2020: The VCU Libraries Open Access Publishing Fund was decommissioned on May 15, 2020.
Open access article publishing charges (APCs) for American Chemical Society (ACS) journals are covered by VIVA (Virginia's academic library consortium) beginning January 1, 2024.
There are currently four ACS journals (listed below) that are currently excluded from all ACS publishing agreements because the APC is either being covered by the journal or because authors may apply for an APC waiver. Please see individual journal websites for details on waivers.
Authors must identify themselves as affiliated with VCU and select the open access publishing option during article submission. Full ACS author instructions are linked below.
Open access article publishing fees for all Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) journals, magazines, and proceedings are covered by VIVA (Virginia's academic library consortium) from October 1, 2021 to December 31, 2024. However, books and book chapters are not included.
VCU's subscription to Cambridge University Press journals includes coverage of publishing fees for open access articles published in certain fully open access journals or subscription journals with an open access option (hybrid journals). This agreement is in place from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024. Please see the link below for the Cambridge UP open access waiver tool that provides a full list of eligible journals.
VCU's subscription to De Gruyter journals includes coverage of article publishing fees for VCU-authored articles published in hybrid open access journals. Fully open access journals are not eligible for coverage.
Open access article publishing fees for IWA journals listed below are covered by VIVA (Virginia’s academic library consortium) from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025.
A VCU author must be listed as the corresponding author of the article. Corresponding authors must use their VCU email address and list Virginia Commonwealth University as their institutional affiliation.
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Open access article publishing fees for most (but not all) IOP journals are covered by VIVA (Virginia’s academic library consortium) from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2024.
A VCU author must be listed as the corresponding author of the article.
The Open Library of Humanities (OLH) is a peer-reviewed, open access journal platform for the humanities. OLH journals do not charge any author fees because their costs are covered by an international consortium of supporting institutions, including VCU Libraries.
Article publishing fees for articles published in all PLOS journals, including the interdisciplinary journal PLOS ONE, are covered by VCU's institutional partnership with PLOS from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024.
The Community Action Publishing (CAP) model applies to the journals PLOS Biology, PLOS Medicine, and PLOS Sustainability and Transformation.
If at any time in the process, the quote of your expected fees does not reflect the institutional coverage, contact authorbilling@plos.org to ensure that the system correctly waives your fees.
These instructions apply to the journals PLOS ONE, PLOS Computational Biology, PLOS Digital Health, PLOS Genetics, PLOS Public Health, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, PLOS Pathogens, and PLOS Water.
Open access article publishing charges for articles published in Rockefeller University Press (RUP) hybrid journals are covered by VIVA (Virginia's academic library consortium) from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024.
VCU's subscription to Royal Society of Chemistry journals includes coverage of article publishing fees for up to 18 VCU authored articles published in hybrid open access journals each year. RSC classifies all of their journals as hybrid, except their fully open access journals (also called "gold open access journals") and Chemistry Education Research and Practice (CERP). These journals are not eligible for coverage, but fully open access journals are eligible for a 15% discount on article processing charges.
Fully open access journals (also called gold open access journals) are eligible for a 15% discount on publishing fees.
Open access article publishing charges (APCs) in Springer hybrid open access journals are covered by VIVA (Virginia's academic library consortium) beginning January 1, 2024 and continuing through December 31, 2026.
At the time of submission, corresponding authors should use their VCU email address or input their institutional affiliation when prompted. After an article is accepted for publication, authors will receive an email to complete the publication process. At that time, they will again be prompted to confirm their VCU affiliation and should subsequently receive confirmation that their article is eligible for coverage.
Open access article publishing fees for fully open access Wiley journals and subscription journals with an open access option (hybrid journals) are covered by VIVA (Virginia’s academic library consortium) from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024.