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APC discounts

APC discounts

The University of Toronto Libraries has negotiated discounts with the following publishers, giving eligible authors access to discounted article processing charges (APC). These discounts help to reduce the financial obligations on researchers.

Last updated: May 2020

Questions? Email scholarly.communications@library.utoronto.ca 

American Chemical Society (ACS)

University of Toronto authors are eligible for a $250 USD discount off the APC price. This discount will be automatically applied once a researcher selects their institutional affiliation as part of the submission process. 

Once an invoice is paid, ACS is unable to offer refunds. Please apply applicable discounts before paying. 

American Society of Plant Biologists

Immediate Open Access can be purchased for $950 USD. However, all articles become open access after 12 months. More information is available here.

BioMed Central (BMC)

University of Toronto authors are eligible for a 15% discount on APCs for articles published in BioMed Central, SpringerOpen, and BMC Chemistry (formerly known as Chemistry Central) journals.

Once an invoice is paid, BMC is unable to offer refunds. Please apply applicable discounts before paying. 

BMC Chemistry (Formerly Chemistry Central)

University of Toronto authors receive 15% off APCs for articles published BMC Chemistry, formerly known as Chemistry Central Journal.

Once an invoice is paid, BMC is unable to offer refunds. Please apply applicable discounts before paying. 

BMJ Open Access Programme

The University of Toronto is member of BMJ’s Open Access Programme, which allow authors to receive a 15% discount off the Article Processing Charge (APC).

How: Please contact scholarly.communications@library.utoronto.ca to obtain your discount code. 

Cambridge University Press

University of Toronto authors are eligible for 20% off APCs for articles published in Cambridge University Press journals. This discount will be automatically applied once a researcher selects their institutional affiliation as part of the submission process. 

Canadian Science Publishing

CSP offers a 50% discount to University of Toronto authors who choose to publish Open Access via the OpenArticle option. Original APCs of $3000 are reduced to $1500. For more information, contact pubs@cdnsciencepub.com or visit this link.

Journal of Experimental Botany

A 100% reduction in fees is available to University of Toronto researchers. This discount is applied automatically to your manuscript upon submission.

Karger Publishers

Corresponding authors affiliated with the University of Toronto are eligible for full coverage of their article processing charge and all additional publication costs for articles published in full Open Access and hybrid journals (subscription journals with an Open Access option).

How to use: When submitting your manuscript, you will be asked to specify whether your institute has an Open Access Agreement with Karger and specify that you are from the University of Toronto. All entries will be checked and verified upon acceptance of the paper. 

For a full list of Karger's funder and institutional open access agreements, visit: https://www.karger.com/OpenAccess/Funding-and-Open-Access-Agreements

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

U of T authors are eligible to receive 10% off APCs in MDPI journals. If you are submitting your manuscript using your University of Toronto email address then this discount will be applied automatically, otherwise authors will be prompted in the last step of submission to select the name of their institution from a drop-down menu.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Science

A discounted open access fee of $1,300 for a CC BY-NC-ND license is available to U of T researchers. This discount is applied automatically to your manuscript upon submission. For more information, visit the PNAS Author Center webpage. 

SAGE

University of Toronto authors are eligible for up to a 40% discount on APCs as part of SAGE's agreement with the Canadian Research Knowledge Network. In order to obtain the discount code, the author must email APCQueries@sagepub.com and SAGE will provide a unique code to apply to their order.

SPIE

U of T authors receive a 25% discount on APC costs as part of SPIE Digital Library Subscription. This discount is applied automatically once a paper is accepted for publication. This discount applies to any paper that has at least one author (primary or secondary) who belongs to a subscribing institution. This discount only applies to fully open access journals. For more information, visit the SPIE Journals Open Access webpage. 

SpringerOpen

University of Toronto authors receive a 15% discount on APCs for articles published in SpringerOpen journals.

Once an invoice is paid, SpringerOpen is unable to offer refunds. Please apply applicable discounts before paying. 

Taylor and Francis Open Select Journals

University of Toronto authors are eligible for a 25% discount on APCs as part of T&F's agreement with the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN). 

This process will be entirely automatic, following the steps outlined here:

  • Author submits article to an Open Select journal via Taylor & Francis Online following the standard process.
  • On acceptance they are offered the choice to make the article open access.
  • If they choose open access they will be asked to generate a quote for the APC. When they select  a CRKN institution as their organization, the discount will automatically be applied.
    • The organization selection is mandatory and a drop-down list rather than free text, to ensure accuracy in identifying affiliated authors. If an author has used their organizations' email domain, that organization will appear as the top suggestion.
    •  The price shown will include a breakdown of list price, discount applied and actual price.
  • Once the author accepts the quote, they will be offered a choice of Creative Commons licences to sign.
  • The author selects the invoice payer and the invoice is sent out at the discounted rate.

Thieme

Limited APC waivers are available for U of T authors publishing in Thieme journals. In order to obtain the waiver, please email scholarly.communications@library.utoronto.ca.