Open Access: Discounted APCs

For more details on discounts, see the terms and conditions of discounts (below).

The corresponding authors affiliated with the Tampere University, Tays or TAMK can publish open access in ACS Full OA and hybrid journals without paying an articles processing charge. E-book articles are not included in the agreement with ACS.

• List of journals (xlsx)
• Instructions and conditions

The corresponding authors affiliated with Tampere Universities and Tampere University Hospital are eligible for open access publishing in conference proceedings and journals of ACM. The author does not need to pay an APC.

The agreement is valid as of 1st July 2022.

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Instructions and conditions

Tampere University Library pays a supporter member subscription fee to BioMed Central. The researchers and authors of  Tampere University, Tampere University of Applied Sciences and Tampere University Hospital are entitled to publish their articles in BioMed Central and SpringerOpen with a 15 % discount on publishing fee (APC).

• List of journals
• Submitting process: BioMed Central and SpringerOpen

The corresponding authors affiliated with the Tampere Universities and Tampere University Hospital are eligible for open access publishing at no additional charge in gold open access journals (fully open access) of Cogitatio Press.

The agreement is valid as of 11 June 2021.

• List of journals

The corresponding authors affiliated with Tampere Universities and Tampere University Hospital are eligible for open access publishing at no additional charge in Elsevier hybrid journals. There is a limited number of free open access articles available during the agreement period 2021-2023.

• List of journals (xlsx)
• Instructions and conditions
• Agreement on the publisher's website

NB! You can publish open access under same conditions in an additional set of Elsevier's hybrid journals. Tampere University has an agreement with Elsevier on open access publishing in these journals.  

The corresponding authors affiliated with Tampere Universities and Tampere University Hospital are eligible for open access publishing at no additional charge in Elsevier Cell Press hybrid journals. There is a limited number of free open access articles available annually. Alterations to the list of journals are possible during the agreement period. 

• List of  journals (PDF)
• Instructions and conditions
• Agreement on the publisher's website

The corresponding authors affiliated with Tampere Universities and Tampere University Hospital are eligible for publishing their articles in Emerald journals with free APC vouchers.

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The corresponding authors affiliated with Tampere Universities and Tampere University Hospital are eligible to publish their articles as open access in Frontiers journals. Tampere University Library will cover a limited amount of article processing charges in 2023.

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The corresponding authors affiliated with Tampere Universities and Tampere University Hospital are eligible for open access publishing in hybrid and fully open access journals of IEEE. However, the author may be responsible for color, page or reprint charges. There is a limited amount of free open access articles but they are estimated to cover publications for the contract period.

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• Instructions and conditions
• Tampere University and FinELib consortium on IEEE's website

Tampere University Library will pay article processing charges in 2023 when both the corresponding author and the publication meet the criteria. Researchers working at Tampere University and Tampere University of Applied Sciences are eligible to receive support funding.

Read more about OA support funding in our guide.

It is important that the publisher identifies the affiliation of the corresponding author correctly. Therefore, use your Tampere Universities email address when submitting your article in a journal.  

When selecting a journal for your research article, find out what kind of benefits are available and what are their conditions. Follow the checklist for corresponding author:

1. Check our Open Access guide for discounts and benefits regarding specific publishers.
2. If you have a certain journal in mind, check if it is covered by a discount agreement.
3. Read the terms and conditions of the discount and submission instructions carefully.
4. Pay attention to the following factors that affect the discount:
   • The affiliation of the corresponding author (Tampere University, TAMK or Tays)
   • Use your organisation's email address when submitting the article (tuni.fi, pirha.fi)
   • The discount might cover only certain types of articles
5. Familiarize yourself beforehand with Creative Commons licenses.
6. Ensure that you have funding for the discounted APC well in advance if open access option is not free of charge.
7. Notice that it is usually not possible to get discount afterwards, so follow the submission instructions carefully.

Remember to give Tampere University, TAMK or Tays as your affiliation in your article! 

APC (article processing charge) and BPC (book processing charge) are fees that the author of the article or book pays to the publisher to get the article published in a gold or a hybrid journal.

Gold Open Access means the whole publication (journal or book) is free to use through either the publisher's website or some other intermediary. A publication's open availability is often based on the author fees collected by the publisher.

Hybrid Open Access means the combination of subscription based and free use. The author can open his article for open availability by paying an author fee (author processing charge) determined by the publisher. Otherwise the journal is only available for readers who have paid the subscription fee. This way the publisher collects money from both the author and the readers.

The Tampere University is a  member of  MDPI Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP). The authors affiliated with the Tampere Universities can publish their articles with a 10 % reduced APC.

•  IOAP agreement

• MDPI journals

•  APCs of MDPI journals

The corresponding authors affiliated with Tampere Universities and Tampere University Hospital are eligible for open access publishing at no additional charge in hybrid journals of Oxford University Press. The discount covers peer-reviewed articles, non-peer-reviewed articles such as editorials and book reviews are not covered.

• List of journals (xlsx)
• Instructions and conditions
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Agreement on the publisher's website

The corresponding authors affiliated with the Tampere Universities are entitled to publish their articles open access in Royal Society of Chemistry's hybrid titles without APC. There is an unlimited amount of free vouchers for our organization. If you publish in full (gold OA) OA journal you are entitled to a 15 % discount of the APC.

Eligible for the discount are the researchers and staff affiliated with Tampere University and Tampere University of Applied Sciences.

• List of journals (xlsx)
• Conditions and instructions
• Read & Publish agreement in RSC's website

The corresponding authors affiliated with the Tampere Universities and Tampere University Hospital are entitled to publish their articles as open access in Sage´s full OA and hybrid journals. Publishing in Sage´s hybrid journal is free of charge. If you publish in full (gold OA) OA journal you are entitled to a 20 % discount of the APC.

Check from journal lists if the journal is either Gold (Full) OA or hybrid one.

• List of hybrid journals (xlsx)
• List of Gold OA journals (xlsx)
• Conditions and instructions
• Agreement on the publisher's website

The corresponding authors affiliated with the Tampere Universities are entitled to publish their articles with a 15% discount in Science Advances, journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

• Conditions and instructions

SOAP3 is a CERN-led project in which High Energy Physics (HEP) key journals will be converted into open access publications at no cost for authors.

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The corresponding authors affiliated with the Tampere Universities and Tampere University Hospital are entitled to publish their articles as open access in Springer Compact's journals (see the list of journal). The authors don´t need to pay an APC. The charges are covered by the agreement which covers open access publishing of the following article types: Original Papers, Review Paper, Brief Communication, Continuing Education.

Eligible for the discount are the researchers and staff affiliated with Tampere University and Tampere University of Applied Sciences.

• List of journals (xlsx)
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The corresponding authors affiliated with Tampere Universities and Tampere University Hospital are eligible to publish their articles as open access in Springer´s Nature Research hybrid journals, not full open access journals. The authors don´t need to pay an APC it will be  covered by the agreement. NOTE: The agreement covers only a limited number of articles. The articles have now run out (15.8.2023).

The agreement is valid as of 1st June 2022.

• List of journals (xlsx)
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The corresponding authors affiliated with the Tampere Universities are entitled to publish their articles as open access in Taylor & Francis hybrid journals (Open Select collection). The journals are in both Social Sciences and Humanities and Science and Technology fields. The agreement doesn't include journals in Medical fields except for Annals of Medicine which is a full open access journal. The authors don´t need to pay an APC.

When submitting your article use your tuni.fi email address and select carefully organization from the drop down menu.

• Title list of journals (xlsx). NB! Updated in March 2023.
• Conditions and instructions
• Agreement on the publisher's website

The corresponding authors affiliated with the Tampere Universities and Tays are entitled to publish their articles as open access in Wiley´s full OA and hybrid journals. The authors don´t need to pay an APC.

Notice!
To be able to publish your article without APC in full open access journal, you need to use a separate code during submission!  Instructions for publishing in full OA journals see Open Access publishing in Wiley´s full OA journals. Instructions for publishing in hybrid journals see Open Access publishing in Wiley´s hybrid journals.

Check from journal lists if the journal is either fully OA or hybrid one.

• List of hybrid journals (xlsx)
• List of Full OA journals (xlsx)
• Conditions and instructions
• Agreement on the publisher's website

The corresponding authors affiliated with Tampere Universities or Tampere University Hospital are eligible to publish their articles in Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott's hybrid and full OA journals without paying an APC. There is a limited amount of funded APCs annually. The open access articles are published under CC BY license or, if the journal does not offer CC BY, then either with a CC BY-NC or CC BY-NC-ND license can be applied.

• List of journals (xlsx)
• Conditions and instructions
• Agreement and instructions on the publisher's website