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 open access publishing.
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9 free Article Processing Charges on a 1st come 1st served basis. Six (6) still available Expiry Date 31- June 2022 |
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In case of lack of funding please click here for exceptional discounts |
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100% discount as mentioned in Waivers & Discounts Upon submission please contact support@bmj.com |
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Free Article Processing Charges till the end of 2022 in Gold and Hybrid journals |
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3 free Article Processing Charges till the end of 2022 in Gold and Hybrid journals The corresponding author must submit the request. The length of the publication should not exceed 8 pages Extra pages and colors will result in extra charges paid by the author |
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Free Article Processing Charges |
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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 and to the journal's editor |
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25% Discount |
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Free in most of Sage Gold Open Access Journals till the end of 2022 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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In case of lack of funding please click here for exceptional discounts |
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5 free Article Processing Charges on a 1st come 1st served basis until September 2022 2 are still available |
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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 waivers@springernature.com and to the editor of the journal.
For further assistance contact Mr. Albert Haddad, ah75@aub.edu.lb ext. 2608