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Other (non-EUI) Funding Opportunities for Open Access Publishing

This is a non-comprehensive list of alternative funding options for open access articles with various publishers. 

 

Cambridge University Press

• N.B. The EUI has a transformative agreement with CUP.

• Funding for Open Access Publication https://www.cambridge.org/core/open-research/funding-open-access-publication

• Cambridge Open Equity Initiative (COEI): The COEI funds Gold Open Access publishing for authors from over 100 low- and middle-income countries, covering over 5,000 institutions.

• This eligibility is automatically recognised by any journal that publishes Gold OA articles. See our COEI hub for information on qualifying countries and frequently asked questions.

• Corresponding authors of research articles based in Research4Life 'Group A’ countries will automatically have  the APC waived 100%, and authors based in ‘Group B’ countries will receive a 50% discount on an article’s APC.

• Discretionary waivers and discounts: Any corresponding author of a research article who does not have coverage through an open access agreement, an equity initiative, or outside funding to pay an article processing charge (APC), can make a request for a discount or full waiver of an APC.

Edward Elgar Publishing

• Discounted APCs for corresponding authors from EIFL countries when publishing in an Edward Elgar hybrid journal (16 hybrid journals)
  

• EIFL partner countries

Elsevier

• N.B. The EUI has a transformative agreement with Elsevier.

• Research4Life: 100% or 50% APC waivers. All authors who are eligible for a Research4Life APC waiver or 50% discount will automatically see information after acceptance of their article in the rights and access forms, informing them about the APC waiver or discount depending on their eligibility criteria opens in new tab/window.

• If an author group from a non-Research4life country cannot afford the APC to publish an article in a gold open access journal, and they can demonstrate they have had no research funding, we will consider individual waiver requests on a case-by-case basis.

• More infromation on the waivers

Oxford University Press

• APC waiver policy 

• Developing countries waiver policy: for corresponding authors in fully open access journals, part OUP Developing Countries Initiative: The latest World Bank GNI ratings, The Human Development Index , Research4Life listings, EIFL, Government/customer affordability metrics

• Discretionary waivers

PLOS

• Supports  authors through Research4Life and Publication Fee Assistance programs.

• Publication in any PLOS journal is free for authors whose research is funded primarily (50% or more of the work contained within the article) by an institution located in a Research4Life Group A country.

• Authors whose research funder is based in a Research4Life Group B country also publish for free in PLOS Biology, PLOS Climate, PLOS Global Public Health, PLOS Medicine, PLOS Mental Health,  PLOS Sustainability and Transformation and PLOS Water.

• For all other journals, the publication fee will be reduced to $800.

• Publication fees

Sage

• 100% waiver discount on the APC for Gold Open Access journals if the corresponding author is affiliated with an institution located in a country that for corresponding authors affiliated with an institution based in a country listed in Research4Life Group A & B

• 75% Student Discount on APC for students (suitable for EUI researchers). Review the submission guidelines of the journal to confirm if this discount applies to your article.

• 50% Editorial Board Member Discount. If you are an author who is also a member of the editorial board of a journal, you are eligible for a 50% discount if you submit your article to the same journal of which you are a member. Include your Editorial Board Member information in order to receive the Editorial Board Member (EBM) discount when submitting the article for peer review.
• 20% Reviewer Discount. If you are an author who has previously acted as a reviewer for a journal and are now submitting your own article to the same journal within a period of 6 months, you are eligible for a 20% discount. Include your reviewer information in order to receive the reviewer discount when submitting the article for peer review.

• To access a journal's submission guidelines go to Sage Journals platform, search for the journal, and click on the submission guidelines tab.

Springer

• N.B. The EUI has a transformative agreement with Springer.

• APC discount or waiver

• Corresponding authors are based in locations classified by the World Bank as low-income economies

Taylor & Francis

• APC discount or waiver

• Corresponding authors with primary affiliation in countries that are defined by the World Bank as low-income economies and which also have a gross domestic product (GDP) of less than 100 billion US dollars, are entitled to 100% APC waiver when they publish in a full open access journal.

• EIFL network countries: Corresponding authors with primary affiliations based in one of the 34 EIFL network countries may be eligible for a 100% or 50% discount on the normal APC in a selection of our full open access journals.

Wiley

• APC discount or waiver

• Partnership with Research4Life enables research from institutions in low- and middle-income countries and locations to be published open access by providing automatic waivers and discounts on APCs.

• Full list of countries and locations