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Open Access Publishing Agreements

This libguide goes over UMD's current Open Access Publishing Agreements in more detail

Open Access Publishing Agreements

The UMD Libraries participate in a number of open-access publisher agreements and journal discounts that are available to UMD authors. 

Please contact Leigh Ann DePope, Head of Acquisitions, Continuing Resources, and Data Services at libr-contresc@umd.edu for questions or more information on participating in the following open-access publisher agreements.

Check your journal

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

  • Your University of Maryland affiliation must be stated in the published article
  • Use your umd.edu email address
  • Search using the full journal title, ISSN or publisher
  • Please contact Leigh Ann DePope, Head of Acquisitions, Continuing Resources, and Data Services at libr-contresc@umd.edu for questions or more information on participating in the following open-access publisher agreements.

Association for Computer Machinery (ACM)

Publishing Agreement Name: Association for Computer Machinery (ACM)

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: Corresponding Author must be associated with UMD.

Author Submission Guide: Link to ACM OPEN Author Experience

The Biochemical Society *New for 2024*

Publishing Agreement Name: The Biochemical Society 

Journals Covered by Agreement: All 8 Biochemical Society Journals

Available APC Tokens: Unlimited

General APC Charges: $1,500 - $3,500

Manuscript Eligibility: Publications included in this deal include articles that would otherwise charge an Article Processing Charge.

Author Eligibility: Corresponding Author must be associated with UMD.

Author Submission Guide: Link to Biochemical Society Author Workflow Process

Cambridge University Press

Publishing Agreement Name: Cambridge University Press

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: Corresponding Author must be associated with UMD.

Author Submission Guide: Link to Cambridge Author Workflow Process

The Company of Biologists *New for 2024*

Publishing Agreement Name: The Company of Biologists

Journals Covered by Agreement: All 5 Company of Biologist Journals

Available APC Tokens: Unlimited

General APC Charges: $3,800 - $4,700

Manuscript Eligibility: Publications included in this deal include articles that would otherwise charge an Article Processing Charge.

Author Eligibility: Corresponding Author must be associated with UMD.

Author Submission Guide: Link to The Company of Biologists Author Workflow Process

Institute of Physics (IOP)

Publishing Agreement Name: Institute of Physics (IOP)

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: Corresponding Author must be associated with UMD. 

Author Submission Guide: Link to IOP Author Workflow

Microbiology Society

Publishing Agreement Name: Microbiology Society

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: Corresponding Author must be associated with UMD.

Author Submission Guide: Link to Microbiology Society Author Workflow

Public Library of Science (PLOS)

Publishing Agreement Name: Public Library of Science (PLOS)

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: 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

The Royal Society

Publishing Agreement Name: The Royal Society

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: Corresponding Author must be associated with UMD.

Author Submission Guide: Link to Royal Society Author Workflow

The Royal Society of Chemistry *New for 2024*

Publishing Agreement Name: The Royal Society of Chemistry

Journals Covered by Agreement: Full Royal Society of Chemistry Portfolio, both Gold OA and Hybrid titles

Available APC Tokens: Unlimited

General APC Charges: $1,300 - $3,200

Manuscript Eligibility: All peer-reviewed article types are eligible for publication in this agreement which fall into three main categories: full papers, communications, and reviews. Editorials and Corrections are not covered under this agreement.

Author Eligibility: Corresponding Author must be associated with UMD.

Author Submission Guide: Link to The Royal Society of Chemistry Author Workflow Process

Wiley

Publishing Agreement Name: Wiley

Journals Covered by Agreement: All Wiley Hybrid and 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: Corresponding Author must be associated with UMD.
 

Author Submission Guide: Link to Wiley Author Workflow Process