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The Library and Information Service is pleased to announce that we have signed agreements with a number of publishers that make it easier for our researchers to publish in open access with these publishers, and in some cases to even publish in open access without paying any article processing charge (APC).
BioMed Central and SpringerNature
Our agreement with BMC has been replaced by an agreement with SpringerNature and now includes all fully open access journals of BMC, Nature Research (including Nature Communications and Scientific Reports), Palgrave Macmillan, Springer and SpringerNature. Under this agreement, the APCs for these journals will be deducted from Stellenbosch University’s prepaid deposit account with SpringerNature. Articles published in BioMed Central and SpringerOpen journals will receive a 15% discount on the APCs.
Before submitting a manuscript to one of these journals, corresponding authors affiliated with Stellenbosch University should complete an Open Access Publication Fund application form. If the application is approved, they may submit the manuscript, stating Stellenbosch University as their affiliation. When an article is accepted for publication, SpringerNature will ask the Library to verify the submitting author’s SU affiliation. The full APC will then be deducted from our deposit account. However, since the Open Access Publication Fund funds only 50% of the SU authors’ share of the publication cost, a refund will be claimed from the author in the form of a corrective journal transaction on the SUN system.
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
The Library has signed a Read and Publish agreement with CUP, which covers APCs as well as subscription payments. This agreement allows all corresponding authors from Stellenbosch University to publish research articles in open access in CUP journals at no extra cost. Authors must use their @sun email address when submitting an article to a CUP open access journal.
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
The ACM is a non-profit society publisher, which plans to achieve full open access within five years. The Library’s agreement with ACM includes access to ACM journals and allows SU authors to publish in open access in ACM journals at no cost. It is a 3-year agreement (2021-2023) with a fixed price for the length of the agreement. Authors can opt out of the open access arrangement and publish behind a paywall if they so choose.
MDPI and Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC): APC discounts
SU authors will receive a 10% discount on the APCs for any paper accepted for publication by MDPI and a 15% discount when publishing with RSC.
More information regarding the SU Open Access Publication Fund is available on our website.
Enquiries: Ms Naomi Visser, nrv@sun.ac.za, Tel 021 808 4433[:af]Die Biblioteek- en Inligtingsdiens kondig graag aan dat ons ooreenkomste met ‘n paar uitgewers aangegaan het wat dit vir navorsers makliker maak om ooptoegangartikels by hierdie uitgewers te publiseer, en in sommige gevalle selfs sonder om enige publikasiefooie te betaal.
BioMed Central en SpringerNature
Ons ooreenkoms met BMC is vervang deur ‘n ooreenkoms met SpringerNature en sluit nou al BMC, Nature Research (insluitend Nature Communications en Scientific Reports), Palgrave Macmillan, Springer en SpringerNature se volledig ooptoegangtydskrifte in. Ingevolge hierdie ooreenkoms word die publikasiefooie vir hierdie tydskrifte van die Universiteit Stellenbosch se depositorekening by SpringerNature afgetrek. Daar is ook ‘n afslag van 15% op die publikasiekoste van artikels in BMC en SpringerOpen se tydskrifte.
US-geaffilieerde outeurs moet die Ooptoegangpublikasiefonds se aansoekvorm voltooi voordat hulle ‘n artikel vir publikasie by een van hierdie tydskrifte indien. Die outeur se affiliasie met Universiteit Stellenbosch moet tydens indiening vermeld word. Indien ‘n artikel vir publikasie aanvaar word, sal SpringerNature die Biblioteek vra om die outeur se US-affiliasie te bevestig. Die volle publikasiekoste sal dan van ons depositorekening afgetrek word. Aangesien die Ooptoegangpublikasiefonds egter slegs 50% van US-outeurs se gedeelte van die publikasiefooi befonds, sal ‘n terugbetaling in die vorm van ‘n regstellende joernaaltransaksie op die SUN-stelsel van die outeur geëis word.
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Die Biblioteek se Read and Publish-ooreenkoms met CUP dek ooptoegangpublikasiefooie sowel as ons subskripsiekoste. Dit maak dit moontlik vir alle US-outeurs om artikels met oop toegang in CUP-tydskrifte te publiseer sonder enige ekstra koste. Outeurs moet hulle @sun e-posadres gebruik wanneer hulle ‘n artikel by ‘n CUP ooptoegangtydskrif indien.
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
ACM is ‘n uitgewer sonder winsbejag wat beplan om bine vyf jaar ten volle ooptoeganklik te wees. Die Biblioteek se ooreenkoms met ACM sluit toegang tot al ACM se tydskrifte en laat US-outeurs toe om sonder enige koste hul artikels met oop toegang by ACM te publiseer. Dit is ‘n ooreenkoms van drie jaar (2021-2023) met ‘n vasgestelde prys vir die duur van die ooreenkoms. Outeurs kan kies om nie van die ooptoegangopsie gebruik te maak nie.
MDPI en Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC): Afslag op publikasiekoste
US-outeurs wat by MDPI publiseer, sal ‘n afslag van 10% op die publikasiekoste kry en by RSC 15%.
Meer inligting oor die Ooptoegangpublikasiefonds is op ons webblad beskikbaar.
Navrae: Me Naomi Visser, nrv@sun.ac.za, Tel 021 808 4433[:]