APC Discounts

UTL has negotiated discounts for our researchers with a number of publishers. These discounts help to reduce the financial obligations on faculty.

• American Chemical Society
• American Society of Plant Biologists
• BioMed Central
• British Journal of Cancer
• Canadian Science Resource Publishing
• Chemistry Central
• Journal of Experimental Botany
• Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
• Proceedings of the National Academy of Science
• SAGE
• SpringerOpen

 

American Chemical Society

ACS offers researchers who choose to publish Open Access a 25% discount, across their various publishing options:

1. Immediate Open Access: original cost: $4000; reduced cost: $3000

2. 12 month embargo before becoming Open Access: 2000; reduced cost: $1500

If you are already an individual member of ACS, you are eligible for a compounded discount:

1. Immediate Open Access: original Cost: $2000; reduced cost: $1500

2. 12 month embargo before becoming Open Access: original cost: $1000; reduced cost: $75

 

American Society of Plant Biologists

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

 

BioMed Central

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

 

British Journal of Cancer

The article processing charge is reduced to $2620 USD for a CC-B-NC-SA license or $3100 USD for a CC-BY license.

 

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.

 

Chemistry Central

University of Toronto authors receive 15% off APCs for articles published in Chemistry Central journals.

 

Journal of Experimental Botany

A 100% reduction in fees is available to University of Toronto researchers.

 

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

UofT authors are eligible to receive 10% off APCs in MDPI journals.

 

Proceedings of the National Academy of Science

UofT researchers receive a 25% reduction in APC costs, from $1450 to $1100.

 

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. 

 

SpringerOpen

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