Publishing Open Access SBA Research Support
- Open Access and APC support, queries and information: approval_apc@unive.it
Open Access costs and APC
The University Library System helps Ca' Foscari authors by supporting the costs of publishing articles in journals in open access (APC-Article Processing Charge).
APCs are paid only once and make the article accessible forever for the benefit of the whole scientific community.
SBA Open Access Support
The University Library System supports - totally or partially - the publication fees (APC) through a University support fund and by signing some transformative agreements (Read&Publish).
Furthermore, the SBA has signed agreements with some publishers which however provide for discounts on APCs which remain in the charge of author.
There are the following types of support for Ca' Foscari authors who choose to publish Open Access:
1) SBA Support Fund
Who: professors, researchers, PhD students
What: publication fees (APC) of open access articles published in international journals
Requirements: the journal must have at least one of the following two characteristics:
- is included in class A of the sector to which the author belongs or related sectors, or is indexed in Scopus or WoS
- is ranked in the first quartile of the Scimago index (SJR)
How much is the benefit: 75% refund of the APC (up to a maximum of 2,000 €)
How to get the benefit: fill this form [ITA]
Each department has a pre-established total of tokens subject to availability.
Open Access Publishing Support Request (APC-SBA)
2) SBA Transformative Agreements
Who: professors, researchers, fellows, doctoral students, technical and administrative staff and those who are an affiliation with Ca' Foscari
What: publication fees (APC) of open access articles published in journals included in the transformative agreements (Read&Publish) signed by Ca' Foscari
How much is the benefit: full amount of the APC. For each contract, a share of the APCs is set at the disposal of all the institutions that are party to the agreement. In the event that the annual national limit set by the contracts is reached, the cost of any additional articles will be borne by the individual authors.
Below is the list of existing contracts and all the details.
ACS - American Chemical Society
Contract duration: 2020-2023
List of publications: All Pubs (except for ACS Omega)
License: CC-BY
How to get the benefit: the article submission process is managed by the publisher on a specific platform. The author must specify the correct affiliation to Ca' Foscari and opt for publishing Open Access.
Retrospective conversion to Open Access: according to the contract, authors can choose the open access option by modifying the license and the method of publication of articles already published in the same journals but not in open access. The choice must be made within the year of publication.
Useful resources for authors: How to Publish Open Access Under a Read + Publish Agreement
CUP - Cambridge University Press
Contract duration: 2020 - 2023
List of publications: more than 300 journals, Gold OA Journals (fully Open Access journals) and Hybrid Journals (journals offering an Open Access option)
Type of article: article types covered by Read and Publish agreement
License: CC-BY, CC-BY-NC-ND, CC-BY-NC-SA
How to get the benefit: to submit a journal article in open access visit the individual journal homepages and click on Submit your article button. The author must specify the correct affiliation to Ca' Foscari and opt for publishing Open Access. For more information see the page: Publishing Open Access.
Retrospective conversion to Open Access: according to the contract, authors can choose the open access option by modifying the license and the method of publication of articles already published in the same journals but not in open access. The choice must be made within the year of publication.
Useful resources for authors: CUP author's guide.
Emerald
Contract duration: 2020 - 2024
List of publications: Emerald Journals List
License: CC-BY
How to get the benefit: the article submission process is managed by the publisher on a specific platform. The author must specify the correct affiliation to Ca' Foscari and opt for publishing Open Access.
Retrospective conversion to Open Access: according to the contract, authors can choose the open access option by modifying the license and the method of publication of articles already published in the same journals but not in open access. The choice must be made within the year of publication.
IEEE
Contract duration: 2022 - 2024
List of publications: IEEE Title List 2022
License: CC-BY 4.0
How to get the benefit: the article submission process is managed by the publisher on IEEE Xplore platform. The author must specify the correct affiliation to Ca' Foscari and opt for publishing Open Access.
Retrospective conversion to Open Access: according to the agreement, authors can choose the open access option by modifying the license and the method of publication of articles already published in the same journals but not in open access. The choice must be made only for articles published in hybrid journals from 1° May to 31 July 2022 upon request of the corresponding author.
Useful resources for authors: IEEE Author Center; IEEE Author Process
RSC - Royal Society of Chemistry
Durata del contratto: 2022 - 2024
List of publications: eligible journals are all hybrid journals (included in the RSC Gold Collection subscribded by Ca' Foscari) and hybrid journals that will become full Open Access during the duration of the contract: RSC_Journal List_2022
License: CC-BY, CC-BY-NC
How to get the benefit: the article submission process is managed by the publisher on ScholarOne Manuscripts platform. The author must specify the correct affiliation to Ca' Foscari and opt for publishing Open Access.
Useful resources for authors: Author Hub; Read&Publish Agreement - Author Guide.
3) APCs in the charge of authors with discounts
Who: professors, researchers, fellows, doctoral students, technical and administrative staff and those who are an affiliation with Ca' Foscari
What: discount on publication fees (APC) which remain in the charge of authors
How much is the benefit: the discount varies according to the agreement.
Below is the list of existing contracts and all the details.
MDPI - IOAP
What the contract offers: authors benefit from a 10% discount on APCs for all MDPI journals.
Licence: CC-BY
Details: you can read more information about the agreement here: IOAP (Institutional Open Access Program)
Subsidies by financing bodies
In some cases, Open Access publication fees (APC) may be covered by the funding bodies.
If you participate in a research project, it is always good to check what the call for proposals provides for. For instance, the European Commission considers all APCs as reimbursable costs for the Horizon 2020 programme, while for the Horizon Europe programme it provides for deposit and immediate access, whereas APCs are only reimbursed if the author publishes in fully Open Access (Golden Open Access Journals) journals.
Authors participating in Horizon Europe projects have three options:
- publish on the Open Research Europe (ORE) platform
- publish in a fully Open Access journal
- publish in a traditional commercial journal while retaining the rights to give immediate access through e.g., deposit in the institutional repository.
Last update: 24/05/2023