APC Reductions
Thanks to contracts between the University and various publishing houses, researchers at the University of Fribourg have the possibility to publish their articles in Open Access at reduced prices or even free of charge.
Here is the complete list of these discounts. We recommend to consult also the list of over 10'000 Gold Open Access journals that don't require any APC.
Attention
- Always use your e-mail address @unifr.ch in correspondence with the publisher to benefit from this discounts.
- For some agreements (notably with Elsevier, Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis and Wiley) there is a limited national quota.
| Publisher | Reductions | Conditions | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) - Sciences Advances | 15% | InformationJournal | |
| American Chemical Society (ACS) | Reduction of USD 250 or USD 750 |
USD 3750 instead of USD 4000 for university members USD 3250 for individual members of ACS | Information |
| Cambridge University Press (CUP) | 100% | Journals | |
| Elsevier |
100% National Quota! |
Articles submitted from 1 January all conditions and workflow | InformationJournals |
| Karger Publishers | 100% | Journals | |
| MDPI | 15% | Information | |
| Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) | Reduction of USD 500 | USD 2000 instead of USD 2500 if the article is publishd under default license (CC BY-NC-ND) | Journals |
| Royal Society | 25% | InformationJournal | |
| Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) |
100% (hybrid) 15% (gold) | Information | |
| SAGE Publishing |
100% (hybrid) 20% (gold) | InformationsJournals | |
| SCOAP3 | 100% | Information | |
| Springer Nature |
100% (hybrid) National Quota! |
Articles accepted from 1 July 2020 all conditions and workflow | InformationJournals |
| Taylor & Francis |
100% National Quota! | InformationJournals | |
| Wiley |
100% National Quota! | Articles accepted from 1 May 2021 | InformationJournals |