UCSF 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.
- Search the Directory of Open Access Journals to find thousands of peer-reviewed, fully OA journals and see tips for Evaluating Publishers
- Find out about the UCSF Open Access Publishing Fund for OA journal and book publication charges
- Make your scholarly articles available to all at no cost through UC's Open Access Policies
Publication discounts for journals
Click the publisher or journal name below for more information on the discount or subsidy available to UCSF authors.
| Publisher or Journal | Discount Available |
|---|---|
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)' Science Advances journal |
10% (additional 4% discount available for AAAS members) |
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American Chemical Society (subscription journals) |
$250 (in addition to any membership discount) |
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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)(all journals, proceedings, and magazines) |
100% (no cost to UC corresponding authors) |
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BMC (BioMed Central) - see Springer Nature |
see Springer Nature |
| Cambridge University Press (all journals with an OA option) | 30% discount and first $1000 covered. Remainder covered for unfunded authors. |
| Company of Biologists (all journals) | 10% discount and the first $1000 covered. Remainder covered for unfunded authors. |
| Electrochemical Society (subscription journals) | 100% (no cost to UC corresponding authors) |
| Elsevier (most journals; see covered list. Coverage for Cell Press and some Lancet titles to be added later.) |
15% discount (10% for Cell Press and The Lancet) and the first $1000 covered. Remainder covered for unfunded authors. |
| JMIR Publications (all journals) | First $1000 covered. Remainder covered for unfunded authors. Use @ucsf.edu email address. |
| Karger (all journals) | 50% |
| MDPI (all journals) | 10% - Select UCSF during manuscript submission |
| Microbiology Society (all journals) | 100% (no cost to UCSF authors). Use @ucsf.edu email to have fee covered. |
| 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% (no cost to UC authors) |
| Oxford's Nucleic Acids Research | 50% |
| PLOS (all journals) | First $1000 covered. Remainder covered for unfunded authors. |
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Royal Society of Chemistry (subscription journals) |
15% |
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SPIE (optics and photonics) (fully OA journals) |
25% |
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(most journals; see Springer's Info for Authors for a downloadable list of eligible journals. Adis OA, Nature-branded, and Nature-hosted OA journals to be added later.) |
First $1000 covered. Remainder covered for unfunded authors. 15% discount for BMC and SpringerOpen journals. |
|
Taylor & Francis (all journals) |
75% |
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UC Press: Collabra:Psychology and Elementa |
100% coverage for UC authors without research funds and who are not covered by the UCSF OA Fund |
Publication discounts for books
| Publisher | Discount Available | Additional Info |
|---|---|---|
| Luminos (UC Press) | 10% discount off Title Publication Fee (UC rate is $5000) | See the UCSF OA Fund for additional funding possibilities. |
| 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.