Does SDSU pay article publishing/processing charges (APC)?
Does SDSU pay article publishing charges, article processing charges, author publishing charges, author processing charges (APC)?
Answer
Currently, there is no centralized funding for paying Open Access Article Processing Charges (APCs), which are a fee many OA journal charge authors to publish their articles and provide perpetual Open Access.
The University Library has made it a priority to support Open Access publishing on campus by entering into "Read & Publish" agreements with publishers. Under these agreements, the library subscribes to a journal/article package from a publisher and pays an increment above the base subscription fee in order to allow our researchers to publish articles in Gold Open Access and/or in Hybrid Open Access journals either without paying the APC, or receiving a heavily discounted APC. Check out our Open Access @SDSU guide to see details of our Read & Publish agreements, which currently include Elsevier, Cambridge Journals, American Society of Chemistry, and more.
If you wish to publish Open Access in a journal not covered by an active SDSU OA Read & Publish agreement:
- Contact your department chair or dean to see if there are department funds available to support OA publishing.
- For new faculty, OA APCs are qualifying startup funds expenses.
- Identify outside funding sources - try this list of research funders and institutions worldwide that cover open-access article processing charges (APCs).
- When applying for grants, write APCs into the grant budget.
If you have any questions, please contact your SDSU Subject Librarian or Kate Holvoet, Electronic Resources Librarian.