Open Access

Publisher

Article Processing Charge (APC) Waiver/Discount

Eligibility

ACM Journals

APC Waiver

Active/current JHU faculty/staff/student who is the Corresponding Author

ASM Journals

APC Waiver (i.e., no APC charge) + 25% discount on Page Charges or 50% discount on Page Charges for Members only

Active/current JHU faculty/staff/student who is the Corresponding Author

Eligible journals for the guaranteed APC Waiver include: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Infection and Immunity, Journal of Bacteriology, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, and Journal of Virology

APS Journals

APC Waiver (i.e., no APC charge)

Active/current JHU faculty/staff/student who is the Corresponding Author

Eligible journals for the guaranteed APC Waiver include all journals in the subscribed APS Digital Library: “American Journal of Physiology” topics include – Cell Physiology, Endocrinology and Metabolism; Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology; Heart and Circulatory Physiology; Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology; Regulatory, integrative and Comparative Physiology; Renal Physiology, Journal of Applied Physiology, Journal of Neurophysiology, and Physiological Genomics

N.B. Advances in Physiology Education will continue to be free-to-read and free-to-publish

Biochemical Society

APC Waiver
 

Active/current JHU faculty/staff/student who is the Corresponding Author

Eligible journals include:  Biochemical Journal, Clinical Science, Biochemical Society Transactions, Essays in Biochemistry, Emerging Topics in Life Sciences, and Bioscience Reports

BioMed Central and SpringerOpen Journals

15% Discount

Active/current JHU faculty/staff/student who is the Corresponding Author

BMJ Case Reports

Discount

Discount available for BMJ Case Reports only (BMJ journals are not covered by this arrangement)

Fellows and residents who submit articles for publication will need to provide Johns Hopkins University Hospital Fellowship membership.

Cambridge University Press

APC Waiver

Active/current JHU faculty/staff/student who is the Corresponding Author.

Eligible articles types include: research articles, review articles, rapid communications, brief reports, and case reports

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

APC Waiver + Standard OA Fee will be reduced from $3,700 USD to $2,035 USD

Active/current JHU faculty/staff/student who is the Corresponding Author.

Eligible CSHL journals include:  Genes & Development, Genome Research, RNA, and Learning & Memory

Company of Biologists’ Journals

APC Waiver

Active/current JHU faculty/staff/student who is the Corresponding Author

Eligible journals include:  Development, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology, Disease Models & Mechanisms, and Biology Open

IOP Journals

APC Waiver

Active/current JHU faculty/staff/student who is the Corresponding Author

N.B.: American Astronomical Society journals are not included in this agreement

MDPI

10% Discount

Active/current JHU faculty/staff/student who is the Corresponding Author or Contributing Author

Microbiology Society Journals

APC Waiver

Active/current JHU faculty/staff/student who is the Corresponding Author

Eligible journals: Access Microbiology, Microbial Genomics, Journal of Medical Microbiology, Journal of General Virology, and International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

PLoS

APC Waiver / 25% Discount

Active/current JHU faculty/staff/student who is the Corresponding Author

Eligible journals: PLoS Biology and PLoS Global Public Health,

This program extends a 25% discount to your corresponding authors from other institutions where you are a co-author

PNAS

9% Discount

Active/current JHU faculty/staff/student who is the Corresponding Author, if they choose Immediate Open Access publication option in PNAS. There is no discount for the Delayed Open Access option and for the journal PNAS Nexus

Royal Society Journals

APC Waiver

Active/current JHU faculty/staff/student who is the Corresponding Author

Royal Society of Chemistry

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