Open Access Publication Fund

The Open Access Publication Fund was established in 2009 to support Stellenbosch University (SU) researchers who wished to publish in open access journals. <a href="http://scholar.sun.ac.za/discover?scope=/&query=%22Publication+of+this+article+was+funded+by+the+Stellenbosch+University+Open+Access+Fund%22&submit=Go" target="_blank">Articles funded since 2009</a>. In April 2021, available funds ran out and the Library was forced to close the Fund indefinitely. <h2>Institutional Open Access agreements and funding</h2>The Library and Information Service has signed agreements with a number of publishers that make it easier for our researchers to publish open access with these publishers, and in some cases to even publish open access without paying any article processing charge (APC). BioMed Central and SpringerNature The Library will continue to administer the University’s deposit account with SpringerNature (formerly BioMed Central), which will allow SU researchers to submit open access articles to SpringerNature without having to pay author fees to SpringerNature before publication, at <a href="https://preview.springernature.com/gp/open-research/institutional-agreements/individual-institutional-agreements">SpringerNature open access agreements for individual institutions</a>. Submissions under the University’s deposit account will afford researchers 15% discount on the article processing charge (APC) for some SpringerNature titles. However, in future researchers will have to refund the Library 100% of these author fees, plus 15% VAT, upon publication. By submitting an article to SpringerNature against the University’s deposit account, a researcher agrees to refunding the full cost to the Library after publication. The Library will claim this refund from the researcher upon receiving notification from SpringerNature that an article submitted against the University’s deposit account has been published. (Rand value calculated at the exchange rate on the day of claiming the refund). Cambridge University Press (CUP) The Library has signed a Read and Publish agreement with CUP, which covers APCs as well as subscription payments. This agreement allows all corresponding authors from Stellenbosch University to publish research articles open access in <a href="https://www-cambridge-org.ez.sun.ac.za/core/what-we-publish/open-access">CUP journals</a> at no extra cost. Authors must use their @sun.ac.za email address when submitting an article to a CUP open access journal. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) The Library’s agreement with ACM includes access to <a href="https://dl-acm-org.ez.sun.ac.za/journals">ACM journals</a> and allows SU authors to publish open access in ACM journals at no cost. It is a 3-year agreement (2021-2023) with a fixed price for the length of the agreement. Authors can opt out of the open access arrangement and publish behind a paywall if they so choose. MDPI and Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC): APC discounts SU authors will receive a 10% discount on the APCs for any paper accepted for publication by MDPI and a 15% discount when publishing with RSC. The first four articles submitted to RSC by SU authors per year will be published free of charge. <div>Enquiries: <a href="mailto:nrv@sun.ac.za">Naomi Visser</a>, Manager: Electronic Resources | Tel: +27 21 808 4433 </div>

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