Publisher | Sponsored OA Program |
Self Archive Preprint |
Self Archive Postprint |
Terms | Fee |
American Chemical Society | Author Choice | (Yes) | (Yes) | Authors can archive pre- or post-prints after 12 months with editors permission; fee depends on affiliation and membership |
$1,000 – $3,000 |
American Geophysical Union | Wiley Online Open | (Yes) | (Yes) | Authors can archive pre- or post-prints; final PDF can be archived immediately on publication if Online Open option chosen |
$3,000 |
American Institute of Physics | Author Select | Yes | Yes | Authors can archive pre- and post-prints | $2,200 |
American Society for Microbiology | Optional Open Access | No | Yes | Authors can post to IR, personal & employer web sites 6 months after publication |
$2,000 – $3,000 |
American Physical Society | Open Access Option | Yes | Yes | Authors have right to copy, distribute, transmit, & adapt the work; proper credit must be given |
$1,700 – $2,700 depending on journal |
Cambridge University Press | Cambridge Open Option | Yes | Yes | Accepted manuscripts can be posted with no embargo; Fee for immediate open access |
$2,700 |
Clay Minerals Society | Open Access Option | No | (Yes) | Articles open on all sites for a fee; same fee to archive in IR |
$250 per page |
Elsevier | Article Sponsorship | Yes | Yes | Preprints can be posted on author web site or IR; Accepted peer-reviewed manuscripts can be posted on author web site or IR; Final version can be posted for a fee |
$500 to $5,000 depending on journal |
Geological Society of America | Open Access Option | Yes (Embargo) | (Yes) | Accepted preprints can be posted after 12 mo. embargo; Fee for open access to published articles |
$2,500 |
Mary Ann Liebert | Liebert Open Access | No Information | Yes | Fee for open access to published articles | $3,200 |
Mineralogical Society of America | Open Access Option | No | (Yes) | Articles open on all sites for a fee; same fee to archive in IR |
$250 per page |
Mineralogical Society of Great Britain & Ireland | Open Access Option | Yes | (Yes) | Preprints can be posted after embargo; Articles open on all sites for a fee; same fee to archive in IR; 24 mo. Embargo |
£1500 |
National Academy of Sciences | Open Access Option | Yes | Yes | Preprints can be posted online; Articles open for a fee; Postprint can be posted on web sites; all articles open after 6 months |
$1,000 to $1,350 |
Nature Publishing Group | Open Access Option | Yes | (Yes) | Author’s version (not peer-reviewed) can be posted 6 months after publication; Fee for open access not available for all NPG titles |
$4,800 to $5,200 |
National Research Council of Canada Press | OpenArticle | Yes | Yes | Authors can post pre-prints; Postprint can be posted for a fee; Articles open for a fee |
$3,000 |
Oxford University Press | Oxford Open | Yes | (Yes) | Preprints can be posted; Post peer-review articles can be posted after 12 mo. embargo; Open Access for a fee |
£1,000 – £2,500 |
Routledge see Taylor & Francis | |||||
Royal Society (UK) | EXiS (Excellence in Science) Open Choice | Yes | Yes | Preprints and postprints can be deposited at any time; All articles OA after 24 months |
$2,380 |
Royal Society of Chemistry | RSC Open Science | Yes | Yes | Postprints can be archived after 12 mo. embargo; Official PDF of OA articles can be posted on author web site or in IR |
£1,000 to £2,500 |
Sage | Sage Choice | Yes | Yes | Postprints can be posted in IR after embargo; OA available for a fee |
$1,500 – $3,000 |
E. Schweizerbart Science | Open Access Option | No | No | Authors can pay a fee for open access | €995 (6 pages or less); add’l pages €166 each |
Society of Economic Geologists | Open Access Option | (Yes) | No | Author’s version (not peer-reviewed) can be posted 12 months after publication; CC-BY-NC or CC-BY option for OA | $2,500/$3,000 (member/non-member) |
Society for General Microbiology | Open Access Option | No | Yes | Postprints can be posted after 12 mos.; all articles OA from publisher after 24 mos. |
£1,750 |
Society of Exploration Geophysicists | Hybrid Open Access | No | No | Authors pay fee for open access | $2,500 |
Springer | Open Choice | Yes | Yes | Authors may archive postprints 12 months after publication; OA articles can be archived in IR |
$3,000 |
Taylor & Francis | Open Select | Yes | (Yes) | Postprints can be archived after embargo period, which depends on journal; Fee to publish OA |
$2,950 |
Wiley | Online Open | Yes | (Yes) | Online Open PDF can be posted in IR; Postprints can be archived with permission |
$3,000 (more for some society journals) |
Compiled by Shaun Hardy, Carnegie
Institution of Washington; updated October 2012