According to the World Bank, Lebanon is now among the Lower-Middle-Income countries and classified as Group A by Research4Life. Hence, our authors are now eligible for waivers and discounts on open access publication fees.
More information about the publishers, waivers, and discounts can be found here.
For further assistance please contact Mr. Albert Haddad, ah75@aub.edu.lb, ext. 2608.
Waivers and discounts for AUB Affiliates
Open Access (OA) refers to allowing unrestricted online access to scholarly information including peer-reviewed journal articles, conference proceedings, working papers, graduate theses, data, and other. For more on information, click here.
AUB Libraries is participating in the membership program of the following open access publishers. Due to these memberships AUB scholars and academic researchers are eligible for waivers and discounts on the Article Processing Charges (APCs) for gold open access publishing.
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Free Article Processing Charges in Gold Open Access journals |
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Free Article Processing Charges in Gold Open Access journals |
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1 free Article Processing Charges remaining on a 1st come 1st served basis Gold Open Access & Hybrid journals, starting July 1. |
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Free Article Processing Charges in Gold Open Access journals if all authors are from Lebanon |
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Free Article Processing Charges in Gold Open Access & Hybrid journals |
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In case of lack of funding please click here for exceptional discounts |
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Free Article Processing Charges in Gold Open Access and Hybrid journals Upon submission please contact support@bmj.com |
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Free Article Processing Charges in Gold and Hybrid journals |
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Free Article Processing Charges in Gold Open Access journals if all authors & co-authors are from Lebanon |
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Free Article Processing Charges in Gold Open Access journals |
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50% discount in Gold Open Access journals if all authors & co-authors are from Lebanon |
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Free Article Processing Charges in Gold Open Access and Hybrid journals |
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Free Article Processing Charges |
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Free Article Processing Charges Applied to these journals |
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Free Article Processing Charges in most of Gold Open Access and Hybrid journals When submitting please choose LALC agreement |
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PLOS is offering waivers & discounts on a case-by-case basis Ask for a waiver by emailing the request to pfa@plos.org Ask for a waiver by emailing the request to pfa@plos.org and to the journal's editor |
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Free Article Processing Charges in Gold Open Access journals if you are the corresponding author |
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Free in most of Sage Gold Open Access journals Submit your primary affiliation in peer review as American University in Beirut |
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8 free Article Processing Charges from SPIE on a 1st come 1st served basis
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In case of lack of funding please click here for exceptional discounts |
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50% discount in Gold Open Access journals Please ask for a full waiver via the Waiver Request |
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Free Article Processing Charges in Gold Open Access journals if you are the corresponding author |
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Free Article Processing Charges in Gold Open Access journals |
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Springer, Springer Nature and BioMed Central:
If you are not in receipt of any research funds please send a scanned copy of:
Copies of these documents should be emailed to discounts@springernature.com.
For further assistance contact Mr. Albert Haddad, ah75@aub.edu.lb ext. 2608