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Open Access Publishing

Discounts on Article Processing Charges

APC (article processing charge) is usually charged to authors to make an article available open access either in a gold open access or in a hybrid open access journal. There are also open access journals which do not charge APCs. Find out if your faculty/discipline/project has funds for APCs. Also, take into account the possible APCs in your financing application.

As a part of the FinElib consortium Turku university researchers are eligible for either free open access publishing or for discounts on APCs in specific journals. In addition, University of Turku is part of the international SCOAP3 (Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics) consortium, which allows researchers to publish free of charge in the consortium journals. The university also has agreements with some publishers, which enable open access publishing without extra costs. In addition to this Turku university library has some Subscribe to Open journals. To be entitled to publish open access without extra costs or with a discounted price, the author's affiliation should be University of Turku or Turku University Hospital in the published article.

If publisher agrees on Parallel publishing it is a possibility to make your research open without charges. More information https://utuguides.fi/utucris/en/selfarchiving.

Below you will find detailed guidelines for publisher-specific policies. Below each publisher, there is a link to more detailed instructions and additional information, which includes lists of journals included in the agreement and information about article types that are covered by agreement.

ACM

FinELib’s agreement with ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) allows authors from participating institutions to publish open access in ACM’s titles (journals, magazines, conference proceedings) at no additional charge during 1.7.2022-31.12.2024. The costs of OA publishing are covered by the agreement and paid for from Library budgets.

Instructions on open access publishing in ACM journals.

Information on open access publishing on publisher's pages.

 

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 

FinELib consortium’s agreement with ACS Publications (a division of the American Chemical Society) offered authors an opportunity to publish their articles open access for free using granted credits during the agreement period 2021-2023. If the article was accepted for an ACS journal in 2023, and you meet the conditions for publishing, your article can be published open access for no additional fees under the old FinELib agreement. If your article is accepted for an ACS journal in 2024, open publishing under FinELib agreement without APC is not available. FinELib is striving to continue the negotiations with ACS.

See FinELib's news for information about open publishing in current situation.

Information on open access publishing on publisher's pages.

 

BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP

Turku University Library has signed an agreement for the year 2024 with BMJ Publishing Group containing the possibility to publish articles open access without article processing charges in publisher’s 32 transformative journals and in the hybrid journals Evidence-Based Nursing and Practical Neurology. Licence choice is either CC BY or CC BY-NC depending on the journal in question.

Information on open access publishing on publisher's pages.

 

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Turku University Library has signed an agreement for University of Turku with Cambridge University Press containing the possibility to publish articles open access without article processing charges in the hybrid and gold titles of the Premium Full Journals collection.

The agreement covers years 2022-2024. Please note that the number of free articles available is limited.

Instructions on open access publishing in CUP journals on publisher's pages.

 

COGITATIO PRESS

Turku university library has made an agreement with Cogitatio Press which offers authors an opportunity to publish their articles open access without article processing charges. The agreement term is valid until 31 December 2023.

List of Cogitatio Press journals:
Media and Communication (ISSN 2183-2439)
Ocean and Society
Politics and Governance (ISSN 2183-2463)
Social Inclusion (ISSN 2183-2803)
Urban Planning (ISSN 2183-7635)

Information on open access publishing on publisher's pages.

 

COMPANY OF BIOLOGISTS

Turku University Library has negotiated an agreement with Company of Biologists for University of Turku until the end of 2024. The agreement contains the right for the corresponding author affiliated to University of Turku to publish open access free of charge in these five journals: Development, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology, Disease Models & Mechanisms and Biology Open. 

When submitting the article, the author must indicate utu email address in the publisher's system and choose University of Turku as home organization. When the article is accepted, the author returns the publication agreement and receives by email a link to the RightsLink system, which provides the information for the article. A similar link is also sent to the library, where free open access publishing of the article is approved.

Instructions on open access publishing in CUP journals on publisher's pages.

ELSEVIER

Under FinELib consortium’s agreement with Elsevier, corresponding authors can publish their articles open access without article processing charge in Elsevier hybrid journals eligible for the agreement. There is a limited number of free open access articles available during the agreement period 2024-2025. The agreement also contains 15 % discount of APCs in Elsevier's gold open access journals.

Instructions on open access publishing in Elsevier journals.

Information on open access publishing on publisher's pages.

 

ELSEVIER CELL PRESS JOURNALS

Under FinELib consortium’s agreement with Elsevier, corresponding authors can publish their articles open access without article processing charge (APC)  in Cell Press hybrid journals eligible for the agreement.

There is a limited number of free open access articles available per year during the agreement period 2022-2024.

Instructions on open access publishing in Cell Press journals.

 

EMERALD

FinELib consortium’s agreement with Emerald offers authors an opportunity to publish their articles under the CC BY license with a free open access voucher. The agreement term is 1.1.2024–31.12.2024 and OA credits are limited in number.

Eligible articles of Turku University's affiliated authors accepted for publication in Emerald Premier journals in January 2024 can be covered by agreement retrospectively and paywalled articles can be converted to open access. APCs should no be paid in order to have them covered by FinELib agreement.

Instructions on open access publishing in Emerald journals.

Information on open access publishing on publisher's pages.

 

FUTURE SCIENCE GROUP

Turku University Library has signed an agreement with Future Science Group for the years 2024-2025. The agreement contains possibility to publish articles open access without extra charge in publisher's 17 hybrid journals and 16 full OA journals. Nearly all article types are covered.

List of journals covered by the agreement.

Information on open access publishing on publisher's pages.

IEEE

FinELib consortium's agreement with IEEE for the term 2024-2025 allows authors to publish open access without APCs. Eligible articles of Turku University's affiliated authors accepted for publication in January 2024 can be covered by agreement retrospectively and paywalled articles can be converted to open access. APCs should no be paid in order to have them covered by FinELib agreement.

Instructions on open access publishing in IEEE journals.

IEEE's own OA Guide for Authors.

 

MDPI

As part of MDPI institutional open access program, University of Turku affiliated authors receive a 10 % discount on article processing charges (APCs) and on charges associated with open access book publishing with MDPI (BPCs). The agreement is valid until 28.2.2025.

Authors will also receive 15 % discount on Language Editing Services

Instructions on open access publishing in MDPI journals on publisher's pages.

 

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

FinELib’s agreement with OUP allows authors from participating institutions to publish open access in OUP’s hybrid journals at no additional charge during the agreement period 2024-2025. The agreement also contains 15 % discount of APCs in OUP fully open access journals.

Instructions on open access publishing in OUP journals.

Information on open access publishing on publisher's pages.

 

RADIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA

The agreement with Radiological Society of North America negotiated by Turku University Library continues until the end of 2024. The agreement contains the right for the corresponding author affiliated to University of Turku to publish Open Access free of charge in the journals Radiology, Radiology: Artificial Intelligence, Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging and Radiology: Imaging Cancer. The agreement covers also other possible service fees such as color-in-print.

Instructions on open access publishing in RSNA on publisher's pages.

 

ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY

FinELib consortium’s agreement with Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) enables the researchers to publish their articles open access at no additional charge in RCS’s Full OA and hybrid journals during the agreement term 2024–2025. Regarding Full OA journals the agreement only covers year 2024 for now.

Instructions on open access publishing in RSC journals.

Information on open access publishing on publisher's pages.

 

ROYAL SOCIETY PUBLISHING

Turku University Library has signed an agreement with Royal Society Publishing. Researcher gets a 25 % discount on APC when publishing in certain journal and when the submitting author is designated as the corresponding author. The agreement term is 1.4.2023—31.3.2024.

List of journals:
Biology Letters
Interface Focus
Journal of the Royal Society Interface
Notes and Records of the Royal Society
Open Biology
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Science
Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Royal Society Open Science

Information on oepn access publishing on publisher's pages.

 

SAGE JOURNALS

The agreement between FinELib and SAGE for the years 2023-2024 contains the possibility for the researchers of the participating insitutions to publish their articles open access with a CC BY license

  • free of charge in Sage hybrid journals
  • with 20% discount of the journal’s APC (Article Processing Charge) in Sage gold open access journals 

Instructions on open access publishing in SAGE journals.

Information on open access publishing on publisher's pages.

 

SCIENCE

The agreement between FinELib and AAAS for the years 2023-2024 enables self-archiving of the AAM version of the articles published in Science journals with CC-BY licence without embargo for the students and staff of University of Turku. The agreement also contains a 15 % discount of APC when publishing in full OA journal Science Advances.

Instructions on open access publishing in the journal Science Advances.

 

SCOAP

The library participates in the costs in 2023-2024 to allow researchers at the University of Turku to publish their articles free of charge in these journals.

 

SPRINGER NATURE

FinELib consortium’s agreement with Springer Nature included open access publishing in Springer's hybrid titles in Compact collection (see journals list) during the agreement term 1.1.2021-31.12.2023. The agreement for 2024–2025 is still being finalized, but publishing will continue without interruption in 2024.

The corresponding author does not need to pay an APC (article processing charge). The charges are covered by the agreement.

Instructions on open access publishing in Springer Nature journals.

Information on open access publishing on publisher's pages.

 

NATURE RESEARCH

FinELib consortium’s agreement with Springer Nature included open access publishing in Nature Research hybrid titles during the agreement term 1.6.2022-31.12.2024. Please note that number of free articles available was limited and they have now run out.

Instructions on open access publishing in Nature Research journals.

 

TAYLOR & FRANCIS

FinELib consortium’s agreement with Taylor & Francis / Routledge includes open access publishing in Taylor & Francis hybrid titles and the full OA journal Annals of Medicine during the agreement term 2023–2024. There is a limited number of OA articles available during the agreement period. The agreement does not include T&F journals in Medicine nor the Full Open Access journals apart from the journal Annals of Medicine.
 

Instructions on open access publishing in Taylor & Francis journals.

Information on open access publishing on publisher's pages.

 

The publisher Taylor & Francis offers authors a chance to publish their e-books OA retrospectively. Researchers who have published e-books or e-book chapters with Taylor & Francis can contact the publisher if they wish to pay discounted Book Processing Charges. The size of the discount percent depends on the publishing date. The BPC for books, which have been published for over one year ago, is reduced by 30 %, for books over two years ago by 50 %, and for books older than three years 70 %. Researchers cover the costs of publishing OA retrospectively themselves.

For more information, please contact NinaKatarina.Stular@tandf.co.uk.

Information on open access publishing of books on publisher's pages.

 

WILEY

FinELib consortium’s agreement with Wiley enables the researchers to publish their articles open access in Wiley’s Full OA and hybrid journals during the agreement term 2023–2024.

There is a limited number of OA articles available during the agreement period.

FinELib's instructions for publishing during the early part of the year 2023:

Instructions on open access publishing in Wiley journals.

Information on open access publishing on publisher's pages.

Wiley's journal finder.

 

WOLTERS KLUWER / LIPPINCOTT

FinELib's agreement with Wolters Kluwer for the years 2023-2024 enables OA publishing without extra charge for the researchers of University of Turku in Lippincott's Total access minus Neurology collection journals. If an author makes a request to the publisher about articles published during the early part of the year when the agreement was not in force

  • eligible article published behind paywall will be published OA retrospectively
  • the APC possibly paid by an author will be returned

With questions concerning APC refunds, please contact WK Customer Support (oa-support@wolterskluwer.com).

There is a limited number of OA articles available during the agreement period.

Instructions on open access publishing in Wolters Kluwer journals.

Information on open access publishing on publisher's pages.

Further information

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