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• Check the journal in DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals): Look up the journal title at https://doaj.org to confirm it’s listed and marked as “Journal license: CC BY” or similar.
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• Check the journal or publisher’s website directly: A fully open access publication will state that all articles are freely available online upon publication — not just select ones. Watch out for terms like “Open Choice,” “Optional Open Access,” or “Hybrid Open Access,” which indicate the publication is not fully OA.

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Cambridge University Press

• Full waiver of APC for WFU or WFSM corresponding authors

• Authors must opt-in

• Hybrid open access journals (subscription journals with article-level open access)

• Research articles, review articles, rapid communications, brief reports, and case reports

For additional information and instructions, use the OA Waivers and Discounts tool.

Elsevier

• Full waiver of APC for WFU or WFSM corresponding authors

• Authors are authenticated by institutional affiliation upon submission

Karger Publishers

• Full waiver of APC for WFU or WFSM corresponding authors

• All open access and hybrid open access journals

MDPI

• 10% automatic discount on APC for WFU or WFSM corresponding authors

• All journals

• Authors still responsible for paying APC

  • Reynolda Campus faculty are eligible to apply for funding support from the Open Access Publishing Fund

Oxford University Press

• Full waiver of APC for WFU or WFSM corresponding authors

• Authors must opt-in

• Subscription-only and hybrid journals; full OA journals excluded

Royal Society of Chemistry

• Full waiver of APC for WFU or WFSM corresponding authors

• All open access and hybrid access journals

SAGE

• 10% automatic discount on APC for WFU or WFSM corresponding authors

• Full open access journals only; hybrid journals are not eligible

• Authors still responsible for paying APC

  • Reynolda Campus faculty are eligible to apply for funding support from the Open Access Publishing Fund

Springer Nature

• Full waiver of APC for WFU or WFSM corresponding authors

• Springer, (Nature) Academic, Palgrave, & ADIS imprint journals; Nature journals are excluded
• Accepted for publication after January 1, 2024

For additional information and instructions, see the Open Access Agreement for Carolina Consortium information page.

Wiley

• Full waiver of APC for WFU or WFSM corresponding authors

• Authors must opt-in

• Full and hybrid open access journals from Wiley and Hindawi

• Primary research articles and review articles

For additional information and instructions, see Wiley's Open access agreement for authors at eligible North and South Carolina institutions.