Open Access Publishing

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.

Publisher	Waivers and discounts	Additional Information
	9 free Article Processing Charges on a 1st come 1st served basis. Expiry Date 31- June 2021 Submission Instructions Log in to ACS Paragon Plus. If you do not have an account, you will need to create one	ACS Open Access Policy How to Publish Open Access with ACS
	15% Discount In case of lack of funding please click here for exceptional discounts	Copyright and License Find the Right Journal
	25% Discount Contact us for the code	Copyright List of Journals Open Access Fees
	Free Article Processing Charges till the end of 2021 in Gold and Hybrid journals	Open Access Publishing Open Access
	Free Article Processing Charges for any paper submitted in 2021	Why Publish in JAFSCD Manuscripts Guidelines
	Free Article Processing Charges	Article Processing Fee Submission Guidelines
	10% Discount	For Authors Open Access Policy Article Processing Charges
	PLOS is offering waivers & discounts on a case-by-case basis Waivers Instructions Ask for a waiver by emailing the request to pfa@plos.org and to the journal's editor	Publish with PLOS Publication Fees
	25% Discount	Benefits for Authors Article Processing Charges
	Free in most of Sage Gold Open Access Journals till the end of 2021 Submission Instructions Submit your primary affiliation in peer review as American University in Beirut	Publishing in Gold OA Information for Authors Author Services
	10 free Article Processing Charges from SPIE on a 1st come 1st served basis Submission Instructions When submitting, note the complimentary APC in the text-box provided for the institution name	Open Access Free Resources
	In case of lack of funding please click here for exceptional discounts	APC Waivers & Discounts Open Access Policies
	15% Discount In case of lack of funding please click here for exceptional discounts	APC List Explore Journals Springer OA at AUB
	6 free Article Processing Charges on a 1st come 1st served basis	Open Access Cost Finder

Springer, Springer Nature and BioMed Central:

If you are not in receipt of any research funding please send a scanned copy of:

• A letter from your head of department confirming that you are not currently in receipt of any research funding, signed and printed on headed paper.
• A description of the dire and governing circumstances.

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