"Gold" open access journals are journals that follow the typical processes of publication such as peer-review and typesetting, but publish their articles freely on the internet. These journals may be pure OA journals that only publish open access content, or they may be "hybrid" journals, which publish most of their content behind traditional paywalls, but allow certain articles to be publicly available.
Many, but not most, open access journal require article processing charges (APCs) from researchers to offset the cost of publication. While the majority of OA journals to not charge researchers, many high-impact hybrid journals can charge thousands of dollars in APCs.
As an additional benefit to our faculty, students, and staff, the Gregg-Graniteville Library has entered into several agreements that enable USCA affiliated researchers to publish open access at no charge or a discount with the following publishers:
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Articles Covered |
How to Publish Your Work Open Access |
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Cambridge |
All accepted articles are eligible for OA publication. Includes both pure OA and hybrid journals. There are no APCs and there is no per-article cost for either the author or for USCA. List of eligible journals (Select University of South Carolina Aiken to see list of journals) |
Use your USCA email and list USCA as your institutional affiliation when submitting work to automatically qualify for free OA publishing. Cambridge OA Publishing agreement |
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Springer |
Articles accepted in hybrid SpringerNature journals will be given the option of making their article Open Access (freely and openly available) at no cost. USCA shares a large pool of OA article entitlements that should cover most or all of our expected output during the calendar year. The pool is on a first-come, first-serve basis. Usage patterns are monitored to ensure that all authors have an equal opportunity to publish their works as Open Access. It is possible that we could run out of APC credits towards the end of a year. If that happens, authors will see a different message when their article is submitted. The entitlements will be replenished at the start of each year. |
Use your USCA email and list USCA as your institutional affiliation when submitting work to eligible Springer journals. |
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Wiley |
Authors whose articles are accepted in gold and hybrid Wiley journals (and some Hindawi journals), will be given the option of making their article Open Access (freely and openly available) at no cost. USCA shares a large pool of OA article entitlements that should cover most or all of our expected output during the year. The pool is a first-come, first-serve basis. Usage patterns are monitored to ensure that all participating authors have an equal opportunity to publish their articles as Open Access. If entitlements run out authors will see a different message that says they are eligible for a discounted APC (instead of a fully funded APC via the shared entitlement program). Entitlements will be replenished at the start of each calendar year. Eligible Wiley hybrid journals Eligible Wiley and Hindawi Fully Open Access Journals Exceptions: Not all Hindawi journals are part of the agreement, please check before you submit your article |
Use your USCA email and list USCA as your institutional affiliation when submitting work to eligible Wiley journals. You will automatically qualify for free OA publishing. |
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American Chemical Society ACS Journals |
Accepted articles can publish their article in any ACS journal free of charge. |
Use your USCA email and list USCA as your institutional affiliation when submitting work. When your work is accepted you will be prompted to publish open access under the ACS Sponsored Read and Publish agreement. |
| Sage |
Authors publishing in SAGE Pure Gold Open Access journals, there is a 10% discount on APCs. These journals publish all content open access under a Creative Commons license. Note that SAGE offers a variety of APC discounts, and some authors may be eligible for greater APC discounts due to society membership, first time SAGE authorship, or other discount mechanism. Visit Sage Journals to determine if your journal is included |
Use your USCA email and list USCA as your institutional affiliation when submitting work to eligible Sage journals. You will automatically qualify for free OA publishing. Sage will contact all eligible authors to inform them of the agreement as soon as their accepted article has been received into Sage’s Production department. |
Publishing open access has many benefits for the researcher, including:
