Open Access
Discounts on Article Processing Charges (APCs) for Certain Publishers for the Polytechnique Community
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Publisher/License |
Discount on article processing charge (APC) |
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| American Chemical Society | 250 USD discount for all ACS hybrid journals. |
| Elsevier ScienceDirect |
No APCs in 2024-2026 for articles published in most hybrid journals whose corresponding author is affiliated with Polytechnique. |
| Institute of Physics | No APCs for open access publication for 2021-2024. |
| International Water Association (IWA)* | No APCs for open access publication (starting January 1st, 2025). |
| Royal Society of Chemistry | 15% discount for all RSC hybrid journals. |
| Taylor & Francis | 25% discount for T&F Open Select hybrid journals. |
| Wiley | No APCs in 2023-2024 for articles published in Wiley hybrid journals for which the corresponding author is affiliated with Polytechnique. See the list of journals. |
For more information on how to obtain these discounts, consult the CRKN website.
* Agreement between IWA and Polytechnique Montréal. For more information, please contact biblio@polymtl.ca.
Background Information
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The Library encourages the adoption of open access models that aim to lower overall costs for the academic community, such as green open access or publication in fully open access journals with low publication fees. |
However, some publishers still do not allow the green OA, or allow it only with lengthy embargoes. The only way to publish in open access in some journals is to pay a publication fee (APC).
Unless stated otherwise, the discounts and APC exemptions shown on this page have been negotiated between certain publishers and the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN), of which Polytechnique Montréal is a member, as are most Canadian universities.
Hybrid Journals
A gold hybrid journal publishes both closed-access articles (with no publication fee for authors) and open-access articles (with a publication fee for authors). Virtually all journals that are not completely open access are hybrids.
Publication charges are generally higher in hybrid journals than in open access journals (see Estimating global article processing charges paid to six publishers for open access between 2019 and 2023).
Although part of the articles in a hybrid journal are open access, and the APCs are an additional source of funding for the publisher, libraries must pay the same journal subscription costs to give their community access to the full content.
