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Guide to Open Access: Article processing charges

Open access publishing and publishing fees

 An open access publication is openly accessible by everyone online, free of charge. Research outputs can be published open access in different ways.

An article processing charge (APC) may be charged for publishing an article in an open access journal (Gold OA) or in a hybrid journal. The charge is to cover costs of publishing, such as peer review process. The charge can be paid by the author(s), their employer(s) or research funder. Charges vary between a couple of hundred to thousands of euros. There are also OA journals, which do not charge any open access publishing fees.

The Turku UAS staff is entitled to discounts on article processing charges of some subscribed journals. The discounts are based on the agreements the FinELib consortium with the publishers. Ask more about the discounts on APCs by sending email to julkaisutiedonkeruu@turkuamk.fi.

APC discounts for Turku UAS authors:

  • American Chemical Society ACS - 100 % discount on APCs
  • Elsevier - 100 % discount on APCs
  • Emerald - 100 % discount on APCs
  • IEEE
  • SAGE - 100 % discount on APCs in hybrid journals

See below detailed instructions.

Discounts from article processing charges

American Chemical Society ACS (agreement period 1.1.2021 - 31.12.2023)

  • 100 % discount on APCs

Turku UAS' staff can publish their articles open access in American Chemical Society Journals without APCs with CC BY -license. 

There is a limited amount of OA articles without APCs, a pool of 630 within the FinELib consortium. 

Read detailed criteria and instructions on FinELib pages:

  • Am I eligible for 100 % discount on APCs?

  • I am eligible, what do I need to do?

Elsevier (agreement period 1.1.2021 - 31.12.2023)

  • 100 % discount on APCs

Turku UAS' staff can publish as corresponding authors can their articles open access without article processing charge (APC)  in Elsevier hybrid journals eligible for the agreement. There is a limited number of free open access articles available during the agreement period 2021-2023. 

Read detailed criteria and instructions on FinELib pages:

  • Am I eligible for APC discounts?
  • I am eligible, what do I need to do to get APC discounts?

Emerald (1.1.2021 - 31.12.2023)

  • 100 % discount on APCs

Turku UAS' staff can publish their articles open access in Emerald Journals with free open access vouchers with CC BY -license, meaning that there are no article processing charges for the author. For the year 2021 there are 118 vouchers. In the following two years of the agreement period, no vouchers are needed to publish open access articles.

Read detailed criteria and instructions on FinELib pages:

  • Who is eligible to use the free vouchers
  • What can the vouchers be used for
  • Instructions to the corresponding author

N.B. Use your institutional email address (forename.surname@turkuamk.fi).

IEEE (agreement period 1.1.2021 - 31.12.2023)

Turku UAS' staff can publish their articles open access with a CC BY license in IEEE's hybrid and full open access journals for free with OA credits. The amount of free open access articles is limited for the agreement period.

Read detailed criteria and instructions on FinELib pages:

  • Am I eligible?
  • I am eligible, what do I need to do?

SAGE (1.1.2020 - 31.12.2022)

Turku UAS' staff can publish their articles open access with CC BY -license.

  • free of charge in SAGE hybrid journals
  • with 20% discount of the journal’s APC (Article Processing Charge) in SAGE Gold Open Access journals

See the list of SAGE hybrid journals and SAGE Gold Open Access journals on FinELib web page: https://finelib.fi/open-access-publishing-in-sage-journals/.

Am I entitled to publish my article open access free of charge or with the discounted APC?

Yes, you are, if your article has been accepted to be published 1.1.2020 - 31.12.2022 in one of the SAGE journals listed and you are the corresponding author.

How do I publish my article open access free of charge in a SAGE hybrid journal or with the discount in a SAGE Gold Open Access journal? 

See detailed instructions for publishing in a hybrid or Gold Open Access journal FinElib: Open Access Publishing in SAGE Journals

 

What affiliation?

In scientific publications, an affiliation is mentioned with the author’s name. Affiliation refers to the author’s home organization, higher education institution or research institution, as a member of which the publication has been created.

It is important that the article you publish contains your name and affiliation Turku University of Applied Sciences or Turun ammattikorkeakoulu:

  • the affliation ensures the publication points to Turku UAS in the collection of publication information
  • Self-archiving is easier when the publication already contains the information that it has been made as a part of work duties at Turku UAS.

N.B. Affiliation can contain more than one organization. For example, if your employer is Turku UAS and you participate in a project coordinated by another organization, both organizations can be listed as affiliations with your name in a publication.

About the guide

This guide contains Turku UAS’ instructions on open access. In the guide, for instance, the following themes will be covered:

  • What do we mean by open access?
  • How to publish open access?
  • What are the recommendations of Turku UAS on open access publishing?
  • How do I submit my publication for the reporting of the Ministry of Education and Culture (MINEDU) and self-archive it?
  • How can the visibility and findability of research and publications be promoted?

Contact us

Contact the experts on open access publishing by email at openscience@turkuamk.fi.

We will be glad to help!

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Guide to Open Access:

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