First $1000 automatically covered  Remainder covered for unfunded authors.
BMC (BioMed Central) - see Springer Nature	see Springer Nature
BMJ (BMJ Case Reports only)	UCSF Institutional Fellowship Covers 100% of standard publication fee Does not pay for open access publishing Obtain fellowship code (requires UCSF MyAccess login)
Cambridge University Press (all journals marked as "open access" or "contains open access")	UC-wide agreement (see full details) 30% discount First $1000 automatically covered  Remainder covered for unfunded authors Research articles, review articles, Brief Reports and Case Reports
Cold Spring Harbor Lab Press (Genes & Development, Genome Research, Learning & Memory, RNA, and CSH Molecular Case Studies)	UCSF agreement (see full details) 100% discount (no cost for UCSF corresponding authors) Research, review, and case study articles See also CSHLP's FAQ for Authors
Company of Biologists (all journals; see article types covered)	UC-wide agreement (see full details): 10% discount  First $1000 automatically covered  Remainder covered for unfunded authors
Dove Press	Now part of Taylor & Francis, however Dove journals are not included in UC's discount. We aim to include them in the next T&F renewal.
Elsevier See journals & article types covered Some society journals are excluded; check column F of title list. All Cell Press and The Lancet titles are covered as of September 1, 2022	UC-wide agreement (see full details): 15% discount (10% for Cell Press and The Lancet titles) First $1000 automatically covered Remainder covered for unfunded authors
IEEE (Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers) (all journals and article types - conference proceedings are not covered)	UC-wide agreement (see full details) Article processing charge (APC) is fully covered for authors without grant funds Authors with grant funds are asked to pay the full APC Overlength page charges are covered for all authors
JMIR Publications (all journals and article types)	UC-wide agreement (see full details): Under re-negotiation: Covers manuscripts submitted through 31 January 2023 First $1000 automatically covered Remainder covered for authors without grant funds for OA publishing Use @ucsf.edu email address during submission
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)	UCSF agreement (see details from publisher) 10% discount for UCSF authors in any author position. Select UCSF during manuscript submission.
Microbiology Society, The (all journals and article types)	UCSF agreement (see details from the society) 100% discount (no cost to UCSF corresponding authors) Use @ucsf.edu email
National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)	UC-wide agreement (see full details) Single reduced rate of $3000 for open access publishing No separate page charges
Open Library of Humanities (all journals)	UC-wide Supporter membership 100% discount (no cost to UC authors)
Oxford University Press (Nucleic Acids Research only)	UC-wide agreement (see full details) 50% discount off the article processing charge for Nucleic Acids Research
PLOS (all journals and article types)	UC-wide agreement (see full details) Covers submissions through 31 March 2023 First $1000 automatically covered Remainder covered for unfunded authors
Royal Society of Chemistry (subscription journals)	UC-wide agreement (see full details) 15% discount when publishing in RSC subscription journals
SAGE Publishing (all articles in most journals - see a list of excluded journals)	UC-wide agreement (see full details) 15% discount in fully open access journals and 20% discount in hybrid journals First $1000 automatically covered Remainder covered for unfunded authors
SPIE (optics and photonics society) (Journal of Biomedical Optics and Neurophotonics only)	UC-wide agreement (see full details) 25% discount off open access charges in Journal of Biomedical Optics and Neurophotonics
Springer Nature See article types and journals covered See Springer's Info for UC Authors for an Excel "Journal list" of eligible Springer/Palgrave/BMC journals (direct download link) and Nature journals (direct download link) Adis open access and Rapid+ journals are not covered	UC-wide agreement (see full details) For Springer portfolio (includes BMC/BioMed Central), first $1000 covered and remainder covered for unfunded authors For Nature portfolio, first $1000 covered (effective 1 August 2022) 15% discount for journals in BMC and SpringerOpen journals
Taylor & Francis (all journals; Dove Press not included)	UC-wide agreement (see full details) Hybrid OA journals: 75% article processing charge discount Fully OA journals: the lower of either the journal's article processing charge or 25% of the standard hybrid price
UC Press: Collabra:Psychology and Elementa	UC-wide membership (see full details) 100% coverage for UC authors without research funds when publishing in Collabra:Psychology and Elementa
Wiley (all journals and article types [discount-only for UCSF authors])	UC-wide agreement (see full details) Under renegotiation - extended through 31 January 2023 Pilot for articles accepted in 2022 15% discount for UC corresponding authors Authors at UCI, UCM, UCR, UCSB, and UCSC are eligible for additional funding

Publication discounts for books

Publisher	Discount Available	Additional Info
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

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