Database of discounts for open access publishing now available

UM Libraries has released a new database of open access publishing fee discounts and waivers, making it easier than ever for UM faculty and researchers to publish their work in open access journals.  

There are numerous benefits to publishing research open access, including increased exposure and impact. Open publishing is also a requirement of many research funders, including the Canadian tri-agency funding bodies. However, UM researchers who publish their research in peer-reviewed, open access journals often bear the cost of Article Processing Charges (APCs). These charges average over $2000 per article and are dictated by the publishers.  

UM Libraries is often able to reduce APC costs by 15 to 20% and, in some cases, have the entire APC cost waived, which can save researchers thousands of dollars per article. By working with library consortia such as the Canadian Research Knowledge Network, UM Libraries has acquired APC discounts or waivers for over 9000 open access journals.  

Faculty and researchers can now search for this APC discount and waiver information using the library’s new database. In addition to searching by journal title, researchers can also use this new tool to filter the list of journals by subject area and by discount or waiver amount.  

Browse the UM Libraries APC Discount & Waiver Database. 

The promotion and support of open scholarship are essential to UM’s realization of its commitments to research excellence. UM Libraries supports faculty in publishing scholarly articles openly, making research data available, creating or adopting open education resources (OER), and in open journal publishing. 

Explore Open@UM to learn more about open access and open scholarship at UM. 

Libraries Staff