Open Access Publishing Opportunities for Rutgers Researchers

Explore a growing list of publishers whose journals offer reduced Article Processing Charges (APCs) - some down to $0 - for Open Access articles.

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
15% discount on Article Processing Charges (APCs) for corresponding authors publishing in the open access journal Science Advances due to Rutgers University subscription to other AAAS journals. Personal members of AAAS receive an additional 4% discount on APCs.
Berghahn Open Anthro
No Article Processing Charges (APCs) to publish open access in any of the 13 journals in the Berghahn Open Anthro portfolio. Supported by Subscribe to Open (S2O) commitments from more than 300 libraries throughout the world.
Cambridge University Press Journals
100% of Article Processing Charges (APCs) covered by Rutgers University Libraries contract negotiated through the BTAA. Corresponding author must be a Rutgers affiliate.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
No Article Processing Charges (APCs) to publish open access in Genes & Development; Genome Research; RNA; Learning & Memory; and Molecular Case Studies due to transformative agreement between Rutgers University Libraries and Cold Spring Harbor Press. Corresponding author must be a Rutgers affiliate.
Institute of Physics (IOP)
100% of Article Processing Charges (APCs) covered by Rutgers University Libraries contract negotiated through BTAA. Covers nearly all of IOP and society partners’ journals (58) and 18 Gold OA journals. Corresponding authors must identify themselves as Rutgers affiliates and use their institutional email address as part of the IOP publishing workflow.
Microbiology Society
100% of Article Processing Charges (APCs) covered by Rutgers University Libraries contract negotiated through BTAA. To qualify, the article must be accepted between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2025 and have a responsible corresponding author from a BTAA institution. Authors must identify themselves as affiliated with Rutgers University and use their Rutgers email address as part of the publishing workflow.
PLOS Biology and PLOS Medicine
100% of Article Processing Charges (APCs) covered by Rutgers University Libraries contract negotiated through the BTAA. Corresponding author must be a Rutgers affiliate.
PNAS
23.33% discount on Article Processing Charges (APCs) due to Rutgers University Libraries subscription. (Standard rate is $1,500/article; discounted rate is $1,150.) Corresponding author must be a Rutgers affiliate.
SCOAP³ (Assorted High Energy Physics) Journals
No cost to authors to publish. Fees are covered by a partnership of over 3,000 libraries, key funding agencies and research centers in 44 countries and 3 intergovernmental organizations supporting open access publishing in key journals in the field of High-Energy Physics.
Wiley
100% of Article Processing Charges (APCs) covered by Rutgers University Libraries contract negotiated through the BTAA. Unlike the 2022 contract, this new 3-year agreement (2023-2025) covers all Wiley open access titles including hybrid OA, Gold OA, and Hindawi. Corresponding author must be a Rutgers affiliate.

For questions, contact: oa_publishing_opportunities@libraries.rutgers.edu