The UMD Libraries participate in a number of open-access publisher agreements and journal discounts that are available to UMD authors.
Please contact Alex Dodd, Continuing Resources Librarian, at libr-contresc@umd.edu for questions or more information on participating in the following open-access publisher agreements.
Use our journal search tool to check if you can publish open access in your chosen journal without paying an Article Processing Charge (APC). The journal search tool can also be found at https://app.scifree.se/umd.
These publisher open access agreements are open to the University of Maryland College Park corresponding authors
Publishing Agreement Name: Association for Computer Machinery (ACM)
Publishing Agreement Time Period: Articles must be accepted into eligible journals between 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2025
Journals Covered by Agreement: Entire ACM Digital Library
Available APC Tokens: Unlimited
General APC Charges: $700 - $1,800
Manuscript Eligibility: All fully peer-reviewed research articles newly published in ACM’s magazines, conference proceedings and journals are eligible.
Author Eligibility: Primary/ Corresponding Author must be associated with UMD.
Author Submission Guide: Link to ACM OPEN Author Experience
Publishing Agreement Name: Cambridge University Press
Publishing Agreement Time Period: Articles must be accepted into eligible journals between 01/01/2022 - 12/31/2024.
There is no option for retroactive fee waivers.
Journals Covered by Agreement: Cambridge Open Access and Hybrid Open Access Journals; Excludes Cambridge Non-Open Access Journals
Available APC Tokens: Unlimited
General APC Charges: $600 - $4,500
Manuscript Eligibility: Original Research Articles
Author Eligibility: Primary/ Corresponding Author must be associated with UMD.
Author Submission Guide: Link to Cambridge Author Workflow Process
Publishing Agreement Name: Institute of Physics (IOP)
Publishing Agreement Time Period: Articles must be accepted into eligible journals between 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2025
Journals Covered by Agreement: 74 IOP titles
Available APC Tokens: Unlimited
General APC Charges: $675 - $4,325
Manuscript Eligibility: Publications included in this deal include research articles, special issue papers, reviews and letters for which IOP would otherwise charge an Article Processing Charge.
Author Eligibility: Primary/ Corresponding Author must be associated with UMD.
Author Submission Guide: Link to IOP Author Workflow
Publishing Agreement Name: Microbiology Society
Publishing Agreement Time Period: Articles must be accepted into eligible journals between 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
Journals Covered by Agreement: All 6 Microbiology Titles
Available APC Tokens: Unlimited
General APC Charges: $750 - $2,300
Manuscript Eligibility: Any article published in Society journals where the corresponding author is from UMD will be published Open Access with a CC BY license by default.
Author Eligibility: Primary/ Corresponding Author must be associated with UMD.
Author Submission Guide: Link to Microbiology Society Author Workflow
Publishing Agreement Name: Public Library of Science (PLOS)
Publishing Agreement Time Period: Articles must be accepted into eligible journals between 01/01/2021 - 12/31/2024.
Journals Covered by Agreement: PLOS Biology; PLOS Medicine
Available APC Tokens: Unlimited
General APC Charges: $3,000 - $5,300
Manuscript Eligibility: Original Research Articles
Author Eligibility: Primary/ Corresponding Author must be associated with UMD.
UMD Authors listed as contributing/ secondary receive a 25% discount.
Author Submission Guide: Link to PLOS Author Workflow Process
Publishing Agreement Name: The Royal Society
Publishing Agreement Time Period: Articles must be accepted into eligible journals between 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2023
Journals Covered by Agreement: 10 Royal Society Journals
Available APC Tokens: Unlimited
General APC Charges: $1,680 - $2,380
Manuscript Eligibility: Publications included in this deal include articles that would otherwise charge an Article Processing Charge.
Author Eligibility: Primary/ Corresponding Author must be associated with UMD.
Author Submission Guide: Link to Royal Society Author Workflow
Publishing Agreement Name: Wiley
Publishing Agreement Time Period: Articles must be accepted into eligible journals between 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2025.
Journals Covered by Agreement: Wiley Hybrid Open Access Journals
Available APC Tokens: Unlimited
General APC Charges: $1,000 - $6,000
Manuscript Eligibility: Original Research or Synthesis Based articles.
You can find a full list of article types and eligibility for Wiley journals here.
Author Eligibility: Primary/ Corresponding Author must be associated with UMD.
UMD Authors listed as contributing/ secondary receive no discounts.
Author Submission Guide: Link to Wiley Author Workflow Process
